It’s two weeks until Valloween! I learned about this holiday from my friend, and fabulous baker @cakewizard99 on Instagram so you should check out her fabulous cakes if you’re on IG. If you don’t know what Valloween is, it’s pretty much a creep-tastic replacement for Valentine’s Day. There’s also Summerween in June for those counting down the days til Halloween. Yep, it’s another way to celebrate all things spooky for those who enjoy Halloween three-six-five. That’s a hashtag too, btw.

Anyway, with Valloween looming, I thought I’d share my horror books with a dash of spooky – and a lot of dysfunctional – romance:

Love you to Death = Eight tales of romance between the ethereal and corporeal, all set on or around Valentine’s Day.

Gods of Avalon Road = involving a modern day Londoner and the resurrected ancient Briton sungod, Belenus.

Matthew’s Twin = between an Anglo-Irish witch and a medieval Scottish soldier during Edward Bruce’s invasion of Ireland at Carrickfergus.

Diabolical Dreamscapes = In Zombie Reflux, the main character has a liaison with his ex Nina in a disturbing scene that is better read than summarised (ahem!)

The Fairy Lights = In this Christmas ghost novel, main character Aisling falls in love with Jimbo, who is haunting her house.

The Blue Man = Two best frenemies fight over Johnny, believed to be the great-great-grandson of the sinister titular ghost, The Blue Man.

But, the real life horror story of my recent life is the tragic demise of my favourite skull wine glass, all in the name of my birthday celebration a few days ago. Happy birthday to me, what I’d really love to see, is for readers of my books to leave reviews up, it’s free!

Ha ha, an author’s gotta try, right?

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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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