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Ghost Orchid Press
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Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward.

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Fill your stocking with The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou and get swept away to a magical island where reality and myth combine.

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A copy of The Castaway and the Witch stuffed in a stocking with the quote 'Such is the nature of memory, always creeping onto the edge of fiction.'
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Did you know, novellas fit perfectly in a stocking? Why not fill yours with some lavish Gothic horror from Michelle Tang. DuMort is a gaslamp fantasy set in a world where it is forbidden to speak of the dead.

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A copy of DuMort stuffed in a stocking alongside some candy canes, with the quote 'In Mydalla we do not speak of the dead.'
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Looking for a perfect Christmas gift for a fantasy fan? Why not choose Jelena Dunato's novella, Ghost Apparent? Beautiful and thought-provoking, and the perfect size to fit in a stocking.

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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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The nice thing about small books? They fit perfectly into a stocking. What could be a better stocking filler for your horror-loving friend than our mini-anthology of Christmas ghost stories, A Very Ghostly Christmas?

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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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If folk horror is your favourite genre, we've got plenty for you. Something mysterious lurks in a Scottish loch in Anthony Engebretson's Sair Back, Sair Banes, while in Mazi by Koji A. Dae, eyes watch from the walls of a rural Bulgarian cabin.

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Covers of Mazi and Sair Back, Sair Banes with the caption 'if you love folk horror'
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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If you love intelligent dark fantasy with strong characters and fully developed worlds, you can't go wrong with Jelena Dunato's two standalone stories from the same fictional universe, inspired by Slavic folklore.

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Covers of Dark Woods, Deep Water and Ghost Apparent with the caption 'If you love Dark Fantasy'
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Looking for Gothic gifts? Look no further. Michelle Tang's DuMort, Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation, and April Yates's Ashthorne make a deliciously indulgent trio of sumptuous settings and creeping horror.

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Covers of Ashthorne, DuMort and The Belladonna Invitation with the caption 'If you love Gothic'
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Looking for unique stocking fillers for the mythology lover in your life? Ioanna Papadopoulou's "Winter Harvest" tells the story of Demeter and Persephone with unflinching rawness, while "The Castaway and the Witch" is a dream-like journey into myth and romance.

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Covers of Winter Harvest and The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'If you love... mythology'
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! Wishing you a fabulously spooky day. 👻
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October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Make a date with Morana, Goddess of Death in Jelena Dunato's Slavic folklore inspired Dark Woods, Deep Water.

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Cover of Dark Woods, Deep Water with the caption 'Make a date with the goddess off death'. Background is a witchy-looking woman holding a glowing crystal ball.
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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This Halloween, find yourself stranded on a supernatural desert island with Ioanna Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch.

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Cover of The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'get stranded on a desert island with a witch'. Background is a woman in black in a meadow, holding a dagger aloft.
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Take a look into humanity's dark future with Marisca Pichette's Every Dark Cloud.

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Cover of Every Dark Cloud with the caption 'look into humanity's dark future'. Background is an image of a woman looking into a glowing crystal ball.
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Reconnect with the darker side of nature with our eco-horror anthology, Chlorophobia.

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Cover of Cholorophobia with the caption: Reconnec with the dark side of nature. Background is a woman in black holding a tambourine aloft.
October 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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This Horror Season, indulge in Les Petites Morts, an anthology of dark fairy tales, featuring erotic horror short stories by S.T. Gibson, Hailey Piper, Sara Tantlinger and many more.

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Cover of Les Petites Morts with the caption 'indulge in an anthology of dark fairy tales'. Background: A woman dressed in black holds a skull high in the air.
October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Enter a poison salon in 19th Century Paris with Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation.

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Cover of The Belladonna Invitation with the caption 'Enter a poison salon in 19th Century Paris' - 'Horror Season'. Background is a witchy-looking woman in a cornfield.
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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This Halloween, encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest with T.L. Bodine's Neverest.

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Cover of Neverest with the caption 'Encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest'. 'Horror Season'. Background is a dark haired girl holding a glowing crystal ball.
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Whatever your horror tastes, we've got something for you this spooky season! Get inside the mind of a serial killer and discover the extremes of pleasure and pain with Koji A. Dae's Hold My Heart.

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The cover of Hold My Heart with the caption 'get inside the mind of a serial killer' and beneath that, Horror Season on a grainy background photo of a witch-like woman holding a crystal ball.
October 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Castaway and the Witch has been out for one week! Have you got your copy yet?

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Image of The Castaway and the Witch cover with the caption: "One of those stories you'll want to return to again and again." -- Danai Christopoulou.
September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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It's starting to look a lot like Spooky Season! Join the coven with a great horror book from Ghost Orchid Press.

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September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Castaway and the Witch is out today! Follow Nefele on a dream-like journey of self-discovery into the Floating Forest.

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"As thoughtful as it is beguiling, set in an island that is both prison and promised sanctuary, Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch is one of those stories you'll want to return to again and again.” — Danai Christopoulou, author of Vile Lady Villains
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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“A wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion.”

-- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls

The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou. Out tomorrow!

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“The Castaway and the Witch is a wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion. It casts a magical web that catches you in its unsettling whimsy even as it drags you further into its darker depths.” -- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls
September 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September.

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"A moving tale of families lost and magic found, an exploration of the power of enchantment and the enchantments of power - with the poetic register of a timeless fable and an island so vivid you'll want to wander its woods (and befriend the animals!)." -- Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September.

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"Captivating from the first page, this is a story about growing up and growing wise, a book-love story as harrowing as it is tender. With a touch of Piranesi, an undercurrent of fairy tales, and an ancestry of Greek myth, The Castaway and the Witch is a beautiful, deeply moving book."  -- Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Sour Cherry
September 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025.

Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ

Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8
"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..." -- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series
September 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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"You are nowhere at the moment. Neither dead nor alive. Your destiny depends entirely on what you do next..."

Betrayed, deposed, and presumed dead, Orsiana must trust in the fickle gods for help in Jelena Dunato's Ghost Apparent.
September 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM