The Earth Room -- Dana Diehl, Paperback

The Earth Room transports us from the forests of Appalachia to the Sonoran Desert to the glaciers of Iceland, all while exploring the mysteries of what it means to be alive.

In one story, a woman transforms her boyfriend into a salamander. In another, a group of women are drawn together by a support group for the partners of vampires and werewolves. Inhabiting this haunting and fantastical collection are secret tunnels, magical doorways, modern witches, a mother who gives birth to a ghost, a town full of doubles, a sanctuary for potbelly pigs, and a daughter who never grows up. The Earth Room offers a thrilling, fabulist journey through the natural world, superstition, motherhood, and loss.

Author: Dana Diehl
Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
Published: 01/20/2026
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9781625573001

About the Author
Dana Diehl is the author of the short story collection, Our Dreams Might Align, and the collaborative collection, The Classroom. Her chapbook, TV Girls, won the 2017-2018 New Delta Review Chapbook Contest judged by Chen Chen. Diehl earned her MFA in Fiction at Arizona State University. Her work has appeared in North American Review, Necessary Fiction, Waxwing, Mid-American Review, and elsewhere. Raised in Pennsylvania, she now teaches and writes in southern Arizona.