Ten Favorite Body Horror Short Stories
(arranged alphabetically by author)
“The Flash! Kid” by Scott Bradfield
“Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler
“Royal Jelly” by Roald Dahl
“The Torturer’s Wife” by Thomas Glave
“Spar” by Kij Johnson
“Ninety-seven” by Giorgio Manganelli
“The Pear-Shaped Man” by George R. R. Martin
“Reeling for the Empire” by Karen Russell
“Chez L’Arabe” by Mireille Silcoff *
“The Things” by Peter Watts
* a realist story, this one, and seemingly autobiographical, but horrifying nonetheless
— May 18, 2022