A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by the Baba Yaga. Featuring Gwendolyn Kiste, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Mercedes M. Yardley, Monique Snyman, Donna Lynch, Lisa Quigley, and R. J. Joseph, with a foreword by Christina Henry.
Deep in the dark forest, in a cottage that spins on birds’ legs behind a fence topped with human skulls, lives the baba yaga. A guardian of the water of life, she lives with her sisters and takes to the skies in a giant mortar and pestle, creating tempests as she goes. Those who come across the baba yaga may find help, or hinderance, or horror. She is wild, she is woman, she is witch—and these are her tales.
Edited by Lindy Ryan, this collection brings together some of today’s leading voices of women-in-horror as they pay tribute to the baba yaga, and go Into the Forest.
Order The Forest, out now from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing.
"Quigley, co-host of the award-winning Ladies of the Fright podcast, is well versed in active contemplation of the Horror genre itself, and it shows here with a storyline that could be described as a 21st Century update to Jackson’s “The Lottery.” Fans of Hex by Huevelt and The Twisted Ones by Kingsolver will also find a kindred spirit in The Forest. [pun intended]."
- Becky Spratford, the library world’s Horror Maven
Hell’s Bells, out now from Unnerving Press
“A searingly fun debut from author Lisa Quigley, Hell's Bells is a rollicking tale of friendship, rock and roll, and the Devil that's also a love letter to all the outsiders and wonderful weirdos out there. Sweet and heartbreaking one moment, and horrifying and bold the next, you should put this one at the top of your reading list immediately.”
– Gwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens and The Invention of Ghosts
“Sinful, cinematic, and (thank God) irreverent. Quigley reminds us that, if it comes down to denying your true nature in the name of Heaven, Hell might be worth looking into.”
– Josh Malerman, New York Times bestselling author of Bird Box and Malorie
“Some of the body horror imagery here belongs in the same vault with the works of David Cronenberg and Betty Rocksteady. Gnarly and the very definition of ‘fun.’ Hell's Bells is an excellent debut from Lisa Quigley, and now I'm convinced if I read the text backward I'd summon the devil, which this novella sorta makes me want to do.”
– Max Booth III, author of Touch the Night
“Ask a scary question, get a scary answer, and what question is scarier than ‘Why are we here?’ Lisa Quigley’s characters dare ask, and their earnest dialogue sings with obsession and determination. An electric, beautiful, grotesque subversion, Hell’s Bells pulls satanic panic inside-out by the guts to reveal the terrible power of God, the Devil, and teenage girls.”
– Hailey Piper, author of Benny Rose, the Cannibal King
Book Trailer by David Irons
Book Trailer Voiceover by Leah Livingston
Lisa Quigley, the glitch witch.
My desire to write is one of my glitches—and it’s one of my favorite ones.
My books are artistic expressions of my life as a mutant. From my alien cyborg brain to yours.
Order
Camp Neverland,
out now from Unnerving.
"Camp Neverland offers a spellbinding atmosphere of folklore, friendship, and murder that feels too good to be true, and yet thanks to Quigley's sinister magic, we want to belong all the more. An engrossing coming-of-age journey into the heart of loneliness and sacrifice."
- Hailey Piper, author of The Worm and His Kings
Podcast Appearances
Hell’s Bells
It's 1991, and Sasha, Hayley, Tiffany and Jessica are four best friends into black clothes and rock music. They dabble in ouija boards and occult games like ‘light as a feather.’ But when Hayley gets ‘saved’, she’s convinced rock music is satanic and conspires to save them all. Her good intentions go up in flames and the four girls accidentally summon the devil. Trapped in the basement with entities beyond their wildest nightmares, their only saving grace is rock & roll. They have to hope to hell it’s enough, before another one bites the dust.