While Curious Tales took a wee break during 2016, two of the team, Jenn Ashworth and Richard V. Hirst, collaborated during that time on a brand new and distinctly Curious Tales-esque novella for independent publisher Dead Ink which is now available to buy.
Orla Nelson used to be a famous writer and now she's seeking a comeback. Alice Wells wants to make something of herself before it's too late. In The Night Visitors these two women, connected by blood and ambition, investigate their ancestor Hattie Soak, a silent film star who fled the scene of a gruesome unsolved crime.
Told entirely via an exchange of emails, The Night Visitors is a story of ghosts, obsession and inherited evil. This novella traces the ways in which technology can hold and transmit our worst secrets and unspoken fears, and what happens when uneasy collaborations start to unravel.
Orla Nelson used to be a famous writer and now she's seeking a comeback. Alice Wells wants to make something of herself before it's too late. In The Night Visitors these two women, connected by blood and ambition, investigate their ancestor Hattie Soak, a silent film star who fled the scene of a gruesome unsolved crime.
Told entirely via an exchange of emails, The Night Visitors is a story of ghosts, obsession and inherited evil. This novella traces the ways in which technology can hold and transmit our worst secrets and unspoken fears, and what happens when uneasy collaborations start to unravel.
 “The power of myth and the fallibility of memory propel two women in search of the truth into dark and devastating places. Ashworth and Hirst’s epistolary novella hurtles along as the distant past unscrews the hinges of the present. Terrific stuff.” – Adam Marek |
The Night Visitors has been shortlisted for a Saboteur Awards (vote now!) and is out now. It will be launched in Liverpool at a special event with none other than Ramsey Campbell.
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