Yardley, Mercedes M.
“Fracture” (Mother: Tales of Love and Terror) (Weird Little Worlds), Short Fiction, 2022
“Little Dead Red” (Grimm Mistresses) (Ragnarok Publications), Long Fiction, 2015
Nominations:
Arterial Bloom (Crystal Lake Publishing), Anthology, 2020
“Loving You Darkly” (F(r)iction Magazine #8) (Tethered by Letters), Short Fiction, 2017
BIO: Mercedes M. Yardley is a dark fantasist who wears poisonous flowers in her hair. She is the author of Beautiful Sorrows, the Stabby Award-winning Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Pretty Little Dead Girls, and Detritus in Love. She recently won the Bram Stoker Award for her novella Little Dead Red and was a Bram-Stoker nominee for her short story “Loving You Darkly.” Mercedes lives and creates in Las Vegas. You can reach her at http://www.abrokenlaptop.com.