Bridgett Nelson

Once an operating room registered nurse, Bridgett Nelson so enjoyed playing with human organs, she decided to turn her macabre interest into a horror writing career. She loves bubble baths (because nothing says spooooky writer like orange-scented bubbles), hates not knowing what’s swimming in the water with her, lives for Halloween season (but loathes chainsaw-wielding dudes in haunted houses), adores her West Virginia University Mountaineers, is very pro-Oxford comma, and thinks bananas are absolutely disgusting. Her first collection, A Bouquet of Viscera, is a two-time Splatterpunk Award winner, recognized both for the collection itself and its standout story, "Jinx." She is also the author of Poisoned Pink, What the Fuck Was That?, Sweet, Sour, & Spicy, and her first novella, Red Inside, is now available! Her work has appeared in the iconic Deathrealm Spirits, Edward Lee's Erotic Horror for Horny Housewives, The Rack, To Hell and Back, Evil Little Fucks, Y'all Ain't Right, Splatterpunk's Basement of Horror, Dark Disasters, October Screams, The Never Dead, Razor Blade in the Fun Sized Candy, Counting Bodies Like Sheep, Dead & Bloated, American Cannibal, A Woman Unbecoming, Thanks RJ, and several volumes of the If I Die Before I Wake series of anthologies. Bridgett is working on her first original novel, a brand new collection, a collaboration with a very funny writer, and has been contracted by Encyclopocalypse Publications to write a novelization of the cult classic film Deadgirl. When Edward Lee read her story "Giggly," available in Poison Pink, he said to her: "Giggly kicked my ass. Outstanding job! I need therapy now." She is mom to Parker and Autumn, an active member of the HWA, a 2022 Michael Knost WINGS award nominee. She also won second-place in the '22 Gross-Out contest at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, and third-place in the ’23 Gross-Out contest. Bridgett currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Jeff Strand, and their ball python, Indie Hellspawn McFangy Serenity Strand. She was a 2022 Michael Knost "Wings" award nominee, and won second place (out of fourteen contestants) in the '22 Gross-Out contest at KillerCon in Austin, Texas. More tidbits! Bridgett is a(n)… HWA: WV Chapter co-chair. Editor. Audiobook proofer. Bookworm. Dog lover. Tarantula whisperer. Bra avoider. ENJF. Amaretto Sour obsessor.