Self-Made Monsters: feminist horror in stories and verse
“Self-Made Monsters features women and our world as we are and as we want to be. As victims, victors, and villains. As wanting, wonton, and wallowing, but without judgement or disdain. Rebecca Cuthbert delivers sharp blows in the form of short fiction and poetry that leave the reader both satisfied and craving more.” - Angela Sylvaine, author of Frost Bite and The Dead Spot.
"'A smashed marionette,' 'a queen of scale and bone,' a 'body sculptor' and her assistant - Self-Made Monsters by Rebecca Cuthbert is a veritable encyclopedia of different ways women can be monsters, victims, heroes, and bystanders. This collection contains multitudes but never loses sight of its clear through-lines. Stories tend to be short and sit alongside several deliciously dark poems, meaning Cuthbert doesn't waste time getting to the meat of what horror fans crave. Sometimes this comes in the form of violence, other times the pareidolia found in wild places or the temptation of the front door of that spooky house down the street. It's easy to tell yourself 'just one more,' over and over until you realize you've devoured the whole book in one sitting."
- Amelia Gorman, author of Field Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota: Poems
