Continuing the celebration of all things women in horror, I’ve got a horror/dark fiction short story set in the Australian Alps inspired by the wendigo legend, case of a cannibalistic monster or a monstrous human? Coming soon in Gluttony (Seven Deadly Sins, #6) by Black Hare Press. Here’s a sneaky peek at my story “The… Continue reading Showcasing Horror: Dark Fiction Coming Soon
Continuing the celebration of all things women in horror, I’ve got a microfiction story set in Viking Age Iceland coming soon in April Horrors by Raven and Drake Publishing. Here’s a sneak peek at the inspiration behind my story “Necropants” and the grisly Icelandic folklore. https://videopress.com/v/abjmhEhN?posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwritingdeskpoetry.files.wordpress.com%2F2021%2F02%2Fnecropants.jpg&preloadContent=metadata
In celebrating Women in Horror Month, I have been fortunate to be interviews by Eerie River Publishing, a small press based in Ontario, Canada specialising in horror, dark fiction and dark fantasy. You can read the Author spotlight interview on Eerie River Publishing blog here. While you're there, check out the other amazing women writers… Continue reading Women in Horror Interviews & More!
Pleased to announce I will be joining a wonderful lineup of authors for New Tales of Old, Volume 1 to be published in 2021 by Raven and Drake Publishing! All stories and flash fiction in this anthology were inspired by the retelling and reimagining of fairytales. My story “A Trail of Corpselights” is inspired by… Continue reading Forthcoming: Reimagined Fairytales Anthology
One of my favourite fairytales is the story of ‘Hansel and Gretel’ recounted by Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, with two variations in the tale published in the 1812 and 1857 versions to accomodate a wider selection of similar folktales. From the fairytale and folklore indexes developed by Professor Ashlimanm , the ATU system identified at… Continue reading Reimagining Hansel and Gretel Fairytale
As it is Women in Horror Month, I thought I might celebrate of my own dark fiction stories and provide a "behind the scenes look" at the folklore, legends and history that inspire my writing and a few live readings from some of my work. Let's kick this off with my paranormal story "Hunting Shadows"… Continue reading Showcasing my Dark Fiction
I have recently finished writing a dark fiction short story inspired by the theme of wrath. My recent story focused on an unlikely suspect for a violent crime spree to explore the intersection between modern and past perspectives of criminal theory, such as aberrant psychology currently explaining what past eras accredited to demonic possession. The… Continue reading Horror, Dark Fiction & Demonology
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