Eden Royce

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About Eden Royce

Eden Royce (she/her) is a writer from Charleston, South Carolina. She’s a Shirley Jackson Award nominee for her short fiction. Her debut middle grade novel, ROOT MAGIC is a Walter Award Honoree and a Nebula Award Finalist for outstanding children’s literature.

She loves tea, coffee, used bookstores, and roller skating – not always in that order. Find more by visiting linktr.ee/edenroyce.

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Root Magic Jan 5, 2021

by Eden Royce

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“A poignant, necessary entry into the children’s literary canon, Root Magic brings to life the history and culture of Gullah people while highlighting the timeless plight of Black Americans. Add in a fun, magical adventure and you get everything I want in a book!”—Justina Ireland, New York Times bestselling author of Dread Nation

Debut author Eden Royce arrives with a wondrous story of love, bravery, friendship, and family, filled to the brim with magic great and small.

It’s 1963, and things are changing for Jezebel Turner. Her beloved grandmother has just passed away. The local police deputy won’t stop harassing her family. With school integration arriving in South Carolina, Jez and her twin brother, Jay, are about to begin the school year with a bunch of new kids. But the biggest change comes when Jez and Jay turn eleven— and their uncle, Doc, tells them he’s going to train them in rootwork.

Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations—especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon finds out that her family’s true power goes far beyond small charms and elixirs…and not a moment too soon. Because when evil both natural and supernatural comes to show itself in town, it’s going to take every bit of the magic she has inside her to see her through.

Walter Dean Myers Honor Award for Outstanding Children's Literature!

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Sycorax's Daughters Feb 21, 2017

by Walidah Imarisha, Kinitra Brooks, PhD, Linda D. Addison

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A 2018 Bram Stoker Award Finalist! Thought-provoking, powerful, and revealing, this anthology is composed of 28 dark stories and 14 poems written by African-American women writers. The tales of what scares, threatens, and shocks them will enlighten and entertain readers. The works delve into demons and shape-shifters from "How to Speak to the Bogeyman" and "Tree of the Forest Seven Bells Turns the World Round Midnight" to far future offerings such as "The Malady of Need". These pieces cover vampires, ghosts, and mermaids, as well as the unexpected price paid by women struggling for freedom and validation in the past. Contributors include: Tiffany Austin, Tracey Baptiste, Regina N. Bradley, Patricia E. Canterbury, Crystal Connor, Joy M. Copeland, Amber Doe, Tish Jackson, Valjeanne Jeffers, Tenea D. Johnson, R. J. Joseph, A. D. Koboah Nicole Givens Kurtz, Kai Leakes, A. J. Locke, Carole McDonnell, Dana T. McKnight , LH Moore, L. Penelope, Zin E. Rocklyn , Eden Royce, Kiini Ibura Salaam, Andrea Vocab Sanderson, Nicole D. Sconiers, Cherene Sherrard, RaShell R. Smith-Spears, Sheree RenÉe Thomas, Lori Titus, Tanesha Nicole Tyler, Deborah Elizabeth Whaley, L. Marie Wood, K. Ceres Wr

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Flesh and Bone: Rise of the Necromancers Nov 11, 2010

by Jessy Marie Roberts

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Twenty-one dark short stories about the undead, and the persons who raise them... Featuring: The Blade of Tears by Lydia Sharp, No Man's Land by K.G. McAbee, Wrists by Shennandoah Diaz, All the World a Grave by Michael McClung, Blood on the Beach by Anne Michaud, The Scarlet Cat by Rebecca Lloyd, The Mortician's Secret by Kelley Frank, The King's Accord by Alan Baxter, Necrodance by Darin Kennedy, The Ghost Walk by Marianne Halbert, Blood Brothers by J. Matthew Saunders, Bequest by Greg Mellor, 9 Mystery Rose by Eden Royce, In the Dark Kingdom by Brandon Berntson, Jenna's Awakening by TW Brown, Queen of Bones by Aubrie Dionne, Small Matters of Immortality by Michael R. Colangelo, The Stoner Bride by Matthew Fryer, Sedenberry's Pest by Jon C. Forisha, A History of the Wraith King by Chris Poling & And the Greatest of these is Love by David McDonald.

Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror May 15, 2015

by Eden Royce

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Pull up a rocking chair and sit a spell. Soak in these twelve tales of Southern Gothic horror:

Sinister shopkeepers whose goods hold the highest price, a woman’s search for her mother drags her into the binding embrace of a monster, a witchdoctor’s young niece tells him a life-altering secret, an investigator who knows how to keep a 100% confession rate….

These are stories where the setting itself becomes a character—fog laced cemeteries, sulfur rich salt marshes—places housing creatures that defy understanding and where the grotesque and macabre are celebrated.

The stories are rich in flavor and clever in metaphor, the horrors completely surreal or—far more unnerving—all too possible. She brings a refreshing perspective to the table that paranormal lovers are sure to enjoy.

—B.D. Bruns, author of The Gothic Shift

You can feel the warm thick air, the rich history and legends, the desperation of the impoverished, and the deep horror of the betrayed.

—Roma Gray, author of Gray Shadows Under a Harvest Moon

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Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror Jan 20, 2017

by Eden Royce

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Y’all gather round for thirteen more tales of Southern Gothic horror:

Boys find evil in their favorite sweet treat, a perfume shop that makes more than scents, a hurricane carries a mother’s vengeance, a conjure woman lies dying, unable to name a successor…

This is Gothic horror Southern style—shadowy rice fields, creatures that assume humanity at will—where even the most damaged and delicate have their power.

Spook Lights II takes us again South with stories that are graceful in the telling, and beautifully edgy in their details. Humans and haints traverse historic land in search of magic and revenge, finding salvation and justice in unexpected ways; each tale unwinds magnificently in Royce’s hands.
—Linda D. Addison, award-winning author of “How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend”

“Eden Royce’s collection of Southern Gothic fiction is an elegant and haunting read. Her stories filled with the kind of quiet chills born of things glimpsed mostly from the corner of the eye. From the genius of ‘To-Do List’ (just try to forget this tale once you reach its ending!) to the landscape she has created in the house of secrets known as Azaleas Hall, in Spook Lights 2 Ms. Royce has created an experience—and one of those favorite books likely to be enjoyed over and over again.”

—Gregory L. Norris, Tales From the Robot Graveyard

In the Bloodstream: An Anthology of Dark Fantasy and Horror Sep 28, 2013

by Eden Royce, Michael LaRocca

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The love of horror is like a virus.

It gets into your bloodstream, causing an insatiable hunger for more. There is no cure, only

the ability to soothe the craving until the need—once again—grows too great. And you

crave:

Urban legends that are sickeningly real.

Attempts to cheat death that don’t quite succeed.

Creatures with power over this world and the next.

Twisted desires of the flesh that must be met no matter what the cost.

Just in time for Halloween and all its thrills, “In the Bloodstream” brings together some of

horror’s most imaginative new writers. These thirty-one short stories will infiltrate your

system and leave you wondering about that creaking outside the door, while satisfying

your need for the darkly disturbing.

At least for now…

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The Grotesquerie (Mocha Memoirs Presents Women in Horror Book 1) Jan 30, 2014

by Eden Royce

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Twenty-two short horror stories written by women are here on display for your enjoyment or your perverse fascination. Within these pages, beauty becomes deadly, innocence kills, and karma is a harsh mistress. The Grotesquerie is now open...

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The Big Bad II Feb 24, 2015

by John Hartness, Emily Lavin Leverett

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Everybody loves the bad guys, and this second edition of The Big Bad brings you more to love! A collection of best-selling fantasy and horror writers brings you twenty-four all-new tales of vampires, demons, ghosts, zombies, and the most terrifying monsters of all - humans. Crack open the pages, if you dare, and explore two dozen tales of humor and horror by some of the brightest names in the business!

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The Big Bad: An Anthology of Evil May 27, 2013

by John G Hartness, Emily Lavin Leverett

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Everybody loves bad guys, and these are some of the baddest of them all. Forget the rules. There aren't any heroes. No one is going to save you from the wickedness in the darkness. Monster hunters can easily become the hunted. Twisted perverts can find themselves on the receiving end of their own deviant desires. No matter how big and bad someone or something may be, there is always something bigger and badder just waiting. Even the classics like a dragon, werewolf, or supernatural being can fall victim to something even more evil. Take a peek, if you dare, inside the malevolent world of super-villains, monsters, demons and just plain evil folk. Be careful, what you see there might be disturbingly familiar ...

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Sinisterotica: A Collection of Erotic Horror Apr 21, 2011

by Stella Berkley, Roxanne Rhoads, Rebecca Hart, Eden Royce

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A cry in the dark… a howl on the wind… are these the sounds of pleasure or pain?

Twenty-four authors blur the line between pleasure and pain in this sinful collection of erotic horror, proving that sometimes bad feels good.

Includes short stories by the following authors: Stella Berkley, Deb Eskie, Robert S. Tyler, Lila Shaw, Gustavo Bondoni, Maxine Marsh, Sealey Andrews, Christopher Heath, C.D. Reimer, T.C. Clark, L.M. Doyle, Joshua Dobson, Indy McDaniel, Parisa Syrus, A.J. French, Angel Propps, Matt Kurtz, J. Leigh Bailey, Peter Baltensperger, Lawrence Vernon, Anton Strauss, R. Brennan, Roxanne Rhoads and Eden Royce.

Strange Tales Of Horror Feb 1, 2011

by Matt Nord, Jeffrey Angus

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Have you ever felt like you were being watched? Did you ever think that there was something sinister waiting for you in that dark alley? Did you ever hear a noise in the middle of the night that you just couldn't explain or a breath on the back of your neck when nobody was supposed to be there? Maybe it wasn't your imagination...

Strange Tales of Horror is an anthology containing short fiction and poems by writers from all over the world. Prepare yourself.

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Dark Things V (A Horror Anthology) Feb 2, 2011

by Matt Kurtz, Kelly Hashway, Jessy Marie Roberts

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Embrace your dark side with this eclectic collection of horror stories. Missing children, closet monsters, ghoul men and strange keys; alien abductions, body collectors and demonic possession. Frightening fits of rage and terror are soaked into every page. Drenched in the dark and dreary, this volume contains the following short stories: Hexting by Gregory L. Norris, The Monster of All Monsters by Kelly Hashway, Ghoul Man by Scott M. Sandridge, With the Turn of a Key by Eden Royce, Expecting by Marc Sorondo, Better Homemade by Daniel J.D. Stone, Eye for an Eye by O.J. Cade, The Nature Elementals by A.J. French, The Devil's Song by Ellie Garratt, Lord of Slum by Matt Kurtz, Food of the Gods by John Pennington, The Machine Fink by Mike Phillips, Daddy's Little Secret by Charles Day, The ReNOWn Balloon Trial by Douglas J. Ogurek, Guilt by Eva Glynn Stephens, Under the Skin by Rebecca Lloyd, Hungry for Winter by Christian Crews, 'Til the End of the Road by Tony Simmons & Darkened by Gary Buettner.

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