About The Black Widow
The Black Widow is a collection of poetry influenced by true crime poetry and literary heroines. The spider’s web is a powerful metaphor for exploring cases of injustice and abused women who kill. This emotive collection gives voice to those unjustly convicted, to abuse survivors and their children, and to the foster carers who look after them. The influences of literature inspire poems from the perspective of Lady Macbeth, Madame Bovary and the Duchess of Malfi.
“A startling and melancholic chapbook of dark poems, The Black Widow addresses injustice, abuse, and trauma, and is a stark indictment on society’s indifference to the voices and suffering of women. Drawing on real-life and literary scenarios, Worthington’s poetry is brimming with unconscionable pain. A poet to watch.” —Lee Murray, Bram Stoker Award®-winning poet and author of Tortured Willows
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Author Bio:
I am the author of seven novels, several short stories, and dark poetry collections. I write psychological thrillers and psychological horror in the main. However, my debut novel, Distorted Days, is women's fiction and has a psychological theme around distorted thinking. My degree is in literature, and most of my career has been in teaching or tutoring English. I also have a keen interest in psychology and combining these interests shape my writing. The psychological layers and the emotional pull of a story are very important to me, both as a reader and a writer.
I am a member of the Society of Authors and the Horror Writers Association (HWA). My latest work-in-progress, a psychological horror novel, recently won the top spot on Litopia with agent Peter Cox.