Which of my books are NOT horror books? Three of them, actually. Two of my five novels are not horror: Gods of Avalon Road is occult urban fantasy and The Buddha’s Bone is psychological literary fiction. One of my three short story collections isn’t horror either: Pseudologia Fantastica is psychological literary fiction.

My next book, the sequel for The Buddha’s Bone, is also psychological literary fiction. I’m currently working on the edits, with a goal for publication later this year. Lately I’ve been primarily writing ghost horror, so it’s thanks to reader requests that I even felt motivated to write my latest novel in the first place. Honestly, writing something besides horror once in a while is good for me as a writer.

But, if you’re one of my ghost book readers, fear not. I am up to 61,000 words with ghost novel WIP#7 so the first draft should hopefully be finished before the end of this year. In the meantime, the sequel for The Buddha’s Bone gets quite dark in places, so if you plan to read it, hopefully you’ll enjoy it even if horror is more your cuppa tea.

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About Leilanie Stewart

Leilanie Stewart is an award-winning author and poet from Belfast, Northern Ireland. She writes ghost and psychological horror, as well as experimental poetry. Her writing confronts the nature of self; her novels feature main characters on a dark psychological journey who have a crisis and create a new sense of identity. She began writing for publication while working as an English teacher in Japan, a career pathway that has influenced themes in her writing. Her former career as an Archaeologist has also inspired her writing and she has incorporated elements of archaeology and mythology into both her fiction and poetry. In addition to promoting her own work, Leilanie runs Bindweed Anthologies, a creative writing publication with her writer husband, Joseph Robert. Aside from publishing pursuits, Leilanie enjoys spending time with her husband and their lively literary lad, a voracious reader of sea monster books.

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