About me
About the author
Cindy O’Quinn is an Appalachian writer. She grew up in the beautiful mountains of West
Virginia. She writes fiction, nonfiction, and speculative poetry, which all lean heavily into the
horror genre. It was with Cindy’s fifth Bram Stoker Award® nomination that garnered her a
winner of the prestigious award. Her poetry has been nominated for the Elgin, Rhylsing, and
Dwarf Star awards.
by Cindy O’Quinn
Novel:
Dark Cloud on Naked Creek
Fiction:
“Quondam,” The Nightmare Never Ends
“Lydia,” from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology, The Twisted Book of Shadows
“The Thing I Found Along a Dirt Patch Road,” Shotgun Honey Presents: Recoil
“A Gathering on the Mountain,” The Bad Book
“The Handshake,” Sanitarium Magazine, and Northern Frights, Women Issue
“Perfect Seed,” SFPA Halloween Recordings
“Advent,” Eerie Christmas. Later re-released as “The Fizz,” In Northern Frights
“The Patch,” Northern Frights
“Black Cats and Bone Dust,” Vinyl Cuts
“Hank.” Something Bad Happened
“Vine House,” Something Bad Happened
“A Wayfaring Woman,” Brigids Sisters
“At the Foot of Jones Mountain,” Bestiary of Blood
“Swimming in the Aftertaste,” Bestiary of Blood*
“Rolling Boil,” Discontinue if Death Ensues: Tales From the Tipping Point
“Everyone,” Discontinue if Death Ensues: Tales From the Tipping Point
“Like-minded,” A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales
Nonfiction:
“One and Done,” Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology
“Waiting on a Diagnosis,” You’re Not Alone in the Dark
Sudden Fictions Podcasts:
“Storm Surge”
“Give Me Shelter”
Poetry Collections:
Return to Graveyard Dust
Foundlings **
Individual poems published:
75+
*Wayne Fenlon
** Stephanie Ellis
