Eden Royce

Eden Royce
Born
Pennsylvania, USA
Writing career
Genregothic horror
Notable awardsBram Stoker Award (2024)
Shirley Jackson Award (2024)
World Fantasy Award for Best Long Fiction (2026)
Websitewww.edenroyce.com

Eden Royce is a Black American gothic horror writer.

Early life and background

Royce was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Charleston, South Carolina.

Career

Royce references the local Gullah-Geechee culture in her writing. As a short story writer, her work has appeared in anthologies and magazines such as Apex Magazine and Strange Horizons, as well as two collections. She is also known for writing articles and reviews.

In 2016, Royce was awarded the Diverse Worlds Grant by The Speculative Literature Foundation.

Her 2021 novel, Root Magic, won the Mythopeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature.

Royce's novel The Creepening of Dogwood House won the 2024 Bram Stoker Award for Middle Grade Novel.

Her 2024 novella, Hollow Tongue, won the 2024 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novella.

Her 2025 novella, Psychopomp & Circumstance, was a finalist for the 2026 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novella. It won the 2026 World Fantasy Award for Best Long Fiction.

Personal life

She is married and living in Kent, England.

Bibliography

Novels

Novellas

  • Hollow Tongue (2024)
  • Psychopomp & Circumstance (2025)

Collections

  • Spook Lights: Southern Gothic Horror (2015)
  • Spook Lights II: Southern Gothic Horror (2017)

Anthologies

  • Forever Vacancy: A Colors in Darkness Anthology (2017) with Mya Lairis and Kenya Moss-Dyme

Short fiction

  • "9 Mystery Rose" (2010)
  • "Finger Food" (2010)
  • "With the Turn of a Key" (2010)
  • "The Omega File" (2011) with Darin Kennedy
  • "Red Sun, Autumn Rose" (2011)
  • "Devil's Playground" (2011)
  • "Infernal Proposal" (2011)
  • "Hag Ride" (2011)
  • "Rhythm" (2013)
  • "The Death Bringer" (2013)
  • "Voodooesque" (2015)
  • "Doc Buzzard's Coffin" (2015)
  • "Hand of Glory" (2015)
  • "Homegoing" (2015)
  • "Path of the War Chief" (2015)
  • "Since Hatchet Was a Hammer" (2015)
  • "The Choking Kind" (2015)
  • "The Watered Soul" (2015)
  • "Basque of the Red Death" (2015)
  • "Graverobbing Negress Seeks Employment" (2017)
  • "A Long Way from the Ritz" (2017)
  • "Blood Read" (2017)
  • "Carolina Blue" (2017)
  • "Chilly Bears - 10¢" (2017)
  • "Folk" (2017)
  • "Grandmother's Bed" (2017)
  • "Haints of Azalea Hall" (2017)
  • "The Dating Pool" (2017)
  • "The Laughter of Crows" (2017)
  • "The Mermaid Storm" (2017)
  • "The Strange Dowry of Spinster Pumpkin" (2017)
  • "To-Do List" (2017)
  • "Sweetgrass Blood" (2017)
  • "Soupie's Lover" (2017)
  • "Crickets Sing for Naomi" (2017)
  • "Shine, Blackberry Wine" (2017)
  • "A Cure for Ghosts" (2017)
  • "Caretaker" (2018)
  • "Every Good-bye Ain't Gone" (2018)
  • "For Southern Girls When the Zodiac Ain't Near Enough" (2018)
  • "One If by Sea" (2018)
  • "Witches for Mars" (2019)
  • "The Art Dealer" (2026)

References and sources

  1. 1 2 "Eden Royce: Atmosphere of Disturbia". November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Thibodeau and Royce Win SLF's 2016 Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants". File 770. October 31, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  3. ↑ "2022 Mythopoeic Awards". File 770. July 31, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 Stoker Awards Winners". Retrieved July 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2024 Shirley Jackson Awards Winners". July 19, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2026 Ignyte Results". Fiyah Lit Magazine. Retrieved 2026-10-04.
  7. ↑ "World Fantasy Awards Winners". Locus Online. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Retrieved 2026-10-26.
  8. ↑ "Eden Royce". Nightmare Magazine. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Top Ten Reasons You Should Read Southern Gothic Horror by Eden Royce". Celebrity Gossip, Lifestyle, Fashion & Beauty News From Female First. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  10. ↑ "The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Signal Boost #23: Eden Royce and Karolina Fedyk". The Skiffy and Fanty Show. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  11. ↑ "Interview with Author Eden Royce". Apex Magazine. 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  12. ↑ Royce, About Eden (2018-07-30). "Every Good-bye Ain't Gone". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2020-02-18.