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The Babysitter Lives

Publisherโ€™s Description A mother carries her six-year-old daughter into the tiled bathroom where the bathtub is already running, is still running, is overflowing, and for a moment the girl calms, seeing her little brother floating facedown in the water, his hair a golden halo around him, but then this mother is guiding her face-first down… Continue reading The Babysitter Lives

Long Fiction, Writing

Dark Fantasy & Climate Change

I am in the final stages of editing my draft dark fantasy novel inspired by North American and Canadian First Nations legends and environment and the influence of developing climate change. In a fantasy world where the gods, mortals and paranormal beings are dependent on the environment for stability and existence, the threat of a… Continue reading Dark Fantasy & Climate Change

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The Dark Matter of Natasha

Publisherโ€™s Description Natasha stalks the quiet streets of dead-end Lunar Bay like doom in a denim jacket. Sheโ€™s a grim reminder that some teenagers can never escape the ever-tightening noose of their lives. Burned out and benumbed by a traumatic past, dogged by scurrilous small-town gossip, she finds solace in drugs, sex and Slayer. When… Continue reading The Dark Matter of Natasha

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The Old Dragonโ€™s Head

Publisherโ€™s Description Constructed of stone and packed earth, the Great Wall of 10,000 li protects Chinaโ€™s northern borders from the threat of Mongol incursion. The wall is also home to a supernatural beast: the Old Dragon. The Old Dragonโ€™s Head is the most easterly point of the wall, where it finally meets the sea. In… Continue reading The Old Dragonโ€™s Head

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The Path of Thorns

Publisherโ€™s Description Asher Todd comes to live with the mysterious Morwood family as a governess to their children. Asher knows little about being a governess but she is skilled in botany and herbcraft, and perhaps more than that. And she has secrets of her own, dark and terrible โ€“ and Morwood is a house that… Continue reading The Path of Thorns

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Melmoth

Publisherโ€™s Description Oh friend, take my hand - I've been so lonely! One winter night in Prague, Helen Franklin encounters her friend Karel, half-mad with fear. He has come into possession of a mysterious old manuscript, filled with testimonies that speak to Helen from 17th-century England, wartime Czechoslovakia, the sweat-soaked streets of Manila and 1920's… Continue reading Melmoth

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The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners

Publisherโ€™s Description Welcome to The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners and Other Stories. Slatterโ€™s work has been described by the legendary Ramsey Campbell as โ€œenviably original, and told in prose as stylish as itโ€™s precise. Not just disturbing but often touching, her work enriches and revives the tale of terror.โ€ From the fierce changeling… Continue reading The Heart is a Mirror for Sinners

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No Good Deed

Publisherโ€™s Description : Isobel assumed her wedding would be the grandest day of her life, but when she wakes in a ghost-filled tomb still wearing her bridal veil, itโ€™s clear events have taken an unexpected turn. With the assistance of a vengeful spirit Isobel escapes her imprisonment, but her new husband Adolphus will not be… Continue reading No Good Deed

Short Fiction, stories

Haunt Release

Delighted that Haunt (Five Hundred Fiction, #6) was released on 24th August, 2021. This supernatural anthology is published by Black Hare Press and features my flash fiction โ€œThe Haunted Onesโ€. You can find out more about Haunt (Five Hundred Fiction, #6) and where to purchase ebook and paperback copies here.

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The Ghost Tree

Publisherโ€™s Description When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police wonโ€™t find the killer. After all, the year before her fatherโ€™s body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her… Continue reading The Ghost Tree