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 lemon-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.
Described as 'Splatterpunk with a heartbeat,' her first novel, Karma, has received stellar reviews from readers, while her debut collection, A Bouquet of Viscera, is a two-time Splatterpunk Award winner, recognized both for the collection itself and its standout story, "Jinx."
Deadgirl, the novelization of the cult classic film, is available from Encyclopocalypse Publications and includes forewords from the film's actors, Noah Segan and Shiloh Fernandez, a Q&A from screenwriter, Trent Haaga, and a fan fiction piece from noted horror author, Jeff Strand.
Her latest collection, Embracing the Profane, includes fifteen extreme stories and won 'Best Collection' at the Haunted Minds Book Club Awards ceremony on December 31, 2025.
Bridgett also penned Poisoned Pink, What the Fuck Was That?, Sweet, Sour, & Spicy, and Red Inside, an 'Elite 8' finalist in the 2025 Books of Horror Indie Brawl.
Her work has appeared in multiple anthologies, including the iconic Deathrealm Spirits, Duncan Ralston's Tales from Ghostland, Crystal Lake's Hotel Macabre, Edward Lee's Erotic Horror for Horny Housewives, The Rack, Splatterpunk's Basement of Horror, October Screams, American Cannibal, and the legendary Splatterpunk Zine.
When Edward Lee read her story "Giggly," available in the Poisoned Pink collection, he said to her: "Giggly kicked my ass. Outstanding job! I need therapy now."
Bridgett is mom to Parker and Autumn, three pugs, a Saint Bernard, a ball python, and a Dumeril's boa.
She is a 2022 Michael Knost WINGS award nominee, won second-place in the '22 Gross-Out contest at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, and third-place in the ’23 Gross-Out contest.
She's a freelance editor. Audiobook proofer. Bookworm. Dog lover. Tarantula whisperer. Bra avoider. ENJF. Amaretto Sour obsessor. She/her.
Bridgett currently lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with Bram Stoker Award-winning author, Jeff Strand, their ball python daughter, Indie Hellspawn McFangy Serenity Strand, and their Dumeril's boa son, Floyd Bernard Bodhi Snugglebunny Strand.
She is hard at work on her second novel, as well as a collaborative thriller novel with a very funny writer.
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