The Worm in Every Heart
Stories
$33.99
- Paperback
424 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2026
Summary
Finally back in print! The second collection from Gemma Files, the multi-time Bram Stoker Award and Shirley Jackson Award winning author of Experimental Film, and whose stories “overwhelm the reader with a true sense of wonder, awe, and horror” (Paul Tremblay, award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World).
“Nobody in a Gemma Files story puts a hand on a doorknob and opens the door they shouldn’t—these folks are already in the other side.” (Paula Guran in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798897320486 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Gemma Files |
| Publisher: | Shortwave Media |
| Imprint: | Shortwave Media |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 424 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
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Critics Review
“Colorful, powerful, and charismatic, her characters are rendered in bold strokes and poignant nuances.” * NPR.org *
“One of the genre’s most original and innovative voices.” * Los Angeles Review of Books *
“The recent republication of Gemma Files’s first two collections of short fiction, Kissing Carrion and The Worm in Every Heart, was a reminder of how long and how well she has been writing.” * Locus Magazine *
Gemma Files
Gemma Files is a Canadian horror writer, journalist, and film critic. Her novel, Experimental Film, won the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the Sunburst Award for Best Canadian Speculative Fiction (Novel). Gemma is also a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner for her short fiction collections.
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