Victoria Dalpe

 Victoria Dalpe is a Providence-based horror writer and painter. She has published over fifty short stories in various collections. In 2022 she released the story collection LES FEMMES GROTESQUES. 

“Dalpe’s horror stories are equal parts intriguing, compelling, and appropriately macabre. Les Femmes Grotesques tidily secures Dalpe her position as an author to watch.”—Monica S. Kuebler, Rue Morgue.

 Her gothic horror novel PARASITE LIFE will be re-released in 2025-26 and book two of her dark fantasy trilogy SELENE SHADE: RESURRECTIONIST FOR HIRE will be out fall 2025 with CLASH BOOKS. Her short story "The Cleaner" will be included in Night Shade Books THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR: VOLUME SEVENTEEN edited by Ellen Datlow, out in 2026.

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