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Lindy Ryan

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Lindy Ryan is an award-winning author, anthologist, and short-film director whose books and anthologies have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal. Several of her projects have been adapted for screen. Ryan is the current author-in-residence at Rue Morgue. Declared a “champion for women’s voices in horror” by Shelf Awareness, Ryan was named a Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree in 2020, and in 2022, was named one of horror's most masterful anthology curators. Born and raised in Southeast Texas, Ryan currently resides on the East Coast. She is a professor at Rutgers University. ...more

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September has arrived, and with it, the need to slip into writing hibernation and find a quiet moment to breathe. Between drafting a brand-new novel, editing a forthcoming anthology, and preparing for upcoming releases (HOWL in November, Dollface in February, and a few short pieces here and there), my plate is full—in the best, most terrifying way. Add in the start of the fall semester—with a

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	Bless Your Heart (Bless Your Heart, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 5,609 ratings — published 2024 — 10 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
	Another Fine Mess (Bless Your Heart, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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
	The Darkest Night: 22 Winter Horror Stories by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (editor), Josh Malerman (Goodreads Author) (contributor), Rachel Harrison (contributor) 3.64 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2024 — 4 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
	Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Christina Henry (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 726 ratings — published 2022 — 8 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
	Cold Snap 2.49 avg rating — 955 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Under Her Skin: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Vol. I by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author), Toni Miller (Editor), Marge Simon (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Mother Knows Best: Tales of Homemade Horror by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sadie Mother Horror Hartmann (foreword), Jill Baguchinsky (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 199 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Throw Me to the Wolves by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author), Christopher Brooks 3.64 avg rating — 143 ratings — 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
	A Midnight Clear by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sam Hooker (Goodreads Author), Alcy Leyva (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 104 ratings — 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
	Under Her Eye: A Women in Horror Poetry Showcase, Volume II by Lindy Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lee Murray (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emma J. Gibbon (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.38 avg rating — 55 ratings — 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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“Either way, don't you ever let anyone take you away from you, child. Because at the end of the day, that's all you got.”
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“She lives on the borders of places, in the margins far from a safe and civilized society. Her house will appear at the edge of a wood, or sometimes deep in a forest but on the thin line between kingdoms.”
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“A few of us—the drowned girls, the birch brides, the unquiet spirits—do both.”
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