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In Memory of Exoskeletons: Dark poems and poetry
"Words are magic, and Rebecca Cuthbert is a sorcerer, conjuring beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking, images found in the quiet moments of women's inner worlds. Her poetry captures life's smallest moments and imbues them with immense meaning. A wonderful work."
-Lisa Kröger, author, Monster She The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction and Toil & A Women's History of the Occult
In Memory of Exoskeletons gives readers poetry that captures the horrors and magic of everyday life, especially in the lives of women. The speakers are witches and maidens, hags and mourners, survivors and wives slowly turning to stone. Many of these poems explore the darker side of domesticity and the strength it takes to love through loss, but there are pinpricks of light, too--a celebration of dogs, the perfection of a single blueberry, and the way a brand-new baby can tip the world upside down. Step into these pages; sit with Cuthbert in the twilight. She'll hold your hand, then walk you out.
In Memory of Exoskeletons won the 2024 Imadjinn Award for Best Poetry Collection and made the Horror Writers Association's 2024 Recommended Reading List. The poems "Bloodthirsty" and "Still Love," which are part of the collection, were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. "Still Love" was also nominated for a Best of the Net Award.
-Lisa Kröger, author, Monster She The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction and Toil & A Women's History of the Occult
In Memory of Exoskeletons gives readers poetry that captures the horrors and magic of everyday life, especially in the lives of women. The speakers are witches and maidens, hags and mourners, survivors and wives slowly turning to stone. Many of these poems explore the darker side of domesticity and the strength it takes to love through loss, but there are pinpricks of light, too--a celebration of dogs, the perfection of a single blueberry, and the way a brand-new baby can tip the world upside down. Step into these pages; sit with Cuthbert in the twilight. She'll hold your hand, then walk you out.
In Memory of Exoskeletons won the 2024 Imadjinn Award for Best Poetry Collection and made the Horror Writers Association's 2024 Recommended Reading List. The poems "Bloodthirsty" and "Still Love," which are part of the collection, were nominated for the Pushcart Prize. "Still Love" was also nominated for a Best of the Net Award.
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Published July 21, 2024
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Rebecca Cuthbert
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Rebecca Cuthbert is a dark fiction and poetry writer living in Western New York. She loves ghost stories, folklore, witchy women, and anything that involves nature getting revenge.
Her debut poetry collection, In Memory of Exoskeletons, is out from Alien Buddha Press (March 2023), and CREEP THIS WAY: How to Become a Horror Writer With 24 Steps to Get You Ghouling is available now from Seamus & Nunzio Productions (Jan. 2024). Look for her hybrid poetry and story collection, Self-Made Monsters, in fall of 2024, also from ABP. News about a children’s horror picture book, a spicy gothic novella, and a ghost story collection will be out soon.
Notable publications include the story “The Quilting Circle of Bygone Gardens” in Soul Scream Antholozine (Seamus & Nunzio Productions, 2023); the sonnet “No Rest Nor Relief For You With Me Dead” in Shakespeare Unleashed (Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023); and the story “Falling to Pieces” in We’re Here: Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 (Neon Hemlock Press, 2023).
Her poem “Still Love” was published in Nocturne Magazine, and nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net award. Her poem “Bloodthirsty” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize as well (Alien Buddha Press). Both are included in her debut collection. A story, “Grafting,” was published in Miniskirt Magazine and nominated for a Best of the Net award.
Soon, her grief-horror story “Rock-a-Bye” will be out as part of Cemetery Dance Publications’ DREAD anthology (2024); and her story “The Taste of Other People’s Teeth” will be out as part of Spirited Giving’s Shadows in the Stacks anthology. A poem, “Estuary,” will be published in Seaside Gothic this summer, and “Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson,” a spicy ghost story, will be part of RebellionLit’s Two for the Show anthology.
Rebecca is an Active Pro Member of the Horror Writers Association and part of the HWA NY chapter. Additionally, she is proud to be a Moanaria Fright Club alumna and a co-conspirator in Lindsay Merbaum’s Study Coven. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Undertaker Books, a new horror press.
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Rebecca Cuthbert is a dark fiction and poetry writer living in Western New York. She loves ghost stories, folklore, witchy women, and anything that involves nature getting revenge.
Her debut poetry collection, In Memory of Exoskeletons, is out from Alien Buddha Press (March 2023), and CREEP THIS WAY: How to Become a Horror Writer With 24 Steps to Get You Ghouling is available now from Seamus & Nunzio Productions (Jan. 2024). Look for her hybrid poetry and story collection, Self-Made Monsters, in fall of 2024, also from ABP. News about a children’s horror picture book, a spicy gothic novella, and a ghost story collection will be out soon.
Notable publications include the story “The Quilting Circle of Bygone Gardens” in Soul Scream Antholozine (Seamus & Nunzio Productions, 2023); the sonnet “No Rest Nor Relief For You With Me Dead” in Shakespeare Unleashed (Monstrous Books and Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023); and the story “Falling to Pieces” in We’re Here: Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022 (Neon Hemlock Press, 2023).
Her poem “Still Love” was published in Nocturne Magazine, and nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and a Best of the Net award. Her poem “Bloodthirsty” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize as well (Alien Buddha Press). Both are included in her debut collection. A story, “Grafting,” was published in Miniskirt Magazine and nominated for a Best of the Net award.
Soon, her grief-horror story “Rock-a-Bye” will be out as part of Cemetery Dance Publications’ DREAD anthology (2024); and her story “The Taste of Other People’s Teeth” will be out as part of Spirited Giving’s Shadows in the Stacks anthology. A poem, “Estuary,” will be published in Seaside Gothic this summer, and “Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Anderson,” a spicy ghost story, will be part of RebellionLit’s Two for the Show anthology.
Rebecca is an Active Pro Member of the Horror Writers Association and part of the HWA NY chapter. Additionally, she is proud to be a Moanaria Fright Club alumna and a co-conspirator in Lindsay Merbaum’s Study Coven. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Undertaker Books, a new horror press.
Amazon Author Profile: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Rebecca...
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August 22, 2024
I just read the entire collection out loud to myself in my office, needing a break and some inspiration. The book is a masterful collection of moments big and small.
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