Happy Sunday, folks! It’s a horrible, rainy day over here in Northern Ireland and that means a perfect day for reading. This weekend I started reading my Christmas present that my lovely literary hubby got me. In Ghostly Japan, by Lefcadio Hearn set the tone with a good dash of existential horror in the first story about a man and a Buddhist monk climbing a mountain of skulls.

As for my own books, November and December are always the busiest for sales, with things quietening down after Christmas. With only a handful of sponsored sales so far in January that means it’s time to gear up for more promo. Since Valentine’s Day is only a month away, I’ve decided to start with excerpts from Love you to Death. Here’s my latest video reading, with a snippet from the first story, White Day Whispers. White Day, for those not in the know, is a date celebrated in Japan on March 14th; basically on Valentine’s Day, ladies will give a man chocolates if they like him, and will receive a response one month later on White Day. If he accepts her proposal, he gives her white chocolates and if he rejects her, she gets cookies. Either way, it’s confectionery heaven for the ladies!

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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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  1. lyndhurstlaura's avatar lyndhurstlaura says:
    January 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM

    I agree with you; I’m reading a lot more too, as it’s too cold to go outside for anything but necessary trips. 🙂

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