Eden Royce

Eden Royce
Born	Pennsylvania, USA
Website	http://www.edenroyce.com/

Eden Royce is a black gothic horror writer born in Pennsylvania who grew up in Charleston, South Carolina ^[1] . She references the local Gullah-Geechee culture in her writing. As a short story writer her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines such as Apex Magazine , Strange Horizons, as well as two collections of her work. She is also known for writing articles and reviews. In 2016 Royce was awarded the Diverse Worlds Grant by The Speculative Literature Foundation ^[2] . She is married and living in Kent, England. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Bibliography

Novels

• Root Magic (2021) - Winner Mythopeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature ^[8]
• Conjure Island (2023)
• The Creepening of Dogwood House (2024, Middle Grade) - Winner of the 2024 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel. ^[9]
• Psychopomp & Circumstance (2025)

Novellas

• Hollow Tongue (2024) - Winner of the 2024 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Noella. ^[10]

Collections

• Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror (2015)
• Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror (2017)

Anthologies

• Forever Vacancy: A Colors in Darkness Anthology (2017) with Mya Lairis and Kenya Moss-Dyme

Short fiction

• 9 Mystery Rose (2010)
• Finger Food (2010)
• With the Turn of a Key (2010)
• The Omega File (2011) with Darin Kennedy
• Red Sun, Autumn Rose (2011)
• Devil's Playground (2011)
• Infernal Proposal (2011)
• Hag Ride (2011)
• Rhythm (2013)
• The Death Bringer (2013)
• Voodooesque (2015)
• Doc Buzzard's Coffin (2015)
• Hand of Glory (2015)
• Homegoing (2015)
• Path of the War Chief (2015)
• Since Hatchet Was a Hammer (2015)
• The Choking Kind (2015)
• The Watered Soul (2015)
• Basque of the Red Death (2015)
• Graverobbing Negress Seeks Employment (2017)
• A Long Way from the Ritz (2017)
• Blood Read (2017)
• Carolina Blue (2017)
• Chilly Bears - 10¢ (2017)
• Folk (2017)
• Grandmother's Bed (2017)
• Haints of Azalea Hall (2017)
• The Dating Pool (2017)
• The Laughter of Crows (2017)
• The Mermaid Storm (2017)
• The Strange Dowry of Spinster Pumpkin (2017)
• To-Do List (2017)
• Sweetgrass Blood (2017)
• Soupie's Lover (2017)
• Crickets Sing for Naomi (2017)
• Shine, Blackberry Wine (2017)
• A Cure for Ghosts (2017)
• Caretaker (2018)
• Every Good-bye Ain't Gone (2018)
• For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough (2018)
• One If by Sea (2018)
• Witches for Mars (2019)

References and sources

1. "Eden Royce: Atmosphere of Disturbia". November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
2. "Thibodeau and Royce Win SLF's 2016 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants". File 770. October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
3. "Eden Royce". Nightmare Magazine. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
4. "Top Ten Reasons You Should Read Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce". Celebrity Gossip, Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty News From Female First. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
5. "The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Signal Boost #23: Eden Royce and Karolina Fedyk". The Skiffy and Fanty Show. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
6. "Interview with Author Eden Royce". Apex Magazine. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
7. Royce, About Eden (2018-07-30). "Every Good-bye Ain't Gone". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
8. "2022 Mythopoeic Awards". File 770. July 31, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
9. "2024 Stoker Awards Winners" . Retrieved July 9, 2025.
10. "2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". July 19, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.