Reminder! Register for free to come hear some spooky readings next week at the Waverley! Or if you want to participate, sign up for the open mic on the day of! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea...

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Didn't get a chance to hear some of the stories from #ShadowsOnTheStage? We're having one more event on October 2 at the Waverley in Edinburgh! It's also an open mic - details on Eventbrite - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spooky-rea... hope to see you there!

#ShadowsOnTheStage is available to purchase at local Edinburgh bookstores. Now available at Toppings on Leith Walk!

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This past Wednesday, we launched our collection #ShadowsOnTheStage at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Thank you to everyone who joined us, but most of all our talented writers who made this collection possible! We're honoured to publish you!

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Emily Arnold-Fernandez @emilyaf47.bsky.social (she/they) is a poet from California who resides in Scotland. Inspiration for 'After the Rescue' comes from a childhood love of the song 'Puff the Magic Dragon' to fairytales to the performances of femininity demanded of women. Read in #ShadowsOnTheStage

Claudia Wysocky (she/her) is a Polish writer and poet based in New York. 'Unfinished Exit' came to her when she was sitting at her desk in Poland while it rained. 'And just like that, it clicked, and I began writing,' she says. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage and join us for our launch July 2!

Douglas Thompson (he/him) is an internationally published writer and poet. The inspiration for Fabian Dysart came to him in a dream, including the title, and he wrote it down when he woke up. Douglas is online at douglasthompson.wordpress.com or @glasgowsurrealist.bsky.social #ShadowsOnTheStage

Barlow Crassmont (he/him) is a writer who has lived in mutiple countries. His inspiration for 'Contemporary Companion' comes from people's over-dependency on their smart phones. You can find him on FB at www.facebook.com/profile.php?.... Read his work in #ShadowsOnTheStage out this month! #anthology

We're pleased to announce our launch date on July 2 at the Voodoo Rooms! Head over to book your ticket at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

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R.M. McRitchie (she/her) is a Scottish speculative fiction writer. Her inspiration for 'The Audient Void' came from Antonin Artaud. 'I felt some of Artaud's writings about his theatre of cruelty sounded spookily close to cosmic horror.' #ShadowsOnTheStage #ShortStory #Genre #CosmicHorror #Anthology

Fiona Black (she/her) is poet and playwright living in the highlands of Scotland. Her inspiration for 'A Volunteer Calls' came from a home for young unmarried mothers in Glasgow. Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage, soon to be released this summer! #shortstory #anthology #genre #fiction #performance

Vampires enter the fray in Love Bite by Lis Maestrelo (she/her) in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Her story comes from growing up in Brazil in the '90s. 'AIDS was a heavily stigmatized topic. HIV-positive people were painted as the devil. One day, watching Blade, my story about stigmatized vampires was born.'

Olivia Thomakos (She/Her) is a teacher and writer from Ohio. On her poem Sonata Form, she says 'I love the idea of the body being holy. There is a saying that the body is a temple. I like the idea of the body being a space for life, music, joy, creation.' Read her work in #ShadowsOnTheStage #Poetry

Marco Etheridge (He/Him) is a writer based in Vienna. His inspiration for 'Splinters' (which you can read in #ShadowsOnTheStage) came while imagining an image of Pinocchio onstage doing a one-man show in a tawdry theatre. He's online at marcoetheridgefiction.com and facebook.com/SerialZtheNovel

@journalingirl.bsky.social Lily M. Frenette (She/They) is a writer & artist originally from Minnesota. She lives in Edinburgh and is the founder of Alba Writing Club. The inspiration for their story 'An Amputation' came to them from a dream. Read it in #ShadowsOnTheStage #anthology #shortstory

Megan Nicholls (she/her) is a writer in the North East of England. Her inspiration for 'The Fairies of the Forest' came from a prompt to write a story from the perspective of a non-human life form. Megan said, 'It gave me a chance to try something new while giving it my own spin.' #ShadowsOnTheStage

Bob Beagrie's poem 'On the Road' will be featured in #ShadowsOnTheStage! Bob (he/him) is a published poet living in Middlesbrough. His inspiration for this piece came from the Hand of Glory relic in the Whitby Museum's collection. You can find Bob at bobbeagrie.co.uk or facebook.com/bbbeagrie

Eleanor McMahon (she/her) is a queer Scottish writer and actor based in Edinburgh. Her inspiration for 'Mina' came from watching a documentary about fungi and how she found it equally fascinating and terrifying. Read her in #ShadowsontheStage, out this summer! #shortstory #anthology #eleanormcmahon

Jo Marjoribanks (she/her) is a Scottish writer working in publishing. Says Jo, 'I have two chronic illnesses and long-term mental health issues. This story explores how it feels to live with the isolation of those things and the desire for escape.' #shortstory #shadowsonthestage #anthology

Kicking off Shadows on the Stage (out this summer!) is Emry Beattie (he/him). Emry is a poet and author from Glasgow. The inspiration for his poem came from the mythical beast called the Nuckelavee, a terrifying creature from the Shetland Isles #poet #anthology #shadowsonthestage #forestpublications