Alison Rumfitt is an English author. She has published two horror novels: ''Tell Me I'm Worthless'' (2021) and '' Brainwyrms'' (2023). Her style of writing has been considered part of "The New Gross", called "unabashedly transgressive", and thought akin to

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in its exploration of "Englishness" through horror. In addition to writing fiction, her poetry and short essays have been published in a variety of magazines, including ''datableed'', ''The Final Girls'', and ''Glass: A Journal of Poetry''.

Early life and education

Rumfitt studied English literature at the

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Career

Rumfitt's debut novel ''Tell Me I'm Worthless'' was published in the US in January 2023 to positive reviews. Her sophomore novel ''Brainwyrms'' followed in October 2023. It was similarly reviewed positively, receiving a gold star in its

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review. The New York Times described it as, "made up of terse, glowering prose and grimy sex scenes, the novel is perhaps best described as '

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' dunked in the toilet bowl of

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's impressively foul, taboo-shattering 'Hogg.' " In 2024, it was confirmed that Rumfitt had written a novelisation of the Doctor Who episode ''Space Babies''. It was released as a paperback on 8 August 2024 as part of the ''

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. An audiobook edition was released the same day.

Bibliography

Novels

*''Tell Me I'm Worthless'' - (Cipher Press, 2021, UK and Tor Nightfire, 2023, USA) *'' Brainwyrms'' (Cipher Press, 2023, UK and Tor Nightfire, 2023, USA)

Short stories

*''Morbid Obsessions'' - with Frankie Miren (Cipher Press, 2022)

References

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