Description: "Like many before her that have never come back, she's made it to the Countess's castle determined to snuff out the horror, but she could never be prepared for what hides within its turrets, what unfurls under its fluttering flags. Emily Carroll has fashioned a rich gothic horror charged with eroticism that doesn't just make your skin crawl--it crawls into it"--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: E.M. Carroll (they/them) is the writer and artist of numerous short comics, both online and in print, many of which are available to read at their website www.emcarroll.com. Their 2014 book Through the Woods, a collection of original horror comics, won an Eisner Award, Ignatz Award, and the British Fantasy Award. Carroll lives with their wife Kate and a couple of dogs in Ontario, Canada.
Review Quotes:
- "A beautiful, innovative horror comic. Carroll consistently presents us with perfectly cartooned, elegantly constructed characters and environments. Then, just as masterfully, proceeds to squeeze them, maim them, and burn it all to cinders." - Michael DeForge, Heaven No Hell
- "This gothic encounter between a lady vampire and a catwoman may be a lesbian love story or a gory revenge tale... But either way, it's a bloody good tale." - Jacob Anderson-Minshall, The Advocate
- "A monster talent in the startling arts of genre-bending, trope-shredding, badass body horror." - Karen Walton, screenwriter on Ginger Snaps, Orphan Black