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They earned their BA in Asian Studies from Williams College in 2009 and their MFA in Fiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars in 2015. Storm published THE HUNGRY GHOST, their first novel, in 2019. In addition to writing, Storm enjoys teaching, including a Winter Study course at Williams College titled “How to Write Auto-Fiction,” and they have taught poetry to children through The Mastheads poetry program. They are an adjunct instructor of Creative Writing at MCLA. Storm is currently at work on a new novel(la), under the working title of INTIMATE TRAPS. http://www.dalenastorm.com/excerpt-1-1 daily 0.75 2026-01-06 http://www.dalenastorm.com/publications daily 0.75 2024-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1597843959869-NMZIWS5RU1LHH7OEFWOQ/71U13xO8DfL.jpg Publications Winner, Anthologies, 2020 International Book Awards Six stories of not-so-merry Yuletide whimsy. A woman so cold she hardens to ice on a winter's eve. Risen from his grave before his time, a winter god alters the balance between seasons. A wolf's holiday season is interrupted by a strange curse. From a murder at the Stanley Hotel to demons of Christmas past, present, and future, and a mad elf and Santa's Candy Court, these authors share their love for winter holidays in this collection of dark winter tales, destined to chill your bones and warm your heart for the Yuletide season. 250 pages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1597843620155-WQNQN3BTUG29HL0OP78C/9781645480594.jpg Publications Eight chilling tales to read under the Cold Moon. A tinker’s son acquires a cursed soul.A dying woman is haunted by her own reflection.An uninvited presence haunts a Christmas seance.A festive holiday turns macabre.Despite the twinkling lights and steaming cocoa, the end of the year is the darkest time of the year—a season of short days, long nights, and cold skies. In this special anniversary anthology, the authors of Black Spot Books mix Ye Olde Yuletide hauntings with modern-day holiday horrors to weave a chilling new collection of dark winter tales. From frozen forests stalked by eerie Christmas ghosts to rotting gifts of winter malice, the spirits of Christmas come home for the holidays in the Dead of Winter. 270 pages https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1544720966403-VY4NHEKC2U60G15C3UVR/sYfZ3-YA.jpeg Publications - A hungry ghost escapes from a dark realm into the human world, where it enters the unconscious body of a woman named Sam. When Sam appears to miraculously awaken from her accident-induced coma, her lesbian lover, alcoholic ex-husband, and well-meaning family must come together to try and stop the ghost from devouring everything Sam once loved. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Boston, a mysterious new kitten has just been born who holds the key to understanding what has happened to Sam. Will Sam’s loved ones be able to put things back in their proper place, or will the ghost destroy them first? Critical Reviews: "Storm's symbolic treatment of unrequited lust is both page-turning and full of surprises." —Kirkus "More than just a terrifying take on the possession trope; it is also an intimate look at our connection to loved ones that includes an LGBTQ-positive frame and lots of rescue cats." —Booklist 226 pages http://www.dalenastorm.com/excerpt-2 daily 0.75 2022-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1652318596366-G0A2C3LQC72D2PSEG6IE/0029170822.jpg Excerpt 2 http://www.dalenastorm.com/current-projects daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/e541ab49-5d86-4a36-9a8a-46b1948e569f/kiss.jpg Current Projects - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://www.dalenastorm.com/child-ballads-excerpt daily 0.75 2021-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1525446136423-WD2HK4KY8QSR0K0OET17/childballads+graphic.jpg Child Ballads Excerpt http://www.dalenastorm.com/spotlight-post-1 daily 0.75 2018-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5703a85f20c647bc943360da/1529258673180-XHJEWV4WZF5QDETK4AH7/Hungry-Ghost.jpg Spotlight Post http://www.dalenastorm.com/shop daily 0.75 2019-04-12