Starblood, the graphic novel. by Carmilla Voiez

I am drawn to the world of the cenobites.Ī character in film, book or legend that you wish you had created in your I actually love his fantasy above all, but my favourite horror by him is Hellbound Heart. I have been the victim of sexual assault (like many women) and I have always seen things, in the shadows and patterns) that make me question what reality looks like for different people.įavourite horror author and the book you like best by this author?Ĭlive Barker. I’ve suffered from depression since I was a teenager. There is a freedom and validation that horror offers people like me. I’m drawn to horror because of my experiences. Her work has been included in Zombie Punks Fuck Off (Clash Books), Slice Girls (Stitched Smile), and Another Beautiful Nightmare (Vamptasy).ĭo you write horror? Tell us about your horror journey? As Jef Withonef of Houston Press once said – “You do not read her books, you survive them.”Ĭarmilla’s bibliography includes Starblood (Vamptasy Publishing, Dec 2018), Starblood the graphic novel, Psychonaut the graphic novel, The Ballerina and the Revolutionary, Broken Mirror and Other Morbid Tales. Her books are both extraordinarily personal and universally challenging. Fascinated by the Goth aesthetic and enchanted by threnodies of eighties Goth and post-punk music she evolved into the creature of darkness we find today. Her earliest influences as a teenage reader were Graham Masterton, Brian Lumley and Clive Barker mixed with the romance of Hammer Horror and the visceral violence of the first wave of video nasties. When not writing, she gets paid to hang out in a stately home and entertain tourists.Ĭarmilla grew up on a varied diet of horror. She is passionate about horror, the alt scene, intersectional feminism, art, nature and animals.

A life long Goth, living with two kids, two cats and a poet by the sea. Carmilla Voiez is a proudly bisexual and mildly autistic introvert who finds writing much easier than verbal communication.

Starblood, the graphic novel. by Carmilla Voiez