HANNAH BIRSS

AUTHOR AND ASPIRING MAGPIE BASED OUT OF ONTARIO, CANADA

York University, Honours Major/Minor in English and Creative Writing, 2014Lover of words, trinkets, and shiny things. Professional collector, book hoarder, and Mom of 2.

BOOKS

"THIMBLE" - A NEW FAIRYTALE, EARLY CHAPTERBOOK, DECEMBER 2025"A SLIGHTLY STRANGER POINT OF VIEW" - A COLLECTION OF HORROR STORIES, AUGUST 2025"BIGFOOT IN LOVE AND OTHER STORIES" - A COLLECTION OF SOFT SPECULATIVE FICTION, JULY 2025"FROM DAMSELS INTO DRAGONS" - RETOLD FEMINIST FAIRYTALES, JULY 2025FORTHCOMING
"A LOVE LIKE SHARP TEETH" - GOTHIC VAMPIRE NOVELLA, FEBRUARY 2026
"TONGUE IN CHEEK AND EYES IN SOCKETS" - MIDDLEGRADE ILLUSTRATED HORROR COLLECTION, APRIL 2026"NESTS OF STONE" - A NEW FAIRYTALE, EARLY CHAPTERBOOK, MAY 2026A SLIGHTLY SINISTER POINT OF VIEW, DEAD FOX PUBLISHING, LATE 2026

SHORT FICTION

"A Song of Sisterhood and the Sea” - short story, Corvid Queen, forthcoming Feb. 2026“Fisher of Men” - short story, Twisted Trysts Anthology, Dead Fox Press, February 2026“The Birth of a Curse” - short story, Wichelen Anthology, Dead Fox Press, 2026“The Rattleman” - short story, Best of Carnage House 2025, November 2025“On the Nature of Grief and Ghouls” - short story, What Lurks - a cryptid anthology, September 2025“Van Helsing in Space” - short story, Gaslight Pulp Volume 3, Nat1 Publishing, October 2025“Visitation” - short story, Moonday Mag, October 2025“The Prophecy of Gulls” - short story, Kosmos Obscura - a Cosmic Horror Anthology, Graveside Press, July 2025“Popcorn” - drabble, Short Fantasy Stories, Shacklebound Books, June 2025“You Get What You Pay For”, Short Fantasy Stories, Shacklebound Books, June 2025“Mass Produced Garbage” - drabble, Short Fantasy Stories, Shacklebound Books, June 2025“Harvest Song” - short story, Remember When Anthology - HAVOK publishing, May 2025“Persephone’s Garden” - short story, Carmina Magazine, March 2025“Pride of Ownership” - Haunted Haus Anthology, CultureCult Press, January 2025“Reformation of A Tomboy” - Bimbo Feminist Anthology, poem Purple Ink Press, December, 2024“The Piper” - Bite Anthology, Graveside Press, Dec. 2024“From a Damsel to a Dragon” -Luna Station Quarterly, Dec. 2024

SHORT FICTION CONTINUED

“Do not go gentle” - The Morgue Magazine, Dec 2024“Children of Science and the Sea” - poem, Gypsophila Magazine, Dec. 2024“Ossuary” - Factor Four Magazine, Dec. 2024“The Rattleman”- Carnage House, Dec. 2024“The Druid’s Advantage” - NAT1 “Against the Wall, Under the Armour” Anthology, December 2024“Sin Eater” - Pulp Asylum, Nov. 2024“The Pit” - Moss Puppy Mag, Nov. 2024“Beachcomber” - Graveside Press Newsletter, Nov 2024“Communion”
- 7th-Circle Pyrite, November 2024
“Myth and Story”- Crow & Cross Keys - November 2024“The Madness of Mermaids” - Ravens Muse Magazine, November 2024“Reaper” - Winner of Flametree Press Microfiction Instagram Contest, November 2024“Divine” - Cursed Cooking Anthology, Cat’s Eye Press, November 2024“The Pantry” - Sirens Call Ezine - Oct. 2024“Sheep’s Clothing” - Dark Winter Literary Mag - October 2024“Waystation” - Black Cat Weekly, Oct. 2024“A Full Moon Over the Arctic Circle” - Tiny Frights Halloween Edition, October 2025“Manifestation” - Soul Anthology, Graveside Press, October 2024“The Hornet’s Nest” - Black Lily Zine, Issue II, October 2024“Waxing, Waning” - Moon Falling Anthology, Flame Tree Publishing - Sep. 2024“Harvest Song” - Remember September Edition, HAVOK publishing, Sept 2024“Hoppy Ending” - 1st place Sages of the Pages Microfiction Contest - Aug. 2024“Nyctophobia” - Siren’s Call E-Zine #66, July 2024“The Five Stages of Decomposition” - literary, Transients Magazine June 2024“Mob Mentality” - poem, Wild Greens Magazine Garden Edition, May 2024“Swarm” - shot story, “Frontiers of Fright” Denver Horror Collective -“Pond Water and Promises”- short story, Tangled Locks Journal, Summer 2024“The First Death” - poem, The Letters Home Collection Issue II - Rest in Pieces
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“Spring Revelations”* - 2nd place, House of Gamut Flash Fiction April Competition 2024
“Loop” - 50 give or take by Vine Leaves Press, April 2024“Consummation” - Grim & Gilded Issue 20, April 2024“Patrick Not-Patrick” - “Once Upon a Future Time Vol. 3” - Brothers Uber April 2024


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