Excited to annouce my collection Three Curses & Other Dark Tales and edited anthology Cursed Shards are both longlisted for the 2024 British Science Fiction Association Awards! Here's the longlisted works for 2024 BSFA Awards: https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist Great to see so many Australasian authors across all categories too! Cursed Shards is published by IFWG Publishing International… Continue reading BSFA Awards Longlists
Tag: fairytales
Twice-Spent Comet
** I received an ARC for an honest review ** ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description The fall from hopeful revolutionary to prison laborer is a hard one. Fer’s world has shrunk from the whole damn universe to this anonymous asteroid and the four other convicts who share it with them. It’s a fitting end, for someone who used… Continue reading Twice-Spent Comet
My Fav 3 Reads 2024!
You can check out my top 3 favourite reads for 2024 here on Shepherd.com 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣4️⃣ 💕📚 You can see more of books that inspire me here 📚⬇️
The Goblin Market
BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI One of my favourite dark folklore infused pieces. Enjoy! 🖤 "Goblin Market" - Arthur Rackham Morning and eveningMaids heard the goblins cry:“Come buy our orchard fruits,Come buy, come buy:Apples and quinces,Lemons and oranges,Plump unpeck’d cherries,Melons and raspberries,Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches,Swart-headed mulberries,Wild free-born cranberries,Crab-apples, dewberries,Pine-apples, blackberries,Apricots, strawberries;—All ripe togetherIn summer weather,—Morns that pass by,Fair eves… Continue reading The Goblin Market
Tales of the Wythenwood
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Great Oak, an omnipotent power, hatches plans to crush dissent. Injured Desideria is helped by a mysterious creature—but what is its real intent? The Taker of Faces stalks the night for her next victim. Will this be the one that sates her need… Continue reading Tales of the Wythenwood
Double Book Launch!!
I am thrilled to announce that I'll be in conversation with the delightful Leife Shallcross to launch of my collection Three Curses & Other Dark Tales and edited anthology Cursed Shards from IFWG Publishing of dark tales inspired by fairytales, folklore, magic mirrors, wicked Fae and Curses! Come celebrate noon 28th September at ANU Harry… Continue reading Double Book Launch!!
The Witchwood Knot
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description The faeries of Witchwood Manor have stolen its young lord. His governess intends to steal him back. Victorian governess Winifred Hall knows a con when she sees one. When her bratty young charge transforms overnight into a perfectly behaved block of wood, she… Continue reading The Witchwood Knot
Reblog: All the New Horror Books Coming in June 2024
June 2024’s new horror books, featuring titles from Gretchen Felker-Martin, Paul Tremblay, Hailey Piper, L.P. Hernandez, Eden Royce, Josh Malerman, … All the New Horror Books Coming in June 2024
After Midnight
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Description The Queen who’d once swept up the cinders is exiled to a distant wing of the palace, replaced by a younger, prettier girl who can bear her King an heir. Unwilling to accept the rapid deterioration of her power and desperately clinging to fraying strands of sanity, the exiled Queen journals the choices… Continue reading After Midnight
Collection Publication
I am thrilled to announce that Three Curses and Other Dark Tales, my debut collection of short and long fiction inspired by global folklore, legends and mythology was released globally on 24 June, 2024. Come closer, let me tell you a tale or three. Sit nearer the firelight and if you notice the folk in… Continue reading Collection Publication

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