This YA anthology, curated by Amy McCaw and Maria Kuzniar and featuring stories by 13 young adult authors – including me! – has finally arrived, just in time for Halloween.
I’m thrilled to have a story featured in this collection, and one inspired by a legend that’s very close to home for me. Growing up in Wales, I heard many variations on the story of Mari Lwyd – a veiled spirit wearing a horse’s skull as a mask as it went door to door during the darkest nights of winter to sing for food and hospitality. Although the original legend isn’t intended to be scary – it’s more like a spin on trick-or-treating than a true ghost story – I felt like it would lend itself perfectly to a more horror-ish interpretation. And so I wrote one, and it became The Visiting Grey.
Grab your copy so you can check out:
How to Disappear by Rosie Talbot
The House with Teeth by Amy McCaw
Come Find Me by Kathryn Foxfield
The Wolf and the Witch by Maria Kuzniar
Saint Clover by Melinda Salisbury
The Visiting Grey by Kat Ellis (me!)
And the Waters Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich
The Party by Louie Stowell
The Chiming Hour by Amy McCulloch
Something Wicked by Kat Dunn
The Midnight Kiss by Mary Watson
The Beast and the Beast by Rachel Faturoti
‘Til Death Do Us Part by Cynthia Murphy
Happy reading!
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