~ Women in Horror Month Part III – rising women writers of urban fantasy and paranormal romance

Today, in recognition of February’s annual Women in Horror Month, we get acquainted with a few up-and-coming writers of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. These authors are members of the Horror Writers Association, the Romance Writers of America – Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal Chapter, the Ladies of Horror Facebook group, or other groups supporting women writers in these genres.

Like me, these writers work hard on both their craft and their publicity. It’s a tough gig, being a writer, but we all do it because we love it (or at least the writing part ).

Here’s our lineup for today. Please visit the author websites and check out their work. And be sure to click on the book cover images to visit their Amazon pages:

Jenna Barwin – urban fantasy, paranormal romance

Jenna Barwin writes the Hill Vampire novels, which blend mystery, wine, and romantic spice into a heady combination. Dark Wine at Midnight, book 1 in the series, is available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. Dark Wine at Sunrise, book 2, will be released in March 2018. When not writing, she is known to occasionally attend a Victorian dance in full regalia right down to pantaloons and a hoop skirt.

 

 

J.T. Bock – paranormal and science fiction romance

When J.T. Bock was a child, she wanted to be James Bond or Indiana Jones or a vampire hunter or Wonder Woman. Whatever brought her the most action, adventure and romance while play acting on her stage—otherwise known as her grandmother’s basement. Now J.T. has assembled her own team of action heroes, supernatural creatures and maniacal villains and set them on adventures far from her basement to exotic lands and alternate dimensions.

 

 

Margaret L. Carter – horror, fantasy, and paranormal romance

Margaret L. Carter holds a PhD in English and specializes in vampires. In addition to her horror, fantasy, and paranormal romance fiction, she has had books and articles published on vampires in literature. She has collaborated on a fantasy series with her husband, and her stories have appeared in the “Darkover” and “Sword and Sorceress” anthologies.

 

 

 

Sorchia DuBois – paranormal romance, gothic romance

Award-winning author Sorchia Dubois lives in the piney forest of the Missouri Ozarks with seven cats, two fish, one dog, and one husband. Her Gothic tales blend magic, mystery, passion, history, a little whisky, and a cat. Visit her website, Sorchia’s Universe, where she shares bits and pieces of Celtic lore that will soon be woven into a story.

 

 

 

Jaime Johnasee – dark urban fantasy

Jaime Johnesee lives in the wilds of Michigan with her husband, two sons, and burgeoning zoo of animals. She spent fourteen years as an actual zookeeper before shifting her focus to writing full time. Best known for her horror comedy series, Bob the Zombie, she is currently authoring the dark urban fantasy series, Samantha Reece Mysteries, for Devil Dog Press.

 

 

 

Pamela K. Kinney / Sapphire Phelan – horror, fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, non-fiction / erotic horror, paranormal romance, erotic paranormal romance, erotic urban fantasy

Pamela K. Kinney began listening to the voices in her head and writes urban fantasy, horror, fantasy, and nonfiction ghost books. Her latest is How the Vortex Changed My Life, released September 2017. Under the pseudonym, Sapphire Phelan, she has written erotic and regular paranormal romance, erotic urban fantasy, and erotica horror.

 

 

Krista Lynn – paranormal/science fiction romantic suspense

Krista Lynn is a former Geography professor who now writes earthy Paranormal Romantic Suspense. Book #1 of the Canyon Series, Blood Stones: The Haunting of Sunset Canyon was published May, 2017. Cast in Stone, Book #2 will be released fall, 2018. She has several speculative fiction short stories published and her cozy mystery anthology, The Talking Board Mysteries, is in the works for summer, 2019.

 

 

A big thank you to all the above authors who participated in today’s event – and for contributing new works to our favorite genres.

For those who missed out on participating, Rising Writers will be a recurring feature on the Author Spotlight column. Please feel free to contact me if you’d like to participate in future events.

~RM~

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