Fausterella and other stories

By Kate Harrad

Fausterella and Other Stories is a collection of nine stories by Kate Harrad. Discover a girl who sells her soul to go to the ball, the perils of adopting a pet zombie, a village which commits a misguided ritual sacrifice, a puppet shop with a secret, a Yorkshire trip with horrifying consequences, and what happens when your dead relatives just won't go away.

Some stories have been previously published by magazines including Dark Tales and Shimmer.

The stories have been variously described as "superbly original ideas", "brisk, funny, and entertaining", "fantastic and unsettling".

Kate Harrad is a London-based writer whose first novel, All Lies and Jest, is being published by Ghostwoods Books. She likes kittens and rainbows, but for some reason prefers to write about dark fairy tales and mutated roadkill.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kate Harrad
• Release date: Jun 10, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458105974

Kate Harrad

I'm a UK-based writer whose first novel, All Lies and Jest, is due to be published by Ghostwoods Books later in 2011.I like kittens and rainbows, but for some reason I prefer to write about misguided ritual sacrifices and mutated roadkill.

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