Dear Reader,

Book Twenty One will shortly be creeping into your homes, so here is a little peep into what’s in store…

In deep snow, Alene takes a yearly pilgrimage to visit the grave of her grandmother. Sleeping alone in a small isolated hut, Alene is visited at the dead of night by a ‘Myling’ – the spirit of an unwanted child, who will not leave her in peace, the only solution being to make a treacherous journey overnight in the snow to bring the myling to its final resting place in Fawn Emmalee Ward’s story, ‘That Which is Outside’.

Amidst the Second World War, nine grieving women are invited by local fortune teller, Margery Whipple, to join a séance inside a mysterious shell grotto. What will they find down there, or rather, what will find them… in ‘The Women of Margate Go Beneath the Earth to Converse with the Dead’ by Harriet Matthews.

If you had one opportunity to create the body you have always wanted before moving on to your next life, what would you choose? A thought-provoking body-horror exploring death, rebirth and gender in ‘Severance Requires Stitches’ by Rebys J. Hynes.

An unnerving letter written to the soon-to-be new owners of a house reveals ‘tips’ on how to take care of a creepy feature of the little girl’s bedroom in, ‘Your Eyes Only! Love Jessica by Erin Braithwaite.

A young woman, about to turn 18, is a prisoner of her controlling mother who rations food and won’t let her leave and live her own life. Rose takes comfort in her sister’s doll, Meredith, after she tragically dies. A chilling tale of release and revenge, ‘Pirouette in Periwinkle’ by Theodore Hill.

‘The Pastoral Tapes’ by Jimmy P. Blakeley tells of Bonnie Salts, a talented musician, who succumbs to the sound of something unexplained up on a mysterious place called Piper’s Moor, in this folk horror.

In ‘Puddle Jumper’ by J. Rosina Harlow, two sisters are tasked with the horrible job of clearing out their recently deceased grandmother’s house. Haunted by what they thought was a ‘nasty little story’ that their grandmother used to terrify them with, of a hideous creature called the Puddle Jumper. A tale that proves not all Grannies are sweet and cuddly.

In ‘Black Glass’ by Nia Morais, artist, Ken and his dog, Sarge, need to get away for a holiday. They arrive at a beautiful location in Wales to stay in a house recently departed by the owner’s mother. Her portrait looks over the bed and Ken feels a little less alone than he first thought.

In Nigel Jarrett’s ‘Augustinerstrasse’, a letter reimagines the time and the uncanny sightings in Vienna of Gustav Mahler’s apparition, in the year of 1911, the day after he died.

Nine new tales of terror to remind you that even though Spring is in bloom, darkness is never far behind.

Happy Reading!

From all the ghouls at Ghastling Towers!

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