Autumn Christian is an American horror and

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writer known for her book ''Girl Like a Bomb''.

Biography

Christian self-published her debut novel ''The Crooked God Machine'' in 2011. She wrote the book between the ages of 19 and 21. Christian also self-published her 2013 novel ''We Are Wormwood''. In 2019, her novel ''Girl Like a Bomb'' was published by Clash Books. Christian has two

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collections, ''A Gentle Hell'' (2012, Dark Continents Publishing) and ''Ecstatic Inferno'' (2015, Eraserhead Press). Christian has had short stories featured in the anthologies ''Eternal Frankenstein'' (2016), ''You, Human'' (2016), ''A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession'' (2017), and ''Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up to No Good'' (2018). Christian was a writer on the game ''

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''. Christian is originally from Texas. She currently lives in

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Works

* ''The Crooked God Machine'' (2011) * ''A Gentle Hell'' (2012) — Short story collection * ''We are Wormwood'' (2013) * ''Ecstatic Inferno'' (2015) — Short story collection * "Sewn Into Her Fingers" in ''Eternal Frankenstein'' (2016) * "Pink Crane Girls" in''You, Human'' (2016) * "Skin Suits" in ''A Breath from the Sky: Unusual Stories of Possession'' (2017) * "Flowers for Dogman" in ''Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good'' (2018) * ''Girl Like a Bomb'' (2019) * with

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, "How the Monsters Found God" in Preston Grassmann, ed. (2021). ''Out of the Ruins'', Titan Books,

References

External links

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Living people 21st-century American novelists Year of birth missing (living people) American horror writers American women novelists American women short story writers American women horror writers American science fiction writers American women science fiction and fantasy writers 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American short story writers Novelists from Texas Novelists from California Writers from San Diego {{horror-stub