Under Her Skin Cover Reveal & TOC

Black Spot Books presents its inaugural Poetry Showcase, featuring the best in never-before-published dark verse and lyrical prose from the voices of Women in Horror. Edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, the inaugural 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 in horror.

Interior illustrations by Marge Simon
Cover design by Qamber Designs and Media

• HER by Tabatha Wood   


• WE by Morgan Sylvia


• BEAUTIFUL by L. Marie Wood 


• SKINCARE ROUTINE by Cynthia Pelayo


• MY SKIN by 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. Yardley


• 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 by Aimee Lowenstern


• REGENERATION/COLLAPSE by Tiffany Morris


• LOVELY LIKE HONEY by Brianna Malotke


• LILIES LEFT FOR MOM by Brianna Malotke   


• GROWING PAINS by Amy Lowenstern 


• THE VOID by Julieanne 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 Tracy 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