Carmen Maria Machado

About the Author

Includes the names: Carmen Maria Machado, Machado Maria, Carmen

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Series

The Low, Low Woods

Works by Carmen Maria Machado

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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (2017) 2,780 copies, 122 reviews

In the Dream House: A Memoir (2019) 1,861 copies, 69 reviews

The Low, Low Woods (2020) 237 copies, 13 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (2019) — Editor — 120 copies, 3 reviews

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women (2019) — Contributor — 86 copies, 2 reviews

Bloody Summer (2022) 49 copies, 1 review

Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games (2023) 40 copies

The Husband Stitch {story} 16 copies, 3 reviews

The Low, Low Woods #1 12 copies, 2 reviews

Help Me Follow My Sister Into the Land of the Dead 4 copies

The Low, Low Woods #3 3 copies, 2 reviews

My Body, Herself 3 copies

The Low, Low Woods (2019-) #4 3 copies, 2 reviews

The Low, Low Woods #2 2 copies, 2 reviews

Inventory {story} 2 copies

The Low, Low Woods #5 2 copies, 2 reviews

The Low, Low Woods #6 2 copies, 2 reviews

Especially Heinous: 272 Views of Law & Order SVU {story} 2 copies

Observations About Eggs from the Man Sitting Next to Me on a Flight from Chicago, Illinois to Cedar Rapids, Iowa… 2 copies

Promise Me 1 copy

We Were Never Alone in Space {story} 1 copy

Iocan - revista de proză scurtă anul 3 / nr. 7 1 copy, 1 review

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Associated Works

Carmilla: A Vampyre Tale (1872) — Editor, some editions — 3,076 copies, 140 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 272 copies, 9 reviews

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (2019) — Contributor — 267 copies, 6 reviews

Kink: Stories (2021) — Contributor — 226 copies, 6 reviews

They (1977) — Introduction, some editions — 218 copies, 9 reviews

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (2022) — Contributor — 195 copies, 5 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 184 copies, 6 reviews

The Mythic Dream (2019) — Contributor — 180 copies, 5 reviews

The New Voices of Fantasy (2017) — Contributor — 180 copies, 12 reviews

When Things Get Dark: Stories inspired by Shirley Jackson (2021) — Contributor — 177 copies, 11 reviews

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond (2013) — Contributor — 156 copies, 3 reviews

The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2015) — Contributor — 111 copies, 4 reviews

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight (2016) — Contributor — 109 copies, 3 reviews

Wastelands: The New Apocalypse (2019) — Contributor — 90 copies, 3 reviews

HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects (2014) — Contributor — 74 copies, 4 reviews

Fat and Queer (2021) — Contributor — 70 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 69 copies, 3 reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 69 copies

Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers (2019) — Contributor — 67 copies, 3 reviews

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten (2018) — Contributor — 64 copies, 2 reviews

Body Shocks (2021) — Contributor — 62 copies

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow (2019) — Contributor — 60 copies, 4 reviews

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2 (2015) — Contributor — 60 copies

The Best of Uncanny (2019) — Contributor — 57 copies, 1 review

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen (2019) — Contributor — 55 copies, 3 reviews

Watchlist: 32 Stories by Persons of Interest (2015) — Contributor — 51 copies, 2 reviews

Granta 150: There Must Be Ways to Organise the World With Language (2020) — Contributor — 47 copies, 1 review

Out of the Ruins: The Apocalyptic Anthology (2021) — Contributor — 45 copies, 2 reviews

Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy (2017) — Contributor — 42 copies, 1 review

Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) (2017) — Contributor — 28 copies, 1 review

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One (2020) — Contributor — 28 copies

Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 27 copies, 8 reviews

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 47 • April 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 27 copies, 2 reviews

2014 Campbellian Anthology (2014) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5 (2018) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review

Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond (2021) — Contributor — 23 copies, 2 reviews

Futures & Fantasies (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies, 3 reviews

Sunspot Jungle: Volume Two: The Ever Expanding Universe of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2) (2018) — Contributor — 20 copies

A Manner of Being: Writers on Their Mentors (2015) — Contributor — 13 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 107 (April 2019) (2019) — Contributor — 11 copies, 2 reviews

PEN America Best Debut Short Stories 2019 (2019) — Judge — 10 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 50 • July 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies, 1 review

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet No. 33 (2015) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review

Come Join Us by the Fire: A Nightfire Anthology (2019) — Contributor — 8 copies, 1 review

Uncanny Magazine Issue 12: September/October 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 8 copies, 3 reviews

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination People of Color Flash Anthology (2017) — Contributor — 6 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 93 • February 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 5 copies

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 95 • April 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies

Survivor (2018) — Contributor — 3 copies

Fairy Tale Review: The Ochre Issue #12 (2017) — Contributor — 2 copies

The Red Volume 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1986-07-03
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education: Iowa Writers Workshop (MFA, Fiction)
Awards and honors: CINTAS Foundation Fellowship (2014 - 2015)
Agent: Kent Wolf (Lippincott, Massie, & McQuilkin)

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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

I keep going back and forth between 3 and 4 stars, but I’m going to leave it at 4. The way Machado tells her story is unlike any other memoir I’ve read. She manages to craft a linear narrative in a very non-linear way, and I found her writing to be completely engrossing.

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ThereWerePagesTurned | 68 other reviews | Sep 5, 2024 |

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body And Other Parties is a collection of short horror stories. Some were really interesting, but overall, I think this would be a fun book to read during Halloween season (plus almost every story had a bit of a sapphic touch to it, which was fun to read).

Overall, I would recommend this for a quick spooky season read, but most of the stories left me saying "huh???" more than they brought out any real feeling from me, so I'm unfortunately left disappointed (and wondering if I'm just tragically too stupid for adult horror stories!).

my personal ranking for the stories, from favorite to least favorite:

1. The Husband Stitch

2. The Resident

3. Inventory

4. Real Women Have Bodies

5. Eight Bites

6. Mothers

7. Especially Heinous (this is just barely above being at the bottom - I really didn't enjoy this one)

8. Difficult At Parties… (more)

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kallireads | 121 other reviews | Sep 4, 2024 |

The Husband Stitch by Carmen Maria Machado

A dark retelling of the classic kiddie horror story, "The Girl with the Green Ribbon". (Why this story was in a early readers' book, I'll never understand!)

This retelling stays true to the essence of the original, but is far more adult in nature, with erotica details added and the plot lengthened out. But it's still an interesting story.

You can read it online for free on https://granta.com/the-husband-stitch/.

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RoshReviews | 2 other reviews | Jul 30, 2024 |

Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

2.5

A bunch of queer, sex laden, weird and confusing short stories that I just didn’t get.
“The husband stitch” was probably my favourite but overall I didn’t enjoy or understand the stories, the writing was good but this wasn’t for me.

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spiritedstardust | 121 other reviews | Jul 25, 2024 |

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