In Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless, it has been three years since Alice spent one night in an abandoned house with her friends Ila and Hannah. Since then, Alice has been living a haunted existence. She hasn't spoken to Ila since they went into the House, nor seen Hannah. When Ila asks her to return to the House, she knows she must go and put their differences aside, and try to rescue Hannah, who the House has chosen to make its own.
In Demon, the latest book in Matt Wesolowski’s Six Stories series, Scott King's podcast investigates the 1995 cold case of a demon possession in a rural Yorkshire village, where a 12-year-old boy was murdered in cold blood by two children. When the episodes begins to air, King himself becomes a target of media scrutiny and the public's ire, and of whatever drove those two boys to kill.
In Catriona Ward’ Sundial, Rob fears for her daughters, especially Callie, who collects tiny bones and whispers to imaginary friends, who reminds her of the family she left behind. She decides to take Callie back to Sundial, her childhood home deep in the Mojave Desert. When the dark secrets of her past are revealed, will they both leave Sundial alive?
Chaired by Rebecca Wojturska from Haunt Publishing
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
Alison Rumfitt is a writer and semi-professional trans woman. Her debut pamphlet of poetry, The T(y)ranny, was a critical deconstruction of Margaret Atwood's work through the lens of a trans woman navigating her own misogynistic dystopia. It was published by Zarf Editions in 2019. Tell Me I'm Worthless is her debut novel. Her work has appeared in countless publications. Her poetry was nominated - twice! - for the Rhysling Award in 2018.
Follow Alison Rumfitt on Twitter @hangsawoman or visit her website.
Catriona Ward was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia.
Follow Catriona Ward on Twitter @Catrionaward.
Matt Wesolowski is an author from Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK. He is an English tutor for young people in care. Matt started his writing career in horror, and his short horror fiction has been published in numerous UK- and US-based anthologies, such as Midnight Movie Creature, Selfies from the End of the World, Cold Iron and many more. Matt lives in Newcastle with his partner and young son, and is currently working on the sixth book in the Six Stories series.
Follow Matt Wesolowski on Twitter @ConcreteKraken.