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Emily Ruth Verona received her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing and Cinema Studies from the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2014 she won the Pinch Literary Award in Fiction. She is a Bram Stoker Award nominee, a Jane Austen Short Story Award Finalist, and a Luke Bitmead Bursary Finalist. Previous publication credits include fiction and poetry featured in several anthologies as well as magazines such as The Pinch, Lamplight Magazine, Mystery Tribune, Black Telephone Magazine, The Ghastling, and Nightmare Magazine. Her essays/articles have appeared online for Tor, Bookbub, Litro, BUST, and Bloody Women. In 2023, she founded the horror book blog Frightful. Her novel, Midnight on Beacon Street, will be published by Harper Peren ...more

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	Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror by Jacob Steven Mohr (Goodreads Author) (Editor), T.T. Madden, Patrick Barb (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Nightmare Magazine, Issue 128, May 2023 by Wendy N. Wagner (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Keith Rosson (Goodreads Author), Elena Sichrovsky (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HWA Poetry Showcase Volume X by Angela Yuriko Smith (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kyla Lee Ward (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Sara Tantlinger (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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