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Under Her Black Wings: 2020 Women of Horror Anthology Volume One (Kandisha Press Women Of Horror Anthology Series Book 1) Kindle Edition
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- A Boy Scout troop encounters a frightening mythological creature in an American forest
- A lonely woman finds a home among a group of lost-and-found souls, all cared for by a tentacled sea-creature called "Mother"
- A faceless woman attacks like a virus and takes on the identities of her victims
- A post-apocalyptic battle for survival rages between human and insect
- A shadow woman leads the spirits of the murdered to take revenge in the desert
These are just some of the stories nineteen women came up with when tasked with creating their own Women Monsters. Step inside and experience tales of bloodsucking entities in the jungles of Southeast Asia, Cuban river goddesses, an Aztec bruja, werewolves, soulstealers, obsessive lovers, furious spurned wives, bloody murder in Gothic manors and on Southern plantations, and so much more...
Featuring stories from: Christy Aldridge, Carmen Baca, Somer Canon, Sharon Frame Gay, The Sisters of Slaughter : Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, Jill Girardi, Alys Hobbs, Tina Isaacs, Stevie Kopas, Marie Lanza, Malena Salazar Maciá, Charlotte Munro, Lydia Prime, Paula R.C. Readman, Copper Rose and Yolanda Sfetsos.
With cover art by Corinne Halbert (Hate Baby Comix) and Foreword by Brandon Scott (Author of Vodou and Sleight, Devil Dog Press)
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
"With Under Her Black Wings, Kandisha Press has put together a collection of stories that touch upon a wide variety of subjects and give glimpses of horror from all over the world. The collection serves as a wonderful introduction to a lot of authors that I had not been acquainted with before, and also contains a few tales from some familiar faces. Among the familiar faces, The Sisters of Slaughter present Desert Kisses, a tale of revenge that reminds us that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Somer Canon delivers one of the most fun stories we come across with The Riddled Path. It's simultaneously hilarious and horrifying...There were so many new to me authors that caught my attention....If you are looking to adorn your shelves with some accomplished ladies of horror fiction, Under Her Black Wings is an appropriately worthy gateway." - Brennan LaFaro, DeadHead Reviews (abridged)
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date7 March 2020
- Reading age18 years
- File size1545 KB
Product details
- ASIN : B085N7YF5K
- Language : English
- File size : 1545 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 274 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: 508,939 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- 658 in Horror Anthologies
- 3,189 in Occult Horror
- 4,361 in Occult Stories
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About the authors
Stevie Kopas was born and raised in New Jersey. She is a gamer, a writer, and an apocalypse enthusiast. Stevie will never turn down a good cup of coffee and might even be a bit of a caffeine addict.
Stevie has a podcast on YouTube called Horror Metal Cast with drummer Joe Moore. She is also is the Managing Editor of the website Horror Metal Sounds and a writer/reviewer for the site.
Her work includes The Breadwinner Trilogy (The Breadwinner, Haven, All Good Things), Madness Burns, Never Say Die: Stories of The Zombie Apocalypses, and Slashvivor.
Kopas is also the author of several short stories featured in charity anthologies At Hell’s Gates Volumes 1 – 3 and Man Behind The Mask; she is also in Kandisha Press’ Women in Horror anthology Volumes 1 and 3.
She currently resides in East Tennessee with her son, husband, and stinky old dog.
She is an avid reader and watcher of horror and post-apocalyptic fiction (especially zom-poc). Offline, Stevie is a telecommunications professional.
Instagram: @THEapacotaco
Twitter: @apacotaco
Facebook: facebook.com/thebreadwinnertrilogy
Official site: someonereadthis.com
Email: typeitordie@gmail.com
Lydia Prime is a New Jersey born creature of the night. Her short story, Sadie, (published in Kandisha Press’, Under Her Black Wings: 2020 Women in Horror Anthology) won the 23rd Critters Annual Readers Poll for Best Horror Short Story (2020). When Lydia isn’t releasing monstrosities from her mind, she happily helps others work with their brain children through her editing services. On Fridays, she even offers free faulty advice to those in need. Charitable, and chilling—what a gal!
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Desolate Desert Landscapes- I absolutely loved the scenery of many of these stories. I live in the desert, therefore, I highly appreciated these little attention to detail moments. The smell of a monsoon, the humid rain heavy in the air, ugh the feels it evoked left my heart empty, covered in thick settled dust.
An Ocean Kingdom- I love mermaid horror stories. Horror and iridescent scales go so well together.
Revenge Parties- It's all fun and games until you find out why you truly are the center of attention.
Creepy Phone Calls- Always make for a good psychological adventure.
Creepy Children- Let's face it, children can be extra creepy, especially the on purpose creepy ones.
Other elements I enjoyed:
Revenge- All the fun ways revenge was taken... super fun! Morbid fun, but still. :)
Monsters- Supposed myths but these ladies brought them to life!
Evil- Who doesn't love evil twisted stories?
I'm a sensitivity reader. I knew going into this horror anthology that I would not be able to read it at night once it got dark. I also knew I couldn't read this while eating because of blood and gore.
So why did I read this?
A couple of reasons:
1. The cover looked sweet! I thought it was unique, pretty, and the colors popped right out at me. Most demons I've read about seem to have a male presence, I'm elated to see female demons getting more popular. (Probably because women are working towards equality still.)
2. It was free the day I found the sweet cover on Amazon. Lucky me!
3. I learned this was an ALL WOMEN horror anthology and I definitely wanted to support that. Women live with deep horrors, oftentimes even scaring the outside of the skin, if anyone should be writing about horror, it's those who have lived it and keep on living. Women who write horror, ugh ya I'm here for even if I am a little sensitive. The horror community had remained mostly male in the past. I love that this is an all-women edition. Can I fangirl over that enough? Not really.
4. Some of the authors I follow on Twitter were featured- I was excited to see what they came up with.
5. As I was reading these stories I became more and more inspired and encouraged to write about my own horrors I've lived to tell, in a creative way. Anything I can refer to over and over and draw inspiration from is something I can appreciate, even being a sensitivity reader.
If you enjoy the horror genre, you'll definitely find multiple, if not all of the authors you'll want to follow. I know I'm going to.
As stated before, I downloaded this while it was free on Amazon. I was under no obligation to write a review, my honest opinion is given freely.

One of the things I love most about anthologies is variety. Sure there's a common thread, but getting to hear different voices tell stories, give their takes on whatever the theme is...it just never gets old. In UNDER HER BLACK WINGS we get 19 stories written by women from all over the world. These ladies killed it! Or killed her...or him...or them...you get it. Because women monsters. There wasn't a single story I didn't like in here, and at 19 stories, that's no short order. Of course, I liked some more than others, but overall this was strong all around.
Here are a few of my favorites -
THE RIDDLED PATH by Somer Canon: A group of Boy Scouts finds goes on a hike they'll never forget.
SOMEWHERE TO BELONG by Yolanda Sfetsos: A woman decides to visit a playground on a rainy day.
FIRSTBORN by Jill Girardi: I'm not going to say what this is about. I will say the creature in this was creepy as hell.
I love that Kandisha is publishing dark fiction by women, because we all need more of that. And I need this series to not end. The only good thing about me waiting until now to read this volume is that I don't have to wait for the next one. Now excuse me while I go hunt down other work by all of these authors.


Reviewed in the United States on 22 October 2021
One of the things I love most about anthologies is variety. Sure there's a common thread, but getting to hear different voices tell stories, give their takes on whatever the theme is...it just never gets old. In UNDER HER BLACK WINGS we get 19 stories written by women from all over the world. These ladies killed it! Or killed her...or him...or them...you get it. Because women monsters. There wasn't a single story I didn't like in here, and at 19 stories, that's no short order. Of course, I liked some more than others, but overall this was strong all around.
Here are a few of my favorites -
THE RIDDLED PATH by Somer Canon: A group of Boy Scouts finds goes on a hike they'll never forget.
SOMEWHERE TO BELONG by Yolanda Sfetsos: A woman decides to visit a playground on a rainy day.
FIRSTBORN by Jill Girardi: I'm not going to say what this is about. I will say the creature in this was creepy as hell.
I love that Kandisha is publishing dark fiction by women, because we all need more of that. And I need this series to not end. The only good thing about me waiting until now to read this volume is that I don't have to wait for the next one. Now excuse me while I go hunt down other work by all of these authors.


So, some of you would say, “But, C.C. it’s not possible for a book to have jump scares.”
Well, technically I suppose that is correct, however, a story can stick with you in such a way that those unexplained noises you hear during the night will make you jump out of your skin! Especially when walking down a long dark hallway through your apartment building and as you remember these stories, you glance about nervously while fumbling with the keys you just pulled out of your pocket. And just as you are about to insert the correct key, you see a shadow down the hallway out of the corner of your eye and of course you drop said keys. When you finally manage to insert your key with your shaking hand, you slip in through the opened door faster than you ever have before in your life. You slam it shut behind you, flip on the light switch and stand there listening and watching as your entire body trembles with fear.
I enjoyed all the stories in this anthology and I won’t pick favorites! Anyone who loves horror will be thrilled with this book! I’m giving it 5 stars!


Reviewed in the United States on 18 September 2020
So, some of you would say, “But, C.C. it’s not possible for a book to have jump scares.”
Well, technically I suppose that is correct, however, a story can stick with you in such a way that those unexplained noises you hear during the night will make you jump out of your skin! Especially when walking down a long dark hallway through your apartment building and as you remember these stories, you glance about nervously while fumbling with the keys you just pulled out of your pocket. And just as you are about to insert the correct key, you see a shadow down the hallway out of the corner of your eye and of course you drop said keys. When you finally manage to insert your key with your shaking hand, you slip in through the opened door faster than you ever have before in your life. You slam it shut behind you, flip on the light switch and stand there listening and watching as your entire body trembles with fear.
I enjoyed all the stories in this anthology and I won’t pick favorites! Anyone who loves horror will be thrilled with this book! I’m giving it 5 stars!


If you are looking for something to read for Halloween, or just a handful of creepy stories to pass the time, this book will not disappoint you. I am looking forward to reading Volume 2 next!

Chock full of tales to make the hair stand up on your neck and have you jumping at sounds from the hall. 5/5! I'll be reading the rest if the books and hunting for more stories by these ladies!