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Black-Winged Angels – New Edition

I’m absolutely delighted to say that the augmented version of BLACK-WINGED ANGELS is available for pre-order from PS Publishing! As with the original 2014 Ticonderoga edition, we have the beautiful silhouette illustrations by the amazing and multi award-winning Kathleen Jennings and ten fairy tales (by multi award-winning me) PLUS “The Mer-Pearl” (written specifically for the Dutch limited edition of All the Murmuring Bones and appearing here in English for the first time) AND the exegetical essays about female agency in fairy tales written for my MA. So, writing about writing, and comparing Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves and Emma Donoghue’s Kissing the Witch. She’s available in paperback and a hardcover limited edition. https://pspublishing.co.uk/black-wing...

Aurealis Awards Shortlists

It’s always a delight to find my work on shortlists! This year, The Briar Book of the Dead is a finalist for Best Fantasy Novel and my story “Bell, Book and Lamp” from the Bound in Blood anthology (edited by Johnny Mains, published by Titan) is a finalist for the Best Horror Novella. Both are in excellent company!

A huge thanks to the judges and the organisers who put in so much work as volunteers to keep these awards running.

 

 

 

 

 

The full list is here https://aurealisawards.org/2025/04/15/2024-aurealis-awards-shortlist-announcement/

Cover Reveal: The Cold House

I’m soooo happy to reveal the cover for my new novella (out in October this year): The Cold House!It’s contemporary folk horror and published by Titan Books, the fabulous cover is by @missnatmack – loooook at the detail!!!  Synopsis:Writer Everly Bainbridge’s life is left in ruins when her husband takes their child to the supermarket one day and a lorry collides with their car. After the accident, a lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. She retreats to a lonely house in the countryside to recover. But there’s a well in the cellar, a spectacularly cold room, and one night, Everly wakes up with a foot hanging over the emptiness of the well and the echo of her daughter’s voice in her ears… A short, sharp, emotionally layered story of horrific secrets and dangerous lies, this dark, fierce gem of a novella will keep you turning the pages late into the night… 

Sourdough-shaped Shenanigans

Shenanigans might be afoot in conjunction with Brain Jar Press and Kathleen Jennings … stay tuned.

Books@Stones Event

On the eve of Tues 4 March from 6.30-7.30, I’ll be doing an in-conversation with the fab @joanneanderton at Books@Stones as well as signing books. If you missed the launch of The Crimson Road a couple of weeks ago, here’s your chance to hear me ramble aimlessly once again! We’ll be talking about the new book, the previous books, the history of the Sourdough world and what’s coming in the future! Will there be a witches’ war?  How can you resist?Details at the linkhttps://events.humanitix.com/books-stones-event-the-crimson-road-by-a-g-slatter 

New postcard

As ever, beautiful art by Kathleen Jennings!

This is the last of the postcard series of my gothic heroines: Violet Zennor from The Crimson Road.

She joins Miren O’Malley (All the Murmuring Bones), Asher Todd (The Path of Thorns), and Ellie Briar (The Briar Book of the Dead). We’ll have some packs of them at the launch next week (as long as the print and courier gods are kind).

 

 

News: Film Options

I’m so delighted to announce that the wonderful Veronica Wain has optioned The Path of Thorns for film and the Verity Fassbinder series with an eye to a TV series adaptation. It’s early days yet, but I’m so excited by the possibilities! Stay tuned!

 

AACTA: Scream Queens Panel

Scream Queens Behind the Scenes: Women in Horror

On Saturday 8 February 202 at 3:30 pm I’ll be part of a panel at the AACTA Festival on the Gold Coast, with the legendary Natalie Erika James (Relic), Katrina Irawati Graham (Dark Whispers) and Briony Kidd (Stranger With My Face).

Step into the dark heart of Australian horror, where women are fearlessly rewriting the rules. This electrifying panel celebrates the powerful voices of writers, directors, and producers leading the charge in horror’s evolution.

Featuring Natalie Erika James (Relic), Horror author Angela Slatter and Katrina Irawati Graham (Dark Whispers) discover how they craft spine-chilling tales and unforgettable characters that shatter stereotypes. From Relic’s eerie family dynamics to innovative new horror narratives, explore the daring vision behind some of the most groundbreaking works in modern horror. Witness how these women are transforming fear itself into a thrilling new frontier.

Hosted by Briony Kidd.

Also my gothic fantasy novels will be at the festival bookshop, including (ahem) a very few early release copies of The Crimson Road… And I’ll be doing a signing immediately after the panel.

Bookings https://www.aactafestival.com/…/scream-queens-behind…

 

The Night Stair Chapbook

I’m super happy to announce that Brain Jar Press are bringing out a new chapbook, The Night Stair .  Now, anyone who’s got a copy of The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings collection will know that this story forms part of that cycle – and because that collection is currently out of print (and will be until June 2026) I wanted to let folk access it because it connects to the new novel The Crimson Road . You absolutely don’t need to read it in order to get the novel – like the other three Sourdough novels it’s a standalone – but if you’d like to, you can. Here’s how:

ANGELA SLATTER PRE-ORDER

We’re extraordinarily pleased to open pre-orders on Angela Slatter aka AG Slatter‘s chapbook, The Night Stair, featuring a tale of vampires, vengenace, and treachery set in Angela’s Sourdough universe.

The ebook and print book will be available everywhere on March 25, but as a special treat for those eagerly awaiting Angela’s upcoming novel, The Crimson Road, readers can download the chapbook for free.

Head to https://offers.brainjarpress.com/thenightstair to claim your free ebook.

Or pre-order the print chapbook at the Brian Jar Press store: https://www.brainjarpress.com/…/the-night-stair-a…/

About The Night Stair

Angela Slatter’s The Night Stair is a gothic fantasy tale of vampires, vengeance, and treachery set in the award-winning author’s Sourdough universe.

Two of Adlisa’s sisters have been selected to serve, adopting the role of dutiful daughter to the dark Lady who rules the manor. Two of Adlisa’s sisters were eaten, devoured when the Lady’s fixations soured and they were deemed expendable.

Now it’s Adlisa’s turn to serve, selected from seven candidates to step into the opulent luxury of her new life. Her survival depends on maintaining a fragile illusion, standing in for the child Her Ladyship lost centuries before.

Yet Adlisa is no helpless daughter, here to serve and earn coin for her family until her untimely death. She plays her own games with the Lord and Lady of the house, and she is not as helpless as she seems.

This 48 page chapbook presents a stand-alone story set in the world of A.G. Slatter’s The Crimson Road, alongside an author’s note and an updated chronology of the Sourdough universe.

Good News x 2

A double bit of good news yesterday, when I heard that The Briar Book of the Dead had not only made it to the long-list of the BSFA awards for Best Novel (along with the likes of Kelly Link, Jeff VanderMeer T. Kingfisher and Alan Moore) but ALSO had been put on the Locus Recommended Reading List for fantasy novels published in 2024. Thanks so much to all the readers who found something to love in my weird little cosy with witches!