Where Once He Stood is a weird exploration of fatherhood and leaps of faith, touching upon crime fiction and Satanic horror (I know!). It's actually fairly long for a novella, but also short for a novel... so make of it what you will. Some of my favourite writers had nice things to say about it:
"This skilful dark fantasy novella put me in mind of du Maurier's Don't Look Now and Clarke's Piranesi. Unnerving and sometimes disturbing, it is nevertheless at heart a story about the enduring nature of love." - Una McCormack
"Where Once He Stood
moves from a gripping premise to one frightening reveal after another,
and at its heart there's a dark mystery that demands to be solved. I
raced through it." - Aliya Whiteley
"A
tender and affecting tale of parental grief that recalls Alan Garner’s
strange fables and is ever more plausible the further it strays into
fantastical territory." - Tim Major
"An intriguing exploration of what happens when you lose childhood but discover magic." - Alison Littlewood
Where Once He Stood will be published by Black Shuck Books on 28 May, but you can pre-order a copy here.
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