What People Are Saying
LOSERS GET HAUNTED “Wow. I absolutely loved every second of this collection. A brilliantly twisted, expertly told set of fascinating stories with perfectly written characters and weird and wonderful settings. This has jumped up beside Laymon’s Dreadful Tales as my favourite collection ever and it’s one I know I’ll read again and again. 5 stars - definitely no losers here!.”
— MJ Mars, author of ‘The Suffering’, ‘We’ve Already Gone Too Far,’ and ‘The Fovea Experiment’.
RINGROCK “There is evil and malevolence, hope and love, and a never-ending tinge of threat and manipulation. Then, just as you’re thinking you know which direction it’s headed in, it becomes twisted and depraved… it’s as if Barnard has found a hand grenade charged with utter f**king carnage, pulled the pin and tossed it into his cauldron of deception, and it all goes fantastically ballistic!”.
— Peter Caffrey, author of ‘Hee Haw’, ‘F**ked Up Bedtime Stories’, and ‘Crust Investigates’.
NO ONE IS LEAVING “A very fun take on the vampire trope! It was just as fantastic as I expected, with plenty of twists and turns. The action picks up very early on, and no matter how much you think you know what will happen, Barnard will turn that on its head. Nobody is safe! The story unfolds very naturally, and the ending was quite satisfying. Looking forward to jumping into more of his work!”
— Leigh Kenny, author of ‘Cursed’ and ‘Hush, My Darling’.
GRIEVERS’ WOOD “Grievers’ Wood shows that Stephen Barnard has plenty more up his sleeve for us, with no signs of slowing. He’s a master storyteller with the sort of depth and range that I don’t come across often. This one weaves together small towns, secrets, mystery and investigation, compelling characters, creeping dread and supernatural curses. Whether it’s a thousand-word flash piece or another novel, I’m eagerly awaiting whatever he hurls at us next.”
— Ben Young, author of ‘Stuck’ and ‘Home’.
REQUESTS FROM THE DEAD “This is a really original collection of short stories: with witches, radios, time jumps, art, zombies and more filling the pages there is really something for everyone. Each story goes in a totally unique direction with twists and turns that I wasn’t expecting. The writing is great, with deep characters and realistic worlds, you can often forget that you’re reading a short story. Really well done.”
— Catriona Mowat, author of ‘Beyond the Smoke and Shadow’ and ‘Fragments’.
GRIEVERS’ WOOD “Grievers’ Wood is fantastic. It's part horror, part mystery & part police procedural, all set against a very British backdrop of a quaint English town. I don't want to go into too much detail without giving the story away, but with a wide variety of characters & a very entertaining plot of dark dealings around an ancient curse, it's full of twists & turns that left me wanting more.”