Will You Walk Into My Parlour? Book Cover
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October 2024 Newsletter

ByLindyPH

Welcome to the October newsletter and some exciting news.

You may remember that last year Hysteria offered publication as part of the category prizes. The winner of the short story category was Denarii Peters and I’m pleased to announce that her first collection of short stories is now available in all good online bookshops.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been gathering reviews of Denarii’s work and I’m pleased to say they have all been very complimentary, none more so than the following:

Peters’ Parlour of Story-telling Pearls

“Denarii Peters’ collection offers as its title an invitation. Or is it? Nothing is quite what it seems in the world of this master-short story teller.

For to begin reading her stories suggests the title more as a challenge – so, dare you?

As fortune, it is said, favours the brave, those with strong hearts will be rewarded with a deliciously dark and witty tour of her imagination and into the most delightful twists of narrative. And just as Dahl and Poe are remembered not just for their writing but their strangest ideas, so it with Peters that her quirky take on things is one that will bring a smile to your face.

This originality sets her apart from so many published writers these days whose formulaic structures led by their publishers’ market spreadsheets leave you ultimately unfulfilled.

Murder, death and the afterlife are never far from Peters’ thoughts in this anthology of 27 stories but so are dystopian landscapes and the thoughts of inanimate objects. Absurd? Yes – yet she breathes life into all these themes with a wit and style that is her own. No matter how bizarre the subject, she somehow makes it work with vivid characterisation and a mischievous sense of plot twist. Yes, you will be led up a garden path to find it’s no garden at all but a malevolent jungle and that path is actually a staircase to hell.

She hooks you with beautifully teasing titles such as How to Murder a Ghost, asks you to consider why the devil invented ink and, while we’re on the subject, what might be considered hell for one who actually loves the place.

Sorcery and witchcraft are favourite themes of Peters but none of her characters can compete with the spell that she herself will cast on you through her imagination, good humour and concise writing that absolutely nails the very definition of a perfect short story.” DeeJay1 (on Booksprout)

You can read more, and find all buying options on the Crystal Clear Books website: https://crystalclearbooks.co.uk/product/will-you-walk-into-my-parlour/

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Finally, Denarii has begun sharing stories and more on Substack. If you liked her winning short story last year, then you will love what she shares with her audience online too: https://denariipeters.substack.com/

With love, light and laughter
Linda
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