Denton Author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam will be in-store at Patchouli Joe's, signing copies of her new book, GRIM ROOT (release date June 4, 2024), on July 6 from noon-3:00pm!
Embark on a darkly humorous journey of reality TV meets the macabre. On the set of The Groom, a group of women must compete for the heart of Midwestern bachelor Tristan by spending a week in a haunted house. Divorcee Linda, resigned to her role as the show’s underdog, finds her resolve cracking when she begins to fall for fellow castmate Charity. Meanwhile, Sabrina, groomed by her witchy mother to deliver their family from poverty by marrying a rich man, sees winning the competition as her predestined path.
But after a shocking demise, the game takes a sinister turn. As the remaining contestants grapple with their desires for love and survival, they uncover dark secrets within and without the house's walls. Trapped in a twisted new competition, they must confront their own demons or face elimination.
In addition to GRIM ROOT (Dark Matter Ink), Bonnie Jo is the author of the short story collection Where You Linger & Other Stories (Vernacular/Lethe, 2022), and the horror novella Glorious Fiends (Underland/Lethe, 2022). Her short fiction and poetry has appeared in over 90 publications such as Popular Science, Lightspeed, and LeVar Burton Reads, as well as in six languages. By night, she’s a two-time finalist for the Nebula Award. By day, she works as a Narrative Designer writing games for a mobile game. She lives in Texas with her partner and a mysterious number of cats. For a complete list of Bonnie Jo's publications, check out Fiction & Poetry.
Bonnie Jo has placed, been short-listed or long-listed, or given an honorable mention for numerous awards, including:
The Nebula Award
Selected Shorts/Electric Lit’s 2016 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
The 2015 James Tiptree Jr. Award
2015 British Science Fiction Association Awards
The 2016 Texas Observer Short Story Contest
The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review’s Gertrude Stein Award in Fiction 2015.