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Delighted to welcome aboard our second Guest of Honour for this year's Edge-Lit event here in Derby, with the very talented LAURA PURCELL joining us on the 19th September! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel... #Derby #Derbyshire #writing #writers #ghoststory #ghoststories #fiction #authors

Italian Goth sounds more like a subgenre.

Yeah I did find myself wondering. Haven't replied and won't because in my mind a machine doesn't require an answer.

I received an email, written by AI, asking me to speak at a book group. The tone deafness is astonishing.

Not an April Fool! The Silent Companions ebook is on offer again with a limited time price of £2.29.

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I'm so sorry, he was the best. Sending hugs.

Full report:

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Applause for both your semi and full colon placements here.

I love it so much!

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Book 18 of 2026: @spookypurcell.bsky.social's House of Splinters

I'm going to level with you: if you want some of the best modern Gothics that do surprising things with the foundational conventions of the genre, you really need to read Laura Purcell's The Silent Companions and House of Splinters.

Spooky Readers March pick: The Silent Companions by @spookypurcell.bsky.social! Victorian manor. Creepy wooden figures. A mystery that gets under your skin. It's atmospheric Gothic horror at its finest. Grab your copy and read along! 🕯️🪞 #BookClub #GothicHorror #SpookyReaders

Happy birthday!

Piqued

Kicking off tonight!

UK Kindle readers can get House of Splinters for £1.69 today only!!!

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Omg whaaaat

Derby is a city with its share of ghosts, and we'll have even more joining us for the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, coming to QUAD over the weekend of 27th Feb to 1st March! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #derby #derbyshire #festival #festivals #writing #writers #authors #books #fiction

So glad you enjoyed it 😊

So glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

House of Splinters by Laura Purcell @blackstonepub.bsky.social @spookypurcell.bsky.social

Gripping, haunting, chilling, dripping with atmosphere and creepy vibes, Laura Purcell once again delivers with House of Splinters.❤️📖

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So glad you enjoyed it! 🖤

It is! 10/10 Goth vibes for this house, wish I could afford it!

I love that some of them faint when they're scared. So dramatic 10/10.

The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time.

Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome.

www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...

Thank you!

So happy for you!

It was nice knowing you Jen