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About The Book
Finally back in print! The second collection from Gemma Files, the multi-time Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winning author of Experimental Film, and whose stories "overwhelm the reader with a true sense of wonder, awe, and horror" (Paul Tremblay, award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World).
"Nobody in a Gemma Files story puts a hand on a doorknob and opens the door they shouldn't—these folks are already in the other side." (Paula Guran in Horror Garage) The inhabitants of the stories in The Worm in Every Heart include gods and madmen, arsonists and ancient vampires, monsters and mothers who don't know how to love. No matter where they live—Warsaw during World War II, British India, or modern-day Toronto—their realities are not our own, but ones in which we'll willingly immerse ourselves for a terrifying moment or two...
"Nobody in a Gemma Files story puts a hand on a doorknob and opens the door they shouldn't—these folks are already in the other side." (Paula Guran in Horror Garage) The inhabitants of the stories in The Worm in Every Heart include gods and madmen, arsonists and ancient vampires, monsters and mothers who don't know how to love. No matter where they live—Warsaw during World War II, British India, or modern-day Toronto—their realities are not our own, but ones in which we'll willingly immerse ourselves for a terrifying moment or two...
About The Author
Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her novel, Experimental Film, won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the Sunburst Award for Best Canadian Speculative Fiction (Novel). Gemma is also a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner for her short fiction collections.
Product Details
- Publisher: Shortwave (September 8, 2026)
- Length: 320 pages
- ISBN13: 9798897320486
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Raves and Reviews
"Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances."
– NPR.org
"One of the genre's most original and innovative voices."
– Los Angeles Review of Books
"The recent republication of Gemma Files's first two collections of short fiction, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, was a reminder of how long and how well she has been writing."
– Locus Magazine
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