Short Fiction, Writing

Forthcoming: Horror Microfiction

Very pleased to announce the acceptance of two Horror microfictions into April Horrors anthology to be published by Raven and Drake Publishing. If youโ€™re curious about the folklore I have researched for my microfiction pieces โ€œNeropantsโ€and โ€œThe Devlโ€™s Fool.โ€, you can find out more here! More details will follow soon on the release date for… Continue reading Forthcoming: Horror Microfiction

Short Fiction

Horror, History & Folklore

While itโ€™s Women in Horror Month, Iโ€™ve been researching gothic and dark folklore themes. Hereโ€™s a few of the diverse research topics I encountered including the history of witchcraft and an Icelandic folklore sure to make your skin crawl. Witchcraft: the Devilโ€™s Influence Accusations of witchcraft have a long history. The era of associated with… Continue reading Horror, History & Folklore

events, Writing

Women in Horror Month

February is Women in Horror Month! What began, and essentially still is, a movement to celebrate and highlight female creators in the horror genre. There has been a tradition of women writing horror long before Mary Shelleyโ€™s Frankenstein but female horror writers continue to remain in the shadows compared to their male counterparts. There are… Continue reading Women in Horror Month

Recent Reads

Ivoryโ€™s Story

From the Blurb: โ€œLong ago, a good man transgressed and was brutally punished, his physical form killed and his soul split asunder. Now, one half of his ancient soul seeks to reunite with its lost twin, a search that leaves murder in its wakeโ€ฆIn the streets of modern day Sydney a killer stalks the night,… Continue reading Ivoryโ€™s Story

Short Fiction, stories, Writing

Phantom 3 Anthology Release

December 2020 is proving a busy month. Excited to announce, the release of Paranormal anthology Phantom 3 (Lockdown Fiction Series, #14) published by Black Hare Press on 23rd December, 2020. This paranormal anthology features my short story โ€œHunting Shadowsโ€, in an eternal battle between good and evil, a poltergeist makes an unlikely union with the… Continue reading Phantom 3 Anthology Release

Recent Reads

Mexican Gothic

From the Blurb: โ€œAfter receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemรญ Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Sheโ€™s not sure what she will findโ€”her cousinโ€™s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemรญ knows little about… Continue reading Mexican Gothic

Recent Reads

Storm of Locusts

From the Blurb: โ€œItโ€™s been four weeks since the bloody showdown at Black Mesa, and Maggie Hoskie, Dinรฉ monster hunter, is trying to make the best of things. Only her latest bounty hunt has gone sideways, sheโ€™s lost her only friend, Kai Arviso, and sheโ€™s somehow found herself responsible for a girl with a strange… Continue reading Storm of Locusts

Recent Reads

Flyaway

From the Blurb: โ€œStrange what chooses to flourish here. Which plants. Which stories. Bettina Scott lives a tidy, quiet life in Runagate, tending to her delicate mother and their well-kept garden after her father and brothers disappear - until a note arrives that sends Bettina into the scrublands beyond, searching for answers about what really… Continue reading Flyaway

Short Fiction

Forthcoming: Horror Anthology

I am pleased to announce my horror story "Them" will feature in Wrath (Seven Deadly Sins, #7) Anthology published by Black Hare Press. As with other stories in this anthology, Wrath is the common theme. My short story "Them" is a psychological horror, inspired by history of criminal theory and demonic possession where aberrant psychology… Continue reading Forthcoming: Horror Anthology

Short Fiction, Writing

Horror, Dark Fiction & Demonology

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