WIHM, THE HORROR OF HUMANITY BY LOUISE WORTHINGTON

​Places have scar tissue too…so does that mean they have a memory? 


It’s not just man-made constructs which remember horror in the thickness of the walls and the slant of the tiles; so does nature – be it an ancient tree, or a poppy field, or a neglected vegetable garden. You could argue the darkness is being projected by the onlooker, but is it?


The Gothic genre has seen great writers, like Poe for example, make buildings a central character in a dark narrative, such as The House of Usher. It’s visits like the one I made recently to Shrewsbury prison, now a visitor attraction, which convinced me of the indelible thumbprint of history in inanimate constructs.


I think flawed characters make the most interesting ones, and buildings -or settings – marked by a dark history, have a similar appeal. The interaction of the two create great narratives in my view. 


My horror novel, Rosie Shadow, book one in the Black Tongue Series is inspired by this idea. It’s set in a prison complete with Medieval dungeon.


Check me and the horror book out here –  and next time you’re near an ancient yew tree, or a canal bridge, stop a while…

​‘Whatcha crying for, sissy? Why don’t you grow a pair?’ Rosie says to her mother...‘Send me to school and I’ll rip off your arm! Beat you with the stump.’
Abandoned by her terrorised mother at the age of six, Rosie Shadow will do anything to win the affection of her father Archie, an undead cannibal in charge of Her Majesty's Prison Shrewsbury, now operating as a visitor attraction.
Clare is sent reeling into Archie’s arms with the grief of losing her boyfriend in a mysterious car accident when he collides with an ancient yew tree.

The secrets in the Medieval dungeon beneath the prison are under threat when Clare becomes suspicious of Archie’s true identity and his progeny.

Rosie Shadow is the first book in The Black Tongue Series, a gripping horror thriller by the author of Rachel's Garden, The Entrepreneur, Willow Weeps and Distorted Days.

'Readers of Stephen King, Ania Ahlborn and C.J. Tudor will love it!'

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