Grimm Retold Author Feature: Carol Gyzander

Story “Fishing for the Future” a retelling of “The Fisherman’s Wife”

Bram Stoker Award®-nominee Carol Gyzander writes and edits horror, weird fiction, and science fiction with strong women in twisted tales that touch your heart.

She’s co-editor of Even in the Grave, a ghost anthology, and A Woman Unbecoming, the horror anthology inspired by the reversal of Roe v. Wade, which benefits reproductive healthcare services. Her short stories appear in various magazines and anthologies, including Under Twin Suns, Weird Tales 367, Weird House Magazine, Tangle & Fen, and most recently Nevermore: Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe from Falstaff Books.

In her upcoming work, Carol’s a co-editor and contributor to DISCONTINUE IF DEATH ENSUES (Flame Tree Publishing, Sept. 2024), an anthology of fierce horror/dark fiction with her fellow Stoker nominees (first time all five identify as women!) where the abuse of women and the planet reaches a tipping point. They bring us a fight. They shall know our rage. Contributors are Carol Gyzander, Lee Murray, Cindy O’Quinn, Anna Taborska (co-editor), and Kyla Lee Ward.

She is currently co-editing Dark Spores: Stories We Tell After Midnight 4 with Rachel A. Brune from Crone Girls Press. This fungus-horror anthology will contain stories and poems from well-known horror authors such as Gabino Iglesias, Lee Murray, Gwendolyn Kiste, L. Marie Woods, Nicholas Kaufmann, Sara Tantlinger, Nicole Givens Kurtz, and over a dozen more. They just completed a successful Kickstarter and plan for a fall release.

Carol is the HWA NY Chapter Co-Chair and co-hosts their monthly Galactic Terrors online reading series on YouTube every second Thursday. As HWA’s Chapter Program Manager, she works with a team to oversee and encourage new chapters. MWA, SinC, SFWA, Active HWA.

 http://carolgyzander.com or @CarolGyzander on social media