Fright Girl Summer is an online festival highlighting marginalized authors, actors, editors, publishers, and other creators in the horror community. It was founded in 2022 by authors V. Castro and Sonora Taylor.
Back in 2022, V. Castro posted on Twitter that she wanted to start an online book festival to promote and highlight marginalized authors. She said she wanted something like “hot girl summer,” but for people who are overlooked in publishing, namely in horror. Sonora Taylor chimed in that she could call it “Fright Girl Summer,” which V loved.
This exchange led to the creation of Fright Girl Summer, a website featuring seasonal reading lists, interviews, and stories from a wide array of creators, especially those who are most overlooked. BIPOC, queer, gender-nonconforming, neurodiverse, everyone is welcome at our table — and we are always happy to add another seat.
About V. Castro
V. Castro is a two time Bram Stoker award nominated writer born in San Antonio, Texas, to Mexican American parents. She’s been writing horror stories since she was a child, always fascinated by Mexican folklore and the urban legends of Texas. Castro now lives in the United Kingdom with her family, writing and traveling with her children.
Sonora Taylor (she/her) is the award-winning author of several books and short stories. Her books include Errant Roots, Recreational Panic: Stories, Someone to Share My Nightmares: Stories, Seeing Things, Little Paranoias: Stories, Without Condition, The Crow’s Gift and Other Tales, and Wither and Other Stories. She also co-edited Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology with Nico Bell. Her short stories have been published by Rooster Republic Press, PseudoPod, Kandisha Press, Camden Park Press, Cemetery Gates Media, Tales to Terrify, Sirens Call Publications, Ghost Orchid Press, and others. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and a rescue dog.
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