The Haunting Issue is a collection of vivid writing about hauntings, intrusive memories and fear. It cuts deep, but also skewers genres for a wry take on scare stories, featuring Taylor Swift, nostalgic music and a mixture of genuine and fake ghouls. Featuring an extract from J M Miro’s Ordinary Monsters inside. Words by: Al Crow, Benjamin Herriton, David Romanda, Annabel White, Ellora Sutton, Sophia Rubina Charalambous, Dan Spencer, Jonathan Greenhause, Dallon Robinson, Jeremy Smith, Julie-ann Rowell, Heather Walker, Fiona Eatwell, Alexandra Cîrstian, J M Miro, JP Relph, Simon Tindale, Jonathan Willmer, Joe Williams, Kay Young, Charlie Rose Evans, Rebecca Klassen, Megan Denton, Abigail Williams, Morgan Liphart, Simon Fairbanks Illustrations by: Millie Baker, James Merritt, Andrew Haener, Guille Manchado, Daisy May Morgan, Rung Sheng Chou, Brooklin Holbrough, Torsten Carlisle, Gail Gosschalk, Mikayla Bader, Gary Venn, Sammi Shen, Neil Webb, Katie M Green, Laura Brannigan, Karen Stolper, Katelyn McKenna, Hayley Sinnatt, Kamal Kuz, Peter Roman, Dina Razin, Seb Westcott, Cyndy Patrick.
Authors
J.M. Miro is a novelist and poet living in the Pacific Northwest who grew up reading fantasy and speculative fiction. He also writes under the name Steven Price.
Simon is the author of the Nephos novels, an ongoing fantasy series, which currently consists of The Sheriff and The Curse of Besti Bori. He has written three short story collections, Breadcrumbs, Boomsticks and Belljars. Each contains a novella set within his Nephos fantasy world. Simon is also the author of Treat or Trick, a multiple-pathway novel, with twenty-six different endings. Simon studied MA English Literature at the University of Birmingham, and has been a member of the Birmingham Writers' Group since 2011. When he is not writing, he enjoys films, television, and running. He even finds time for a little reading.
