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

Popular Recent

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (2017) 2,929 copies, 123 reviews

In the Dream House: A Memoir (2019) 1,990 copies, 65 reviews

The Low, Low Woods (2020) 248 copies, 14 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019 (2019) — Editor — 125 copies, 3 reviews

March Sisters: On Life, Death, and Little Women (2019) — Contributor — 88 copies, 2 reviews

Bloody Summer (2022) 51 copies, 1 review

Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games (2023) — Editor — 46 copies

The Husband Stitch {story} 16 copies, 2 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 #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 — 3,297 copies, 145 reviews

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence (2019) — Contributor — 285 copies, 6 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 274 copies, 10 reviews

Kink: Stories (2021) — Contributor — 231 copies, 6 reviews

They (1977) — Introduction, some editions — 231 copies, 12 reviews

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror (2022) — Contributor — 225 copies, 5 reviews

When Things Get Dark: Stories Inspired by Shirley Jackson (2021) — Contributor — 193 copies, 11 reviews

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 188 copies, 6 reviews

The New Voices of Fantasy (2017) — Contributor — 187 copies, 12 reviews

The Mythic Dream (2019) — Contributor — 183 copies, 5 reviews

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond (2013) — Contributor — 163 copies, 3 reviews

The Long List Anthology: More Stories From the Hugo Award Nomination List (2015) — Contributor — 114 copies, 6 reviews

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Eight (2016) — Contributor — 109 copies, 4 reviews

Wastelands: The New Apocalypse (2019) — Contributor — 91 copies, 3 reviews

Fat and Queer (2021) — Contributor — 75 copies

HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! and Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects (2014) — Contributor — 75 copies, 4 reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018 (2018) — Contributor — 74 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2016 (2016) — Contributor — 71 copies, 3 reviews

Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers (2019) — Contributor — 69 copies, 3 reviews

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Ten (2018) — Contributor — 66 copies, 2 reviews

Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow (2019) — Contributor — 63 copies, 5 reviews

Body Shocks: Extreme Tales of Body Horror (2021) — Contributor — 63 copies

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2 (2015) — Contributor — 59 copies

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

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Thirteen (2019) — Contributor — 56 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 — 47 copies, 2 reviews

Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy (2017) — Contributor — 44 copies, 1 review

The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: Volume One (2020) — Contributor — 32 copies

Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) (2017) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review

Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 28 copies, 8 reviews

Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 47 • April 2014 (2014) — Contributor — 28 copies, 2 reviews

Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 5 (2018) — Contributor — 28 copies, 1 review

2014 Campbellian Anthology (2014) — Contributor — 26 copies, 1 review

Horse Girls: Recovering, Aspiring, and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond (2021) — Contributor — 24 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 — 19 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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Common Knowledge

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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Reviews

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

This was a fun and incredibly interesting group of stories. I like that most were short, a few were longer and they all completely varied. There was definite love stories mixed with Dystopia and magic realism. There were a few I loved more than others but, for the most part, it evened out to a book I enjoyed.

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Trisha_Thomas | 122 other reviews | Nov 14, 2024 |

In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado

Absolutely dreadful. The selfawarness wasn't conscious enough to be selfaware, which was hilarious.

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Takumo-N | 64 other reviews | Nov 5, 2024 |

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories by Carmen Maria Machado

Her Body and Other Parties is a short story collection by Carmen Maria Machado.

Content Note: sexualized violence, domestic violence, eating disorders, fatmisia

Her Body and Other Parties has been on my radar pretty much since it came out, and has been sitting on my shelves for almost as long. Finally, I read it, fearing that by now my anticipation might have outgrown the actual quality of the book. But I need not have worried. It is one of the few collections of short stories where every story is actually a winner. Machado's prose is impeccable, and her themes are intriguing and very well handled. I am very impressed.

More about each of the stories on my blog: https://kalafudra.com/2024/10/30/her-body-and-other-parties-carmen-maria-machado...… (more)

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kalafudra | 122 other reviews | Oct 30, 2024 |