The Unauthorized Woman showcases the world of the inner freak, where no matter how “normal” or technologically advanced we become, we are consumed by our demons. Enter a landscape populated by the pre-dead and morticioners, by cockroaches and 300-lb robots. And, whatever you do, don’t eat the overcooked lamb...

Efrem Emerson's story "Granmother's Body" from The Unauthorized Woman received an honorable mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror 2005.

Read sample stories:
"Shark Documentary"		"A Small Room on the 11th Floor"

What People Are Saying About The Unauthorized Woman:

"In Efrem Emerson’s fiction the bizarre is commonplace. But what separates his bizarre from other writers is its utter inexplicableness; no matter how prosaic-seeming an initial scenario is, you can never anticipate what Emerson’s next narrative move will be. The single certainty is that however he reverses expectations by twisting a scene, a characterization, or a dialogue, the result will be horrific clown’s play, bizarrely comical."
—Harold Jaffe, author of Terror-Dot-Gov and 15 Serial Killers

"Efrem Emerson is a literary mariachi whose debut book is a mosaic of sublime horror, absurdist humor and Burroughsian grit. Intelligent and darkly comedic, his unique breed of fiction runs circles around the formulaic, pedestrian hash that’s slung out by so many publishers and presses these days. The Unauthorized Woman is a funhouse mirror that reflects the schizophrenic condition of our pathologically mediatized world. Take a look at your reflection in it—amid your echoing laughter, you’ll learn a thing or two about the dark possiblities of the human condition."
—D. Harlan Wilson, author of Pseudo-City and Stranger on the Loose