Kevin Ground

Third age author Kevin Ground is fast developing a following amongst fans of the Gothic horror, dark fantasy, and crime genre's, which continues to grow as more of his imaginative novels, short stories and flash fiction are published.

A natural born storyteller. Kevin Ground invites you to explore the cold damp Victorian world of Desperate Circumstances. Where murder and violence happily rub shoulders with poverty and suicide. A desperate world of insanity, and sudden accidental death. Populated by tormented ghosts who make virtues of revenge, greed, and violence. A world where circumstances beyond anyone’s control, kidnap and mutilate. Where children go missing and the elderly die neglected and alone. Draw closer to the fire now, and light another lamp. Draw the curtains tight closed and give thanks that your circumstances are never as desperate, as you enjoy the creeping menace of the Victorian Christmas. In all its haunting, ghostly glory.

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Besides the Christmas tree, mince pies, and turkey. A great staple of Christmas in the Victorian era was the Christmas ghost story. Preferably one which reinforced the moral and spiritual values of the age. For those of us living in more enlightened times, the need to terrify your children before bedtime isn't seen as the way forward. Victorian's how ever where all for it, and loved nothing better than a dose of the horror's to set the tone for Christmas. That being the case. Warden Scratby's Salvation is set before you as a stand alone tale of the battle between good and evil, for the tormented soul of Warden Scratby. An alcoholic workhouse warden and scourge of the ragged orphans in his murderous charge. So put your feet up, and enjoy the misery and ghostly mayhem as one orphan in particular, enlivens Christmas eve in the workhouse like never before.

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Horror D'oeuvres on the other hand invites the reader to indulge their passion for the horrific. With bite sized portions of instant gratification. Snapping, snarling, thought provoking little taster's to whet the appetite for more of the authors work. Previously published as weekly updates on the authors website. www.kevinground.com Each Horror D'oeuvre is unique in flavour and content. Some obvious, others not so. Two hundred distasteful, disturbing, and downright unpleasant little wrigglers to slip between you're blood stained lips. Just the thing to while away a wearisome commute after a long day. Or those few minutes unwinding before bedtime. Horrible, wriggling, throwaways requiring little effort to enjoy.

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Horrordise. The edge of Insanity. brings the reader back to the modern world around us. A place viewed through the cold eyes of an author who reverses the trend of looking for the good in all things. To present ten contemporary horror stories that turn mundane routine, into unsettling realities. If you think bad things only happen in the darkness and the evil of the world sleeps soundly at bedtime. Think again. Inside the pages of Horrodise. The Edge of Insanity. Characters who could be your next door neighbours. Struggle in scenarios ranging from the murderous to the horrific. As life and its many pressures bite's back at the innocent and not so innocent alike.

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Publishers Austin MaCauley acting on the authors behalf have published in all formats via Amazon platform. The latest in this author's twisted take on Victorian life at the extreme edge of poverty. Bonecreake ( The strange tale of Maudy Jiller ) takes the reader on an investigative ride with a gruesome difference. In that this story takes place in surroundings where charity and compassion, take second place to immediate need and survival. Dedicated to parents everywhere doing all they can to raise their children, against a backdrop of unrelenting hardship, and in some cases extreme deprivation and danger. Bonecreake ( The strange tale of Maudy Jiller ) is this authors first foray into the world of Gothic crime fiction.

Of course it is to be expected when an author who normally specialises in the dark horror of Victorian England. Turns his attention to a story that takes a young Police Constable on a murderous journey through a poverty ridden set of circumstances. Parents through time immemorial have feared the most. That all will not be as it seems. The bleak shadow of misery drives this story down roads less travelled and provokes questions all parents dread to face.