The carrion flowers / by Morgan Sylvia. Introduction / by Toni Miller -- Her / by Tabatha Wood -- We / by Morgan Sylvia Beautiful / by L. Marie Wood -- Skincare routine / by Cynthia Pelayo -- My skin / Cindy O'Quinn -- Acceptable femme / by Tiffany Meuret -- Inside of me / by Betsy Nicchetta -- Metamorphosis / by Caitlin Marceau -- It hurts when I breathe / by Mercedes M. Yarddley -- Designer girls / by Elsa M. Carruthers -- Sanctification / by Amanda Kirby -- I cut away the parts that offend you / by Elsa M. Carruthers -- Something that needs destroyed / by Linda M. Crate -- Magnificent / by Desiree Abalos -- Smile / by Nico Bell -- Unbecoming porcelain / by Nikki R. Leigh -- What the dead girl is trying to say through what's left of her mouth / by Lindsay King-Miller -- Anything but what is / by Linda M. Crate -- With blood / by Jennifer Crow -- Harm / by Emily Ruth Verona -- Snakeskin / by Stephanie M. Wytovich -- These men are all one monster / by Cassondra Windwalker -- When the witches came out of us / by Donna Lynch -- Proserpine / by Antonia Rachel Ward -- Winnow / by Tiffany Michelle Brown -- My tainted touch / by Mary Rajotte -- Untouched / by Marilyn Fabiola -- Nightfall / by Stephanie Athena Valente -- The right frequency / by Jessica McHugh -- Words unspoken / by Mary Rajotte -- To bloom in blood / by Sara Tantlinger -- Shredded alterations / by Sara Tantlinger -- The deepest cut / by Nancy Brewka-Clark -- Strange bedfellows / by Angela Sylvaine -- Soft box / by Amy Grech -- Eldritch mother / by Melodie Bolt -- Outside in / by Dalena Storm -- Zombification / by Roni Stinger -- Molting / by Roni Stinger -- Intimate communion / by Roni Stinger -- Midnight maelstrom / by Monique Snyman -- Symbiotic beasts / by Marge Simon -- Conjuring regrets / by Eva V. Roslin -- When you / by Miriam H. Harrison -- Fingers of feathers / by Rie Sheridan Rose -- Womb heart head / by Raven Isobel Plum -- My body, my book / by Carina Bissett -- I carry / by Maureen O'Leary -- The edge / by Annie Neugebauer -- Pieces / by Annie Neugebauer -- Shameful / by Lee Murray -- Dririmancy / by Tiffany Morris -- Every morning / Aimee Lowenstern -- Regeneration/Collapse / by Tiffany Morris -- Lovely like honey / by Brianna Malotke -- Lillies left for mom / by Brianna Malotke -- Growing pains / by Amy Lowenstern -- The void / by Julianne Lynch -- Split / by Blaise Langlois -- Skin changer / by Blaise Langlois -- Conception / by EV Knight -- Broken fingers / by Emma Kathryn -- A home to those who fly / by Naching T. Kassa -- Shed / by Vivian Kasley -- Danse de la mort / by R. J. Joseph -- Betrayer / by R. J. Joseph -- Religion for women / by Patricia Gomes -- Wave breaker / by Vanessa Jae -- I begin to become numinous / by Juleigh Howard-Hobson -- The dark cocoon / by Samantha Holland -- Amestris / by Shira Haus -- Medusa in face and form / by Cordelia Harrison -- Bloodroot / by Amanda Kirby -- A carnival of suffering / by H. Grim -- A recurring nightmare/ by Abigail Gray -- Trapped / by Kerri-Leigh Grady -- Clam baskets returned / by Patricia Gomes -- Bone key / by Emma J. Gibbon -- Queen / by Alyson Faye -- Dear Baptist / by Tracey Fahey -- Better by now / by N. J. Ember -- Dissolving connections / by Stephanie Ellis -- Corpse consortium / by Darien Dillon -- Aetos dios / by Darien Dillon -- Bits of you, still kept / by Maggie Shurtleff -- Our lady's bird / by Carina Bissett -- The last woman / by Tiffany Michelle Brown -- The carrion flowers / by Morgan Sylvia.
Summary:
"Under Her Skin features the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror. Centered on the innate relationship between body horror and the female experience, this collection features work from Bram Stoker Award winning and nominated authors, as well as dozens of poems from women (cis and trans) and non-binary femmes. Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, [this collection] celebrates women in horror from cover to cover." -- Back cover.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.