Experimental Film (Paperback) by GemmaFiles Paperback, 342 Pages, Published 2020 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-6388-3, ISBN: 1-5040-6388-0
"She is able to connect it to the early work of Mrs. Iris Dunlopp Whitcomb, the spiritualist and collector of fairy tales who mysteriously disappeared from a train compartment in 1918."
Spectral Evidence by GemmaFiles Paperback, 209 Pages, Published 2018 by Trepidatio Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-947654-18-1, ISBN: 1-947654-18-7
"For almost thirty years, Shirley Jackson Award-winning horror author Gemma Files has consistently served up tale after tale celebrating monstrosity in all its forms: the imperfect, the broken, the beautifully alien and the sadly familiar. Her characters make their own choices and take their own chances, slipping from darkness into deeper darkness yet never losing their humanity--not even when they're anything but.An embittered blood-ser ..."
"Vastarien: A Literary Journal is a source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas. The journal includes nonfiction, literary horror fiction, poetry, artwork and non-classifiable hybrid pieces.ContentsVenio Gemma FilesThe Lord is an Active Shooter Fiona Maeve GeistThe Sisters F.J. BergmannHorror Religiosus The Dark Passions of Mark Samuels David PeakThe Curse of the ..."
"With her ghostly, magical storytelling, Files does the same." --NPR.org Praise for Gemma Files "Gemma Files's stories are always so smart and humane, and overwhelm the reader with a true sense of wonder, awe, and horror."
"They emerge from the shadows, to claim the night . . . Women from around the world delve into Lovecraftian depths, penning and illustrating a variety of weird horrors. The pale and secretive Lavinia wanders through the woods, Asenath is a precocious teenager with an attitude, and the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Nitocris has found a new body in distant America. And do you have time to hear a word from our beloved mother Shub-Niggurath? D ..."
Chthonic Weird Tales of Inner Earth by GemmaFiles, Ramsey Campbell, Scott R. Jones Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Martian Migraine Press ISBN-13: 978-1-927673-25-6, ISBN: 1-927673-25-9
"Within the pages of this anthology of weird fiction, you'll find seventeen stories from a diverse group of international authors. Stories that plumb the depths of earth at least as deeply as they explore the human capacity for suffering and enlightenment. The cavern mouth awaits, as does the cistern with hidden depths, the tunnel that twists and writhes, the abyssal space that hums with unknown activity. Note the faint glow to the walls ..."
"IN THE SHADOWS OF WAR AND HISTORY, THE MIRROR BETWEEN MAN AND MONSTER BREAKS . . . From the haunted hills of Roman Britain to the sewers of occupied Warsaw... in the bloodied streets of Revolutionary Paris, and the anarchy World War II Shanghai... out of the wilds of America, India, Africa and Europe... down the long savage darkness of the centuries, monsters have fed upon us. They are shapeshifters, vampires, sorcerers and spirits--t ..."
"They emerge from the shadows, to claim the night .... Women from around the world delve into Lovecraftian depths, penning and illustrating a variety of Weird horrors. The pale and secretive Lavinia wanders through the woods, Asenath is a precocious teenager with an attitude, and the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Nitocris has found a new body in distant America. And do you have time to hear a word from our beloved mother Shub-Niggurath? Def ..."
A Tree of Bones Volume Three of the Hexslinger Series by GemmaFiles Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2012 by Chizine Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-57-0, ISBN: 1-926851-57-9
"New Mexico, 1867: Months have passed since hexslinger Chess Pargeter sacrificed himself to restore the town of Bewelcome, once cursed to salt by his former lover, “Reverend” Asher Rook. Now a coalition led by Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency lays siege to reborn Mayan goddess Ixchel’s notorious “Hex City,” the one place on earth where hexes can act in consort, and the desert just outside Bewelcome has become the front line in what thr ..."
A Rope of Thorns(1st Edition) Volume Two of the Hexslinger Series by GemmaFiles Paperback, 340 Pages, Published 2011 by Chizine Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-926851-14-3, ISBN: 1-926851-14-5
"You must let blood to get blood. New Mexico, 1867. As consort to resurrected Mayan goddess Ixchel, hexslinger 'Reverend' Asher Rook has founded 'Hex City' - the first place in all of human history where magicians can live and work together safely. But this tenuous peace is is threatened by the approach of Rook's former lover, Chess Pargeter, bent on revenge over Rook's betrayal, as he kills his way toward the very same spot, dragging Pi ..."
"A thrilling collection of horror, suspense, bizarro, and dark fantasy from some of the most respected and talented writers in their genres. With Bram Stoker Award winner, Brian Keene, Kealan Patrick Burke, Kevin Lucia, Gemma Files, Derek M. Fox, Nathaniel Lambert, Belinda Frisch, Craig D.B. Patton, Jeff Edwards, Richard D. Findlay, Mary Rajotte, Glen R. Krisch, Joe Nazare, Norman L. Rubenstein, Lawrence Vernon, Ginger Nielsen, and Tim D ..."
"OTHER VOICES, OTHER TOMBS is an anthology packed with unsettling stories from the finest independent authors in the horror genre. This collection runs the gamut of styles, including everything from literary horror to creepypasta. Ania Ahlborn, Kealan Patrick Burke, Michael Wehunt, Mercedes Yardley, and Gemma Files are widely considered some of the best authors working in dark fiction right now. Also included are stories from NoSleep Pod ..."
Drawn Up From Deep Places by GemmaFiles Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2018 by Journalstone ISBN-13: 978-1-947654-23-5, ISBN: 1-947654-23-3
"IF YOU GO DOWN DEEP ENOUGH, YOU FIND ALL SORTS OF THINGS . . . . In her second collection from Trepidatio Publishing, award-winning author Gemma Files takes her readers on journeys out beyond safe borders—from the trackless depths of the sea, to the empty desert frontiers of the Weird West, even to the edges of cracks between worlds. Here, in these narrow spaces between the known and the unknown, behind the paper-thin curtains of realit ..."
A Book of Tongues(1st Edition) Volume One of the Hexslinger Series by GemmaFiles Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2010 by Chizine Publications Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-9812978-6-6, ISBN: 0-9812978-6-2
"Two years after the Civil War, Pinkerton agent Ed Morrow has gone undercover with one of the weird West's most dangerous outlaw gangs - the troop led by 'Reverend' Asher Rook, ex-Confederate chaplain turned 'hexslinger', and his notorious lieutenant (and lover) Chess Pargeter. Morrow's task: get close enough to map the extent of Rook's power, then bring that knowledge back to help Professor Joachim Asbury unlock the secrets of magic its ..."
"The essential collection of beloved ghost stories, compiled by the editor who helped define the genre--including stories from award-winning, bestselling authors such as Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, Seanan McGuire, and Paul Tremblay. Everyone loves a good ghost story, especially Ellen Datlow--the most lauded editor in short works of supernatural suspense and dark fantasy. The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories is her definitive collect ..."
"Nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award! H.P. Lovecraft, the American master of horror, understood with horrible clarity that all things must die. After summer is winter, and life inevitably gives way to frozen sterility. In our modern world, we live cushioned existences, and congratulate ourselves on our supposed escape from the old dangers. We think ourselves caught out of nature’s reach by our technological wizardry. Safely cocooned. T ..."
"The stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing. Howard Phillips Lovecraft may have been a writer for only a short time, but the creations he left behind after his death in 1937 have shaped modern horror more than any other author in the last two centuries: the shambling god Cthulhu, and the other deities of the Elder Things, the Outer Gods, and the Great Old Ones, and Herbert West, Reanimator, ..."
"Unwell... Cody Goodfellow wants to introduce you to a goddess who offers unsurpassed pleasure at an unspeakable price. Unwise... Gemma Files wants you to see what happens when you look too closely into places and things better left unknown. Unquiet... Mort Castle wants to play some unfamiliar music for you... the tunes of the lost and the damned. Undone... Gary A. Braunbeck wants to take you to the edge of madness and perversity... a ..."
"Featuring: Gemma Files, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tim Waggoner, and R. Patrick GatesThis volume marks the long-overdue return of a dark fiction series that debuted in 1993. After a fourteen year hiatus, Thrillers is revived with a star-studded second volume.Within these pages, you'll find terror, suspense, and mystery that range from quietly menacing to shockingly graphic, wildly fantastic to grimly realistic. It's all here, with one universa ..."
"Haunted are These Houses explores the gothic sub-genre through poetry and fiction: from castle and lighthouses to suburbia to laundromats. It features 22 poems and 12 short stories sure to rattle bones and send shadows dancing about the walls."