Brenda S. Tolian MFA ~is the author of BLOOD MOUNTAIN, published by RAW DOG SCREAMING PRESS.

Exciting news is coming in 2024!!!

Brenda S. Tolian is an active HWA and Angela Carter Society member. She graduated from Adams State University and Regis University (MFA) and is a doctoral student of literature at Murray State University.

Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies such as  101 Proof Horror,  Consumed Tales Inspired by The Wendigo, The Jewish Book Of Horror, and Twisted Pulp Magazine issue 3. Brenda also writes academically on subjects such as postmodernism, obscure literature, textuality, and biography, centering on themes of the female agency within autobiography and horror. Recent work is featured in “Ba’lat Ov,” Gramarye, The Journal of the Chichester Center for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, Issue 23,2023 Her poetry has appeared in various publications, and she was a featured poet for the HWA publication Showcase Vol.8. Currently, she is hard at work editing her forthcoming novel, a book of poetry, and a non-fiction book in conjunction with her doctoral work at Murray State University. Exciting anthology news is also on its way!

She is a lead instructor of dark fiction with Al•che•my Writers Workshop in Denver and a Professor of English in Lousiana.

She now calls New Orleans home after a long stint in the southwest.