Elizabeth Engstrom is a talented and original writer of dark fantasy who uses the trappings of speculative fiction to illuminate human emotion and the human condition. Nothing in an Engstrom story is what it first appears to be, yet at its core each tale has the ring of truth. Nightmare Flower is Engstrom's first major collection, containing eighteen short works plus a novelette, "Fogarty &amp; Fogarty," and a short novel, "Project Stone." The stories span a wide range of styles and genres, varying from the almost fable-like simplicity of "The Pan Man" to the spine-chilling horror of "The Jeweler's Thumb is Turning Green." Love - what people will do to get it and keep it, the devastations of the loss or betrayal of love, the transformation of love to obsession - Love in all its different forms - lies at the heart of several of Engstrom's eloquent and quietly unnerving tales, including "Fogarty &amp; Fogarty" and the collection's title story, "Nightmare Flower." In "Rivering" a woman confronts grief; in "Genetically Predisposed" a man, a woman, and a snake form a new version of the old, eternal triangle. "Quiet Meditation" reveals the little lies that make life bearable; "The Old Woman Upstairs" studies the complex relationship between mother and daughter. Each of these stories is a sideways glimpse of the world, a slant on life both moving and thought-provoking. As Theodore Sturgeon said, "Behind [Engstrom's] soft-voiced style is power, is surprise, is - well, ferocity."

Nightmare Flower (Tor Horror)

Literature & Fiction

Engstrom, Elizabeth

United States

Tor Books

Lizzie Borden

"Lizzie Borden took an axe . . ". Or did she? One hundred years ago, Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally murdered. Their youngest daughter Lizzie was arrested and tried for the killings and--shockingly to many--was found innocent.

Forge Books

A psychologically astute fictional portrait of the Borden family, this disturbing narrative reveals the repressed demons that may or may not have driven Lizzie to commit her infamous act

All dressed up and looking for money, University of Oregon coeds, Elsie, Rebecca, and Tulie descend upon a cowboy bar in hope of conquests only to encounter a trio of psychotic hobos with murderous intentions

Lizard Wine

Delta

Two chilling tales of psychological horror portray the dark realms of two children who, for different reasons, have lived totally isolated from society and the world outside their homes

When Darkness Loves Us: Two Chilling Tales

William Morrow & Co.

Contemporary

Headline

A speculative recreation of the famous crime follows young Lizzie Borden as she deals with her stepmother's avarice, her father's suffocating love, and her sister's emotional blackmail. Reprint.

Angelina Watson, a vampire, is lonely after her parents die and meets Boyd, who, learning her secret, is determined to prevent her from killing again

Black Ambrosia

Genre Fiction

When Darkness Loves Us

For a decade, writers have been congregating at the misty, mysterious Oregon coast to write ghost stories at the annual Ghost Story Weekend. The agenda for the event is simple: Write a ghost story during the weekend. Naturally, the topic of conversation runs to the universal mysteries, as well as to the confession of fears. Each writer must be creative on demand, and invoke those thoughts, feelings, speculations and spirits that combine to make a good story. And in the end—though many refuse to believe it upon arrival—everybody completes a ghost story by the end of the weekend. And every writer there learns something new about his/herself in the process. 
In this anthology of twenty stories, you will read what scares these writers. There is something in these pages for everybody, from the retooled urban legend to the sweetly sentimental to the horrific. We have haunted castles, haunted mirrors, haunted boathouses, haunted houses, haunted train tracks, haunted woods, and to be sure, haunted graveyards. 
So light a candle, cozy down and get ready to explore the depths of your own ideas of death, and beyond.

Dead on Demand : The Best of Ghost Story Weekend

Triple Tree Pub

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Books by Engstrom, Elizabeth

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Nightmare Flower (Tor Horror)

Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden

Lizard Wine

When Darkness Loves Us: Two Chilling Tales

Lizard Wine

Lizzie Borden

Black Ambrosia

When Darkness Loves Us

Dead on Demand : The Best of Ghost Story Weekend