Coming March 2021: Ronald Kelly’s Irish Gothic

by goathunter on January 6, 2021 at 9:40 am
Posted In: Irish Gothic

Coming February 24, 2021! Pre-orders for Kindle are now available on Amazon.

Ireland… Sweet Erin… The Emerald Isle. In the bright and bonnie light of day, it is a place of beauty, history, and good humor. Of rolling green hills and stone walls at every step of a mile. A kind blessing for health and happiness, and a pint in your hand at the village pub… as well as the sound of life and fiddle, the lilting tune of laughter, and the cheerful dance of a jig.

But, as the sun takes leave and dusk descends, deep shadows and the dark of an evening mist claim the Land of Saints. Within the cloak of night, boogies and beasties roam the moors, keen for the echo of lonesome footsteps and the alluring scent of fear and dread. Banshee, selkie, leprechaun, and fairy alike. The restless spirit of the Sluagh and the bestial form of the direwolf, hungry and on the hunt.

In Irish Gothic: Tales of Celtic Horror, Ronald Kelly returns to the land of his ancestry and explores the dark superstition and frightful folklore of Ol’ Éire. Seven stories of Celtic gothic terror… tales to quicken the beat of the heart and chill one’s bones to the very marrow.

New guest blog post by Ronald Kelly

by goathunter on January 6, 2021 at 9:37 am
Posted In: Ronald Kelly

Prose Mechanics Evolution! How the Writing Process Has Changed Over the Past 45 Years, by Ronald Kelly

The Halloween Store audiobook is now available.

by goathunter on December 3, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Posted In: Audiobooks, The Halloween Store

The audiobook edition of Ronald Kelly’s THE HALLOWEEN STORE is narrated by J. Rodney Turner and published by Crossroad Press. It’s now available from Audible, Amazon, and iTunes.

Now available: Season’s Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror

by goathunter on November 24, 2020 at 10:41 pm
Posted In: Season's Creepings

Well, what do you know! Santa came early this year! Both the e-book and paperback of Season’s Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror are now available at Amazon. Ten mortifying tales of Yuletide horror that will turn your comfort and joy into terror and dread!

Season’s Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror at Amazon US

Coming November 27: Season’s Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror

by goathunter on November 15, 2020 at 10:45 pm
Posted In: Season's Creepings

Coming November 27, 2020, from Crossroad Press: Ronald Kelly’s Season’s Creepings: Tales of Holiday Horror in ebook and paperback formats!

From the publisher:

O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree… what lurks among thy branches…

Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year. Candy canes and hot cocoa. Snowmen and sleigh rides. The love and hope that the Nativity brings. Cold milk and warm cookies for Santa. Family, friends, and the cheerful laughter of children.

But, beneath the festive wrapping paper and the gleam and glitter of the lights and tinsel, things less jubilant may lie in wait. The holiday season can bring love, peace, and benevolence… but it may also spawn a darkness lurking amid the shadowy boughs of the Christmas tree, ornaments that should have never seen the light of day, let along hung on festive branches, and bones that jingle and dance, in search of Santa’s crimson suit… and the flesh that resides within.

In this collection of harrowing holiday tales, Ronald Kelly leaves ten frightful and horrific gifts in the Christmas stockings that hang from the mantle of your cheerful fireplace. Ghastly and gruesome presents that slowly unwrap and burst into life while you are tucked, snug and warm, in your bed and take on nightmarish form in the icy winter hours of Christmas Eve, turning comfort and joy into terror and dread.

Stories included in this collection:
Jingle Bones
The Skating Pond
Depravity Road
Heirlooms
The Winds Within
Then Came a Woodsman
As for Me, My Little Brain
Beneath the Branches
Papa’s Exile
The Peddler’s Journey

Pre-order the ebook from Amazon here.