In 2020, I noticed a massive buzz surrounding a certain book—The Invisible Life of Addie Larue. V.E. Scwhab’s novel hadn’t even come out yet, and it already seemed like the book of the year. Of course, I had to test…
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place, is Neema Avashia’s poignant debut essay collection that brings us from growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in West Virginia, to becoming a queer writer, teacher, and education…
In The Bone Spindle (Razorbill, January 2022), debut novelist Leslie Vedder takes the fairytale we all know as Sleeping Beauty, and turns it completely on its head. In this imaginative retelling, not only does the damsel save the prince from…
As this difficult year comes to a close, we at Dead Darlings would like to thank everyone who brought light into our lives by making 2021 so great for readers and writers…from the helpful publicists to our talented bloggers to…
Everybody has a trick for entering their writing. They light candles, turn on Mozart, twirl three times counterclockwise. Me, I cook. This is new. And it isn’t the cooking, really, it’s the smell. Seems I need the simmering of onions…
In A Day Like This, Kelley McNeil writes about Annie, a mother and artist who seeks to unravel the truth of her past after she learns her beloved young daughter never existed. Annie Beyers has everything―a beautiful house, a loving…