NEW WOMEN-IN-HORROR ANTHOLOGY EXPLORING THE BABA YAGA COMING FROM BLACK SPOT BOOKS

Blacks Spot Books new women-in-horror anthology will tackle stories inspired by a famous folklore legend: the Baba Yaga. Written by some of today’s leading women-in-horror, INTO THE FOREST: TALES OF THE BABA YAGA will release on November 8, 2022.

The stories of INTO THE FOREST explore the wild and temperamental nature of the famed witch of Slavic folklore, and range in tone from dark fantasy and folklore to horror. A guardian of the water of life, Baba Yaga lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle. Those who come across Baba Yaga may find help, or hindrance, or horror, and each story reflects the diverse and inclusive experiences of women as they look to Baba Yaga as their muse.

The horror anthology includes twenty-three original stories from New York Times bestselling authors, Bram Stoker Award® winners, and “freshly hatched” voices from around the globe. Featured contributors include Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, with an introduction by Christina Henry. The collection also features a poem from Bram Stoker Award® winning poet, Stephanie M. Wytovich.

“Whether readers are meeting Baba Yaga for the first time, or this is one of many trips to her familiar chicken-legged hut, we invite you to journey with us to meet the witch who waits deep in the forest,” says INTO THE FOREST editor Lindy Ryan. “These stories are, like Baba Yaga herself, limitless and unpredictable. They are wild. They are fierce. And they are feminine. These are the voices of women in horror—hear them.”

INTO THE FOREST will be available in paperback and e-book on November 8, 2022.

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