Writing / Fiction
Short Stories
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"Paper, Platinum, Stone"
Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark -
"Night Terror Tango"
Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark -
"Memory, Reborn"
Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark -
"A Christmas Carol"
Meghan’s House of Books -
“The One Who Answers the Door”
Space Squid -
“A Fairy Plant in Grief”
Ghost Parachute -
“Souls, Dark and Deep”
The Haunted Traveler, Weasel Press -
“The Goblin’s Abettor”
The Haberdasher
Originally appearing on C.S.E. Cooney’s website -
“The Ghost”
Danse Macabre -
“A Weight Too Heavy to Bear”
Anotherealm
Originally published by Dark Fire Fiction -
“Totem Poles”
The Eunoia Review -
“The Molecules that Bind Us”
Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark
Originally published by Mad Scientist Journal -
“Too Good to be True, or, the Stripper with a Heart of Gold”
The J.J. Outré Review, Dark Passages Publishing -
“Come With Me If You Want to Live”
pennyshorts -
“The Girl Who Loved Bruce Campbell”
Corner Bar Magazine -
“Honey is a Dish Best Served Cold”
Fiction on the Web -
“A Deal with the Devil”
Literally Stories
Podcasts
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"Paper, Platinum, Stone," "Night Terror Tango," "Memory, Reborn," and "The Molecules that Bind Us"
Otis Jiry's Scary Stories Told in the Dark -
"Millicent Blackwood's Very Scary Halloween Social & Tea"
NoSleep Podcast -
“A Christmas Carol”
Horror Hill, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights / The Simply Scary Podcast Network -
“Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge”
The Wicked Library -
“The Rest Will Be in Pieces”
Tales to Terrify -
“The Devil’s Leash”
Horror Tales Podcast -
“No Trespassing”
Dead Oaks Horror Anthology Podcast -
“Liquid Handcuffs”
Tales to Terrify -
“The Girl Who Loved Bruce Campbell”
Horror Hill, Chilling Tales for Dark Nights / The Simply Scary Podcast Network
Flash Fiction
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“Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked”
Fireside Fiction Company -
“Take Me to Your Horror”
Blood Moon Rising
Forthcoming Fiction
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“The Shivers”
Forthcoming Graphic Anthology, 2022 -
"In Which Two Squirrels Nest in an Abandoned Attic & Amuse
Themselves with the Relics of Humanity"
Outpost 28 Issue #5 -
“Cruel and Unusual”
Unannounced anthology, 2023 -
“Water Mother”
Unannounced anthology, 2023
Book Showcase
"Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked"
Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
Winner of the Indie Horror Book Award for Debut Collection
A young woman's fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows' Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that the engineer has rerouted them toward a past she'd prefer to forget. A mother abandons a life she no longer recognizes as her own to walk up a mysterious staircase in the woods.
In her debut collection, Christa Carmen combines horror, charm, humor, and social critique to shape thirteen haunting, harrowing narratives of women struggling with both otherworldly and real-world problems. From grief, substance abuse, and mental health disorders, to a post-apocalyptic exodus, a seemingly sinister babysitter with unusual motivations, and a group of pesky ex-boyfriends who won’t stay dead, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a compelling exploration of horrors both supernatural and psychological, and an undeniable affirmation of Carmen’s flair for short fiction.
Available now from Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, and Unnerving.
Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
Winner of the Indie Horror Book Award for Debut Collection
A young woman's fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows' Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that the engineer has rerouted them toward a past she'd prefer to forget. A mother abandons a life she no longer recognizes as her own to walk up a mysterious staircase in the woods.
In her debut collection, Christa Carmen combines horror, charm, humor, and social critique to shape thirteen haunting, harrowing narratives of women struggling with both otherworldly and real-world problems. From grief, substance abuse, and mental health disorders, to a post-apocalyptic exodus, a seemingly sinister babysitter with unusual motivations, and a group of pesky ex-boyfriends who won’t stay dead, Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked is a compelling exploration of horrors both supernatural and psychological, and an undeniable affirmation of Carmen’s flair for short fiction.
Available now from Amazon, Audible, Barnes & Noble, and Unnerving.
Anthology Showcase
“To the Moon and Back”
Why Didn’t You Just Leave
Cursed Morsels
Edited by Nadia Bulkin & Julia Rios
It’s the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn’t you just leave? If accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication, it’s never that simple. There are a lot of reasons why people don’t just leave scary situations, and these smart, spooky stories reflect the complexity behind that question.
» Coming Soon
Why Didn’t You Just Leave
Cursed Morsels
Edited by Nadia Bulkin & Julia Rios
It’s the question asked of any story about a haunting: why didn’t you just leave? If accounts of people who have stayed in haunted houses are any indication, it’s never that simple. There are a lot of reasons why people don’t just leave scary situations, and these smart, spooky stories reflect the complexity behind that question.
» Coming Soon