C. E. McGill

Oct 9, 2024 | fivebooks.com | Louis De Bernieres |Chukwuebuka Ibeh |C. E. McGill |Derek Miller

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Aug 31, 2023 | worldnewsera.com | C. E. McGill |Ashleigh Durden

I’ve written, taught classes, and led panels about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein so often that, at a recent science fiction convention, one of my fellow panelists pointed out, “No matter what the topic is, Carrie, you always end up mentioning how much you hate Lord Byron” and I SO VERY MUCH DO! ASK ME WHY! The point is, I seized upon Our Hideous Progeny with gimmie-gimmie hands and although I will not tell you what Victor Frankenstein’s grand-niece decides to revive, I WILL tell you that it...

May 20, 2023 | writersdigest.com | C. E. McGill

When I began to write my debut novel, Our Hideous Progeny—a spin-off of Frankenstein, in which Victor Frankenstein’s paleontologist great-niece rediscovers his notes and decides to bring one of her own specimens of study to life—I knew that I would have a lot of research ahead of me. (C. E.

May 12, 2023 | largeheartedboy.com | C. E. McGill

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Amy Bloom, Aimee Bender, Roxane Gay, and many others. C. E. McGill’s novel Our Hideous Progeny is a dark, beautiful, and auspicious debut.

May 12, 2023 | booksfromscotland.com | C. E. McGill |Vikki Reilly

‘He stretched out his hand and that was the final spark that lit the flare.’We all know Victor Frankenstein and how his story turned out, but what of his great-neice, Mary, outspoken, outsider and keen to make her mark? C. E. Mcgill has written a hugely enthralling re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel, and here we present an extract where Mary remembers a moment in childhood. Our Hideous ProgenyBy C. E. McgillPublished by DoubledayBut I wallow.