In her debut poetry collection Where Decay Sleeps, Anna Cheung blends traditional Gothic imagery, modern technology and Chinese folklore. Walk the Gothic ruins of monsters, but tread carefully!
In Rhiannon Grist’s novella The Queen of the High Fields, Carys Price and Angharad 'Hazard' Evans, strike out from their disenfranchised seaside town to take ownership of the High Fields, a mythical island brimming with world-bending promise, hoping to find a place where they can live as they choose. Instead they find an ancient power that tears their friendship apart.
The forest in A.M. Shine’s The Watchers isn't charted on any map. Every car breaks down at its treeline. Left stranded, Mina is forced into the dark woodland only to find a woman shouting, urging Mina to run to a concrete bunker. As the door slams behind her, Mina finds herself in a room with a wall of glass. At nightfall, the Watchers come above ground, emerging to observe their captive humans. Who are the Watchers and why are these creatures keeping them imprisoned, keen to watch their every move?
Chaired by Katalina Watt
About the event
Running time: 60 minutes
Venue: Pleasance Theatre
Price: £10/£8 concession - In Person - or £6/£4 concession - Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
About the authors
Rhiannon A Grist is a Welsh writer of Weird, Speculative and Dark fiction. Her novella, The Queen of the High Fields, came out 8th February 2022 with Luna Press Publishing.
Follow Rhiannon Grist on Twitter @RhiannonAGrist or visit her website.
A. M. Shine is an author of Literary Horror from the west of Ireland. It was there that at a young age he discovered a passion for classic horror stories, and where he received his Masters in history, before ultimately sharpening his quill to pursue a life devoted to all things literary and macabre. His writing is inspired by the trinity of horror, history, and superstition, and he has tormented, toyed with, and tortured more characters than he will ever confess to.
Follow A. M. Shine on Twitter @AMShineWriter or visit his website.
Anna Cheung is a poet based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her poetry has been published in Dark Eclipse and Dusk and Shiver and by Haunt Publishing and Zarf Poetry. She has a forthcoming publication in Dreich Magazine. Her poem ‘Survival of Solitude’ was included in From Them, To You, an illustrated book by the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (published by Speculative Books) gifted to breast cancer patients in the UK to help improve women’s body confidence and mental health. Aside from poetry, she has written reviews for Bearded Magazine and Musicovered.
Follow Anna Cheung on Twitter @annasmcheung or visit her website.