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Kate Horsley

Kate Horsley

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Posted on November 27, 2011 - by Kate

Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky

Stories

A collection of the winning stories from The Fine Line Short Story Prize, Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky and Other Tales is now available from Amazon, who describe it as follows: Some are tales of joy and others woe; some tell of destructive lust and others slow-blooming love. They are lavish, restrained, fantastical and beguilingly [...]

Bliss & Ravenglass Anthologies
by Kate on November 27, 2011
The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9
by Kate on November 8, 2011
Derwent Poetry Festival 2011
by Kate on November 8, 2011
The Strange Heart of Oona Scollay
by Kate on November 8, 2011
Novels

The Strange Heart of Oona Scollay

I recently completed my second novel, The Strange Heart of Oona Scollay. The title character is a scullery maid living in Orkney in 1798. Here are the opening paragraphs – For days, Oona had felt she was being watched. The small hairs on the back of her arms and neck stood up like blown dandelion [...]

Poetry

Bliss & Ravenglass Anthologies

I had a great time reading at the Derwent Poetry Festival 2011 and met lots of lovely people.  Now I’m happy to see that the Bliss Anthology is available to buy.  Like all Templar’s publications this anthology is beautifully printed and produced and has loads of great writing in it.  The other collections that were [...]

Poetry

Derwent Poetry Festival 2011

I’m excited to be reading at the fifth Derwent Poetry Festival in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, 11th-13th November.  My collection ‘Paper Bullets’ was a runner up in the Templar Pamphlet Competition, so some of my poems will be published in Templar’s annual anthology, Bliss.  The festival includes both new and more established Templar poets, including guest reader Mimi Khalvati.  Here’s one [...]

Stories

Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky

A collection of the winning stories from The Fine Line Short Story Prize, Even Birds Are Chained To The Sky and Other Tales is now available from Amazon, who describe it as follows: Some are tales of joy and others woe; some tell of destructive lust and others slow-blooming love. They are lavish, restrained, fantastical and beguilingly [...]

Stories

The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9

My short story ‘Jungle Boogie’ was originally published in the Pulp Ink Anthology, which you can buy as an ebook on amazon.  It will now be republished in The Mammoth Book of Best British Crime 9, which Amazon describes as follows: The must-have annual anthology for every crime fiction fan – the year’s top new [...]

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    Kate Horsley I'm Kate. My poems and stories have been published in magazines and anthologies, including Storyglossia, Erbacce, Seventh Quarry, Ravenglass and Momaya Press.  I've just finished my second novel, The Strange Heart of Oona Scollay. The first one, Secrets of the Skin is out on submission with Allan Guthrie at Jenny Brown Associates.
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    Femme Fatale Edited by Lee and Kate Horsley, Crimeculture is a site dedicated to crime fiction and is packed with information about crime films and true crime as well as reviews of both recent books and classics and interviews with crime writers.
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