A Self-imposed Challenge! Darklings continues: From Jolly Jack to Descendants of Monstrosity

My self-imposed challenge continues! Laugh with Jolly Jack is up for pre-order now, publication being 1st April. An appropriate date I think for this title.

Not up for pre-order yet but completed is Descendants of Monstrosity. Many thanks to Alyson Faye for her careful eye and useful comments. Completely different to Jolly Jack, this is a modern day tale which reaches back into the past:

‘As part of a university team investigating the disappeared settlements of England, Harriet Rothery arrives in the vanished hamlet of Church Easton. A place on no map but one. A place an old friend had given as her address before she dropped off the face of the earth. As she investigates, she is plagued by strange dreams at night and illusions during the day. Church Easton and its surrounds, she discovers, is a place haunted with the taint of witchcraft and the injustices of the English Civil War, a legacy which reaches into the present, reaches for her …’

And here’s the cover! Note I only include the black border to ensure the cover shows up.

Links for pre-order will go up soon – intended publication 1st May.

The next in the series, Mine, is nearly ready as well. This one will be put up for June 1st publication.

Several more left to write … and at some point, print versions – or at least a couple of omnibus editions – to pull together. And all this while I’m trying to working on a new novel. When will I ever learn.