Stephanie M. Wytovich


Stephanie M. Wytovich is an American editor, novelist and poet working in the horror genre.

Life and career

Stephanie M. Wytovich is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Seton Hill University initially with her BA in English literature and art history before also completing an MFA in writing popular fiction. Wytovich works at Western Connecticut State University, Point Park University and Southern New Hampshire University. Wytovich also works as a book reviewer for Nameless Magazine and as poetry editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press. She writes horror novels and poetry and has been published in a number of magazines including Pedestal magazine and The Horror Zine. Her work has been collected in a number of books. She is a member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association and the Horror Writers Association.
Wytovich won the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for her collection Brothel. Her work has been nominated almost every year since 2014. In 2017 Wytovich won the Rocky Wood Memorial Scholarship for Non-Fiction.

Novels

  • The Eighth –

Collections

  • Hysteria: A Collection of Madness –
  • Mourning Jewelry –
  • An Exorcism of Angels –
  • Brothel –
  • Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare –
  • The Apocalyptic Mannequin –

Anthologies, as editor

HWA Poetry Showcase

  • Poetry Showcase: Volume V
  • Poetry Showcase: Volume VI
  • Poetry Showcase: Volume VII
  • ''Poetry Showcase: Volume VIII''

Anthologies, as contributor

  • The Best Horror of the Year: Volume 8
  • *"The 21st Century Shadow"
  • Year's Best Hardcore Horror: Volume 2
  • *Select poems from Brothel
  • *"On This Side of Bloodletting"
  • Fantastic Tales of Terror
  • *"The Girl with the Death Mask"
  • Tales from the Lake: Volume 5
  • *"From the Mouths of Plague-Mongers"
  • *"The Monster Told Me To"
  • Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors
  • *"A Benediction of Corpses"
  • Attack from the '80s
  • *"Mother Knows Best"

Short fiction

  • "Vines Are in Her Wardrobe"
  • "On This Side of Bloodletting"
  • "The Girl with the Death Mask"
  • "The Monster Told Me To"
  • "A Benediction of Corpses"
  • "Mother Knows Best"

Awards

Other honors