Mythology is the source of inspiration for these two authors: Rachel Burge’s The Crooked Mask is part ghost story, part murder mystery steeped in Norse Myth, and Gabriela Houston’s The Second Bell a provocative spin on Slavic striga mythology.
Prepare to be stunned, terrified and absolutely thrilled!
About the event:
Chaired by Linda Strachan
Running time: 60 minutes
The event premiered on YouTube
After the premiere, the event will be hosted on the Member Area of the Cymera website.
About the authors
Rachel Burge is an author living in East Sussex, England. She used to work as a freelance copy writer but now writes creepy YA novels surrounded by candles, usually with a horror soundtrack playing. She doesn’t get out much, but can sometimes be found muttering plot ideas to herself whilst walking in the woods with her black Labrador, Biff. Rachel has always been drawn to the macabre. As a child, she would write stories and draw pictures that her mum would take away because they gave her nightmares. She has seen a ghost, and to this day swears she once saw a doll’s hand move by itself when she was a kid. Unfortunately, her first proper writing job was on The Dolls House Magazine, which meant handling dolls and styling them for photoshoots (oh the horror!). crow-cut-out Thankfully, dolls don’t feature in her work – much. Oh, and she also has a thing about crows. Don’t forget the crows.
Rachel is on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Gabriela Houston is a London-based writer. She was born in Poland and raised in a book-loving household on the nourishing diet of mythologies, classics and graphic novels. She had spent much of her early school years holed up in the library, only feeling truly herself in the company of Jack London’s trappers and Lucy Maud Montgomery’s red-headed orphan, among many others. She came to the UK at 19 to follow her passion for literature and she completed her undergraduate and Masters degrees at Royal Holloway, University of London. After her studies, she worked in publishing for a few years. She now lives with her family in Harrow, where she pursues her life-long passion for making stuff up.
