Shannon Riley

Shannon Riley (she/her) grew up writing gore starring her friends and family instead of doing math homework. She is the author of new revenge and body horror laden Pocketknife Kitty (Ghoulish Books, 2024). Additionally, her short fiction has been seen in the Dark Blooms: Girls' Coming-of-Age Horrors anthology, and in Ghoulish Tales, as well as various other places online. She lives with her husband and two daughters in a mediumish suburb outside of Pittsburgh. If you like chatting about 2000s emo and post-hardcore music, you can go yell at her on Twitter.

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