C. M. Rosens

This podcast has more modern horror stories by women too, but I’m only including ones from the 1800s-1930s in this post; there are 35 authors listed below, with each name linked to their bibliography entry in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

Again, as with the first list, do not assume these women are less racist and/or -phobic than their male counterparts writing at the same time.

If you type the title of the story into the podcast search bar in your platform of choice, you’ll find the episode; same if you search by author name. These are ordered alphabetically by author surname.

Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888)

Birthplace: Germantown, Pennsylvania, USA

• “Lost in a Pyramid; or, The Mummy’s Curse” (1869)

Baldwin, Louisa (1845-1925)

Birthplace: Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

• “The Real and the Counterfeit” (1895)

Bird, M.A. [Mary Ann] (1815-1896)

Birthplace: Taunton, Somerset, England

• “A Tale Told by the Fireside” (1865)

Bowen, Majorie (1885-1952)

Birthplace: Hayling Island, Hampshire, England

• “The Crown Derby Plate” (1931)

Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915)

Birthplace: Soho, Westminster, Middlesex, England

• “The Cold Embrace” (1860)
• “At Chrighton Abbey” (1871) – this story is misattributed in the podcast to Louisa Baldwin in the show notes.
• “The Face in the Glass” (1880)

Broughton, Rhoda (1840-1920)

Birthplace: Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales

• “The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth” (1868)
• “Under the Cloak” (1872)

Cholmondeley, Mary (1859-1925)

Surname pronounced “Chum-lee”.
Birthplace: Hodnet, Shropshire, England

• “Let Loose” (1890)

Clark, Georgina C. (unknown)

Not much is known of this author!

• “A Life-Watch” (1867)

Clifford, Lucy (1846-1929)

Birthplace: London, England

• “The New Mother” (1882) [inspiration for Coraline – if you want to hear the original premise!]

Croker, B.M. [Bithia Mary] (1847-1920)

Birthplace: Warrenpoint, County Down, Ireland

• “Number Ninety” (1895)

D’Arcy, Ella (1857-1937)

Birthplace: Pimlico, Westminster, Middlesex, England

• “Villa Lucienne” (1896)

Dawson, Emma Frances (1839-1926)

Birthplace: Bangor, Maine, USA

• “A Sworn Statement” (1881)

Dickens, Mary Angela (1862-1948)

Birthplace: Kensington, Middlesex, England

• “My Fellow Travellers” (1896)

Edwards, Amelia B. (1831-1892)

Birthplace: London, England

• “How the Third Floor Knew the Potteries” (1863)
• “The Phantom Coach” (1864)

Forrester, Izola (1878-1944)

Birthplace: Pascoag, Rhode Island, USA

• “Devereaux’s Last Smoke” (1907)

Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (1852-1930)

Birthplace: Randolph, Massachusetts, USA

• “Luella Miller” (1902)
• “The Wind in the Rose Bush” (1902)
• “The Shadows on the Wall” (1903)

Gaskell, Elizabeth (1810-1865)

Birthplace: Chelsea, Middlesex, England

• “The Old Nurse’s Story” (1852)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860-1935)

Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut, USA

• “The Giant Wisteria” (1891)

Hooper, Lucy H. (1835-1893)

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

• “Carnivorine” (1889)

Jacob, Violet (1863-1946)

Birthplace: Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland

• “Behind the Wall” (1910)

Kerruish, Jessie Douglas (1884-1949)

Birthplace: Seaton Carew near Hartlepool, County Durham, England

• “The Wonderful Tune” (1931)

Molesworth, Mary Louisa (1839-1921)

Birthplace: Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands

• “The Rippling Train” (1887)

Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874-1942)

Birthplace: Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Canada

• “The House Party at Smoky Island” (1935)

Mulholland, Rosa (1841-1921)

Birthplace: Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland

• “The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly” (1886)
• “Lady Tantivy” (1898)

Nesbit, Edith (1858-1924)

Birthplace: Kennington, Surrey, England

• “Man Size in Marble” (1887)
• “The Ebony Frame” (1891)
• “John Charrington’s Wedding” (1891)
• “From the Dead” (1893)
• “The Shadow” (1905)
• “The House of Silence” (1906)
• “In the Dark” (1910)
• “The Pavilion” (1915)

Penn, Mary E. (unknown)

Nothing is known of M.E. Penn, who might have been a pen name for Ellen Wood.

• “In the Dark” (1885)

Ponder, Zita Inez (1900-1936)

Birthplace: Devon, England

• “His Wife” (1927)

Riddell, Charlotte (1832-1906)

Birthplace: Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland

• “A Strange Christmas Game”

Shelley, Mary (1797-1851)

Birthplace: Somers Town, St Pancras, Middlesex, England

• “The Invisible Girl” (1832)

Sigerson Shorter, Dora (1866-1918)

Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland

• “Transmigration” (1900)

Stewart Drewry, Edith (1841-1925)

Birthplace: London, England

• “Twin Identity” (1891)

Stuart Phelps, Elizabeth (1844-1911)

Birthplace: Andover, Massachusetts, USA

• “Kentucky’s Ghost” (1868)

Tynan, Katharine (1859-1931)

Birthplace: Clondalkin, County Dublin, Ireland

• “The Picture on the Wall” (1895)

Wharton, Edith (1862-1937)

Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA

• “Afterward” (1910)

White, Ethel Lina (1876-1944)

Birthplace: Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales

• “The Scarecrow” (1937) – this is not listed in her bibliography on the ISFDb, but it is listed in GoodReads.