KC Grifant

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KC Grifant

KC Grifant is an award-winning Southern Californian author who writes speculative stories in the horror, fantasy, sci-fi and weird west genres. She authored the award-winning supernatural western Monster Gunslinger series and Shrouded Horror: Tales of the Uncanny.

She is editor of Women of the Weird West, and co-editor of Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales and Of Terrors and Tombstones. She has publications in dozens of podcasts, magazines and Stoker-nominated anthologies. She teaches genre and short story workshops and has been a moderator, panelist or speaker at dozens of conferences and events. She is co-founder and co-chair of the Horror Writers Association San Diego Chapter and a Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association mentor. Aside from constructing imaginary worlds, she works as an award-winning science communicator and tries to keep up with two small wildlings.

Learn more at www.KCGrifant.com.

From alternate histories to far-off worlds, I love exploring “what if'” ideas–especially through the lens of horror.

—KC Grifant