NAME: Staci Layne Wilson
CREATIVE FIELD: Author / Review Website Host (womeninhorror.com)
WEBSITE: WomenInHorror.com
CREATIVE BIO:
I’d love to chat with you about my site, WomenInHorror.com and our very first horror anthology book, The Glass Coffin.
INTERVIEW
What got you into horror to begin with – what’s your core Horror memory?
Seeing The Exorcist with my mom when I was six, then her emotionally scarring me later that night in the shadowy doorway to my bedroom with the demon voice. Yeah… good times!
Do you have a favourite horror subgenre (or more than one) and if so, what is it? What/Who are your favourite books/films/podcasts/artists/creatives working in that subgenre?
Ghost stories.
What is the horror project of your heart – perhaps something you’ve already got out there, something you’re working on now, or something you’d like to do?
My website, WomenInHorror.com
Which 5 horror books can you not stop thinking about, or have influenced you most in some way? (If not books, you can pick 5 films, 5 pieces of art, 5 songs… or mix & match!)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Mexican Gothic
Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire
Stephanie Rothman’s The Velvet Vampire
Mary Harron’s American Psycho
Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Halloween“
If you had to describe the tones and themes of your own work in terms of movies, books, songs, or art, what would you choose and why?
Excessive nuance.
Introduce us to something you’ve created, and pitch it to the audience!
The Glass Coffin – short stories. Five voices. Five resurrections. One promise: the women you silenced are clawing their way back.
In this razor-sharp collection from WomenInHorror.com, five authors shatter the glass coffin—that suffocating space where women’s stories are buried, their power entombed, their rage left to rot.
But here’s the thing about burying women alive: we’ve always known how to dig ourselves out.
From Amber Hassler’s haunted orchard where revenge is served fresh-picked, to Alicia Powers’ boardroom bloodbath where the corner office demands a crimson price, these stories break ceilings and demolish the entire building.
Reyna Young serves workplace harassment with a side of supernatural justice.
Deborah Daughetee uncorks a vintage that flows with ancient feminine fury.
And Staci Layne Wilson delivers a girl reporter whose biggest scoop becomes her own obituary—and her most dangerous exposé.