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"Siolaigh." in Screams from the Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow, July 2022.
“Screams From the Dark crackles with ferocious energy and ravenous delights. A thrilling feast for we who love monsters. Datlow has gathered the kinds of stories to which all gruesome campfire tales aspire.” —Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth
“The Air, The Ocean, the Earth, the Deep.” The Saga Book of Ghost Stories. Ed. Ellen Datlow. New York: Saga Press, 2019.
"For He Can Creep." Tor.com July 14, 2019.
"Haunt." The Devil and the Deep, ed. Ellen Datlow. Night Shade Books. March 20, 2018. Reprinted in Best Horror of the Year, 2018.
"The War of Light and Shadow in Five Dishes" BCS. 2018. *Finalist for the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, 2019
"Nesters." Children of Lovecraft. Ed. Ellen Datlow. Dark Horse Books, 2016. Reprinted in Best Horror of the Year, 2016. Reprinted in Best of the Best: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction, 2018.
"Travelling in the Grey Country." AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2016.
"Asmodeus Flight," Ghost in the Cogs: Steam-Powered Ghost Stories, Ed. Scott Gable, 2015.
Lines on a Pamphlet Found Near the Museum." AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2014.
"Wendigo Nights." Fearful Symmetries, Ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014. 2014 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist. *Reprinted in The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume 2. Ed. Kathe Koja and Michael Kelly. Chizine Press, 2015.
"The Year of Silent Birds." Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Jan. 2014.
"The Strange Case of Madeleine Marsh (Aged 14 1/4)" Realms of Fantasy, April 2011. (VC)
"Sister Jasmine Brings the Pain" IGMS, June 2010. (VC) 2nd Place Winner, IGMS Reader Awards
"The Black-Iron Drum" Fantasy Magazine, Nov 2008. (VC)
"The White Isle" Realms of Fantasy, Dec 2007. (VC)
"Morning in the House of Death" On Spec, Summer 2003.
"A Killer of Men" On Spec. Fall 2000.
"Birthing Monsters" Basement Stories. August 2011.
"Mrs. Wolf" On Spec. Spring 2002.
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| Stephanie Pui-Mun Law's "Witch Child;" illustrating "The White Isle." |
Short Stories - SFWA Qualifying
“Screams From the Dark crackles with ferocious energy and ravenous delights. A thrilling feast for we who love monsters. Datlow has gathered the kinds of stories to which all gruesome campfire tales aspire.” —Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth
"Siobhan Carroll’s haunting “Siolaigh” explores an Outer Hebrides island" in a story that asks "What is a monster?" -- Publisher's Weekly
“The
Airwalker Comes to the City in Green.” Asimov’s
Science Fiction Nov. 2019.
"original and unique" - Tangent Online
“The Air, The Ocean, the Earth, the Deep.” The Saga Book of Ghost Stories. Ed. Ellen Datlow. New York: Saga Press, 2019.
"For He Can Creep." Tor.com July 14, 2019.
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| Art by Chris Sickels |
"Haunt." The Devil and the Deep, ed. Ellen Datlow. Night Shade Books. March 20, 2018. Reprinted in Best Horror of the Year, 2018.
"‘Haunt’ by Siobhan Carroll is something completely different: a piece of short historical fiction, part ghost story, part Ancient Mariner-esque tale of cursed sailors slowly dying aboard a becalmed ship. It’s an effective and visceral tale, informed by real-life historical horrors – the irreparable injustices of the slave trade." -GNH
"Probably the best short fiction I've read in a couple years. This is somebody to keep an eye out for."- HorrorPodClass
"The War of Light and Shadow in Five Dishes" BCS. 2018. *Finalist for the Eugie Foster Memorial Award for Short Fiction, 2019
"...the structure and framing of “The War of Light and Shadows, In Five Dishes” adds depth. Carroll unfolds the war through a series lovingly described meals, offering a unique twist on a typical epic battle...It’s a clever story—one that is intricately constructed and mouth-watering to boot" - Apex Magazine
"Nesters." Children of Lovecraft. Ed. Ellen Datlow. Dark Horse Books, 2016. Reprinted in Best Horror of the Year, 2016. Reprinted in Best of the Best: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction, 2018.
"a powerfully atmospheric and morose tale set in a Dustbowl-besieged town... vividly realized in characterization, description, and mood." -New York Journal of Books
"The joy comes in the way the details keep shifting, as each new element makes the situation more impenetrable. The horror of what’s going on within the mysterious farmhouse aside, the most disturbing images are the most mundane: those of people just trying to survive as the Dust Bowl takes their lives and livelihoods away from them." - Barnes and Nobles SF Blog"Thermidor." Eternal Frankenstein. Ed. Ross E. Lockhart. Word Hoarde, 2016.
"Travelling in the Grey Country." AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2016.
"Asmodeus Flight," Ghost in the Cogs: Steam-Powered Ghost Stories, Ed. Scott Gable, 2015.
Lines on a Pamphlet Found Near the Museum." AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, 2014.
"Wendigo Nights." Fearful Symmetries, Ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014. 2014 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist. *Reprinted in The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume 2. Ed. Kathe Koja and Michael Kelly. Chizine Press, 2015.
"Siobhan Carroll’s “Wendigo Nights,” [is] one of the standouts"- Publisher's Weekly
"...comes to the weird by way of science fiction, with elements of fantasy and horror lurking underneath its researcher’s parka." -The New York Review of Science Fiction
"The Year of Silent Birds." Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Jan. 2014.
"Well-conceived dark fantasy, in which evil lies not in the dead but the ambitions of the living." - Locus Magazine"The Correspondence Between the Governess and the Attic." Lightspeed, Dec. 2013. * Reprinted in Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing. Ed. Sandra Kasturi and Helen Marshall. Chizine Press, 2015.
"A unique telling of an old classic. Recommended." - Tangent Online
"Nicely twisted." - Locus Magazine"In the Gardens of the Night" Beneath Ceaseless Skies, July 2011.
"This story deserves to be read more than once. ...could become a classic."- Tangent Online"Remains" AE - The Canadian Science Fiction Review, June 2011.
"The Strange Case of Madeleine Marsh (Aged 14 1/4)" Realms of Fantasy, April 2011. (VC)
"Sister Jasmine Brings the Pain" IGMS, June 2010. (VC) 2nd Place Winner, IGMS Reader Awards
"The Black-Iron Drum" Fantasy Magazine, Nov 2008. (VC)
"The White Isle" Realms of Fantasy, Dec 2007. (VC)
Semi-Pro Fiction
"East of the Sun, West of the Moon" Son & Foe, July 2006."Morning in the House of Death" On Spec, Summer 2003.
"A Killer of Men" On Spec. Fall 2000.
Poetry
"Birthing Monsters" Basement Stories. August 2011.
"Mrs. Wolf" On Spec. Spring 2002.