Eden Royce is a black
gothic horror
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror in the 20th century, is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name is a reference to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of ea ...
writer from
Charleston, South Carolina. She references the local
Gullah-Geechee
The Gullah () are an African American ethnic group who predominantly live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, within the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Their language and cu ...
culture in her writing. As a short story writer her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines such as
Apex Magazine
''Apex Magazine'', also previously known as ''Apex Digest'', is an American horror and science fiction magazine. This subscription webzine, ''Apex Magazine'', contains short fiction, reviews, and interviews. It has been nominated for several awar ...
,
Strange Horizons
''Strange Horizons'' is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry and nonfiction in every issue, including reviews, essays, interviews, and roundtables.
History and profile
It was launched in September 2000, an ...
, as well as two collections of her work. She is also known for writing articles and reviews. In 2016 Royce was awarded the Diverse Worlds Grant by The Speculative Fiction Foundation. She is married and living in
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
, England.
Bibliography
; Collections
* Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror (2015)
* Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror (2017)
; Anthologies
* Forever Vacancy: A Colors in Darkness Anthology (2017) with Mya Lairis and Kenya Moss-Dyme
; Short fiction
* 9 Mystery Rose (2010)
* Finger Food (2010)
* With the Turn of a Key (2010)
* The Omega File (2011) with Darin Kennedy
* Red Sun, Autumn Rose (2011)
* Devil's Playground (2011)
* Infernal Proposal (2011)
* Hag Ride (2011)
* Rhythm (2013)
* The Death Bringer (2013)
* Voodooesque (2015)
* Doc Buzzard's Coffin (2015)
* Hand of Glory (2015)
* Homegoing (2015)
* Path of the War Chief (2015)
* Since Hatchet Was a Hammer (2015)
* The Choking Kind (2015)
* The Watered Soul (2015)
* Basque of the Red Death (2015)
* Graverobbing Negress Seeks Employment (2017)
* A Long Way from the Ritz (2017)
* Blood Read (2017)
* Carolina Blue (2017)
* Chilly Bears - 10ยข (2017)
* Folk (2017)
* Grandmother's Bed (2017)
* Haints of Azalea Hall (2017)
* The Dating Pool (2017)
* The Laughter of Crows (2017)
* The Mermaid Storm (2017)
* The Strange Dowry of Spinster Pumpkin (2017)
* To-Do List (2017)
* Sweetgrass Blood (2017)
* Soupie's Lover (2017)
* Crickets Sing for Naomi (2017)
* Shine, Blackberry Wine (2017)
* A Cure for Ghosts (2017)
* Caretaker (2018)
* Every Good-bye Ain't Gone (2018)
* For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough (2018)
* One If by Sea (2018)
* Witches for Mars (2019)
; Novels
* ''
Root Magic''
References and sources
21st-century American women writers
Writers from Charleston, South Carolina
People from Kent
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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