Sinister toads, haunted garden-gnomes, an evil compost, weeds with a vengeance...
These gardens are not just roses and peonies.

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Five horror stories inspired by gardens I love.​

Five tales of the eerie, tragic & macabre.​

Eldritch, gothic, and paranormal short stories that aim to give you goosebumps or play on your darkest heartstrings, bringing out a bit of gleefulness.

A young girl gambles everything to catch the mermaids who took her mother.

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A folkhorror-esque novelette where the dark of the abyss is only matched by the darkness of the heart.

Two lovers meet under the midwinter moon to reveal an incomprehensible tragedy.

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Quill & Crow Publishing House, The Crow's Quill 2022, issue 17, Midwinter Despair.

A young girl is separated from her parents on vacation and meets a church sculptor

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Quill & Crow Publishing House, The Crow's Quill 2022, issue 12, Gargoyles.