I’m absolutely delighted that John Langan named Dark Blood Comes from the Feet as best collection in his round-up of 2020 in Locus Magazine!
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Nightmares Unearthed: A Contemporary Horror Reading

Join us for Nightmares Unearthed: A Contemporary Horror Reading on SATURDAY, 27 MARCH 2021 FROM 20:00 EDT-22:00 EDT!
I will be reading with Zin E. Rocklin, Cassandra Khaw, Mike Allen, Gordon B. White and Daniel Braum. The event is hosted by Claire S.E. Cooney.
Sign up is here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nightmares-unearthed-a-contemporary-horror-reading-tickets-141915861161
10 Books You Shouldn’t Miss
A huge thank you to Justin A. Burnett for including Dark Blood Comes from the Feet in Silent Motor Media’s List of 10 Books You Shouldn’t Miss from 2020:
Dark Blood Comes from the Feet now on Audible!

You can now listen to Dark Blood Comes from the Feet on audio! Narrated by Savannah Gilmore!
https://www.audible.com/pd/Dark-Blood-Comes-from-the-Feet-Audiobook/B08WQ6186H
Help Mothra Beat Cancer
Not writing related, but my baby girl, Mothra is going in for lung tumor removal surgery on Friday and we’re trying to raise funds to help pay for it. please donate/share if you can.

Quiet Horror Stories
I recently read Porch on Lovecraft eZine’s Quiet Horror Stories podcast. You can also hear spooky seasonal tales by Scott and Jeff Thomas!
Northern Frights 2
I have a story in the new Northern Frights journal from Horror Writers Of Maine! The kindle version is now available: https://www.amazon.com/Northern-Frights-Autumn-Midwinter-2020-ebook/dp/B08QMCHR3V/
NPR’s Best Books of 2020

Dark Blood Comes from the Feet has made it on to NPR’s Best Books of 2020 list! Read the entry here: https://apps.npr.org/best-books/
Award Eligibility Post 2020
Here’s my last-minute awards eligibility post (with links) for my debut horror collection, one fantasy poem, and one editing credit for a SFF poetry journal. I hope you you’ll consider them when you’re doing your recs this year and remember in some cases multiple recs are important (HWA).
My debut collection DARK BLOOD COMES FROM THE FEET (MAY 2020) got a great review from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/28/883957471/shirley-jackson-meets-johnny-rotten-in-dark-blood-comes-from-the-feet. It has 12(!) new stories in it:
The Limbo Lounge, Porch, Crab, Black Shuck Tavern, The Last Witch in Florida, Cellar Door, Whitechapel, Infection, Janine, Surviving My Parents, This is Not the Glutton Club, and Rise.
My poem, Persephone, was published in the Summer 2020 issue of Kaleidotrope. You can read it here: http://www.kaleidotrope.net/archives/summer-2020/persephone-by-emma-j-gibbon/
I also edited the Eye to the Telescope: House & Home issue in April 2020. You can read it here: http://eyetothetelescope.com/archives/036issue.html
Thank you!
Ladies of Horror Fiction
The Ladies of Horror Fiction site is a great resource. Here is my profile!