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Everyone knows about Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein; but have you heard of Margaret Cavendish, who wrote a science-fiction epic 150 years earlier? Have you read the psychological hauntings of Violet Paget, who was openly involved in long-term romantic relationships with women in the Victorian era? Or the stories of Gertrude Barrows Bennett, whose writing influenced H.P. Lovecraft? Monster, She Wrote shares the stories of women past and present who invented horror, speculative, and weird fiction and made it great. You ll meet celebrated icons (Ann Radcliffe, V.C. Andrews), forgotten wordsmiths (Eli Coltor, Ruby Jean Jensen), and today s vanguard (Helen Oyeyemi). And each profile includes a curated reading list so you can seek out the spine-chilling tales that interest you the most.
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IntroductionPART ONE: THE FOUNDING MOTHERSMargaret Cavendish: Mad MadgeAnn Radcliffe: Terror over HorrorMary Wollstonecraft Shelley: The Original Goth GirlRegina Maria Roche: Scandalizing Jane AustenMary Anne Radcliffe: Purveyor of Guts and GoreCharlotte Dacre: Exhibitor of Murder and HarlotryPART TWO: HAUNTING TALESElizabeth Gaskell: Ghosts Are RealCharlotte Riddell: Born StorytellerAmelia Edwards: The Most Learned WomanPaula E. Hopkins: The Most Productive WriterVernon Lee: Ghostwriter a la GarconneMargaret Oliphant: Voice for the DeadEdith Wharton: The Spine-TinglerMarjorie Bowen: Scribe of the SupernaturalL. T. Meade: Maker of Female MastermindsAlice Askew: Casualty of WarMargery Lawrence: Speaker to the SpiritsDion Fortune: Britian's Psychic DefenderPART FOUR: THE WOMEN WHO WROTE THE PULPSMargaret St. Clair: Exploring Our DepthsCatherine Lucille Moore: Space Vamp QueenMary Elizabeth Counselman: Deep South StorytellerGertrude Barrows Bennett: Seer of the UnseenEveril Worrell: Night WriterEli Colter: Keeping the Wild West WeirdPART FIVE: HAUNTING THE HOMEDorothy Macardle: Chronicler of Pain and LossShirley Jackson: The Queen of HorrorDaphne du Maurier: The Dame of DreadToni Morrison: Haunted by HistoryElizabeth Engstrom: Monstrosity in the MundanePART SIX: PAPERBACK HORRORJoanne Fischmann: Recipes for FearRuby Jean Jensen: Where Evil Meets InnocenceV. C. Andrews: Nightmares in the AtticKathe Koja: Kafka of the WeirdLisa Tuttle: Adversary for the DevilTanith Lee: Rewriting Snow WhitePART SEVEN: THE NEW GOTHSAnne Rice: Queen of the DamnedHelen Oyeyemi: Teller of Feminist Fairy TalesSusan Hill: Modern Gothic Ghost MakerSarah Waters: Welcome to the Dark S anceAngela Carter: Teller of Bloody FablesJewelle Gomez: Afrofuturist HorroristThe New Weird: Lovecraft Revisited and RevisedThe New Vampire: Polishing the FangsThe New Haunted House: Home, Deadly HomeThe New Apocalypse: This Is the End (Again)The New Serial Killer: Sharper Weapons, Sharper VictimsGlossaryNotesSuggested ReadingIndexAcknowledgments