Solstice


Solstice is my fifth novel and is a portmanteau series of four interlinked tales of festive folk horror. You can purchase the first three tales in the series by clicking on the selected image below. To purchase the full novel, please click on the image above.

 

You can view the ongoing creation of the book, from start to finish, below: 

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According to early European folk tales, the tree-dwelling spirit, the Hylda-moer, would haunt those who cut down their trees. Furniture made from their trees would also be haunted, the occupants of the house being pinched black and blue by the resident wood spirit. This little titbit of research has inspired events in my forthcoming Christmas ghost story, which I hope to have published by Crimbo 2020 :)


Tuesday, 27 August 2019


I am still experimenting with working out the plots of my books by story-boarding them:


Saturday, 31 August 2019


Whilst holidaying in North Wales, I started work on the actual writing of my 2020 Christmas ghost story ~ Solstice.



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Getting a few more words down on my 2020 Christmas ghost story...



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Planning out the writing schedule for my next book

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A scribbled note made in the dead of night

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Sunday, 01 March 2020


Time to crack on after a month-long break from writing:



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Amanita is now published :) Time to start planning the third tales in this series - Gobble...







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