Heed the Dead or Join Them…<\/em><\/p>\n “Nicole Willson\u2019s The Keeper of the Key<\/em> is a tense and twisty contemporary Gothic that kept me reading late into the night. Supernatural and domestic terrors combine to propel this story, focused on themes of trust and control. I found the imagery and situations truly frightening!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Christi Nogle<\/strong>, author of the Bram Stoker Award\u00ae winning novel Beulah<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “Nicole Willson has crafted a riveting story with a fierce protagonist. Brave and honest, Rachel stands strong in the face of terror and is unafraid to speak truth to power. An inspiring YA heroine.<\/strong>\u00a0The Keeper of the Key<\/em> is gripping gothic horror you won’t want to put down.”<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Meghan Arcuri<\/strong>,\u00a0Bram Stoker Award\u00ae-nominated author<\/p>\n “The Keeper of the Key<\/em> is a suspenseful YA horror that subverts familiar horror tropes in ways that will surely keep readers turning pages in a rush to uncover the terrifying secret of Morgan House. I loved every moment of this unexpected story!”<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2014Katya de Becerra<\/strong>, Aurealis-winning author of When Ghosts Call Us Home<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Nicole’s first YA horror novel is now available from Parliament House Press.<\/p>\n There are a thousand things sixteen-year-old Rachel would rather do than upend her life to move into Morgan House, an old, run-down mansion owned by her mom\u2019s boyfriend, Geoff.<\/p>\n But when her mother announces they\u2019re relocating to St. Mary, Virginia to live with him, Rachel\u2019s cut off from her friends and life as she knows it. St. Mary is a remote, lonely place, and the best thing about it is Nick, a guy she knows is worth keeping when he takes her to a cemetery on their first date.<\/p>\n Rachel struggles to get along with Geoff and his mile-long list of annoying house rules\u2014in particular, his bizarre insistence that she stay out of the basement. But something in Morgan House plays by its own rules. At night, an unknown force pulls Rachel down to that forbidden cellar, showing her harrowing visions of a strangely familiar man lurking in the shadows. When a sudden tragedy strikes her family, those visions become more frequent\u2014and more violent.<\/p>\n The dead issue urgent warnings, and if Rachel doesn\u2019t heed them, she\u2019ll become part of Morgan House forever.<\/p>\n Cover by Cho-hyun Kim.<\/p>\n Parliament House:\u00a0https:\/\/parliamenthousepress.store\/shop\/pre-orders\/the-keeper-of-the-key-by-nicole-willson\/<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon:\u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CQFG8XWZ<\/a><\/p>\n Books2Read:\u00a0https:\/\/books2read.com\/u\/bQGyKd<\/a><\/p>\n Also, PLEASE add the book to your Goodreads shelves:<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/199912897-the-keeper-of-the-key<\/a><\/p>\n Tidepool<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Out Now\u00a0from Parliament House Press If Ye Give Not Willingly, The Lords Will Rise…<\/em><\/p>\n “An entertaining gothic with tentacles.”\u2014 Ellen Datlow,\u00a0The Best Horror of the Year Volume 14<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWillson\u2019s plot hits all the right beats\u2026Devotees of cosmic horror will enjoy this woman-centered take on familiar tropes.\u201d\u2014Publishers Weekly<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n “Dank and suspense-filled, with a Lovecraftian\u00a0flavour.”\u2014Imogen Russell Williams, Metro<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n “Tidepool<\/i> is a creepy and absorbing page-turner. Highly recommended.”\u2014Fantasy Book Critic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n In 1913, Henry Hamilton disappears while on a business trip, and his sister, Sorrow, won\u2019t rest until she finds out what happened to him. Defying her father\u2019s orders to stay home, she travels to Tidepool, the last place Henry is known to have visited.<\/p>\n Tidepool\u2019s a small, run-down ocean town with an oddly large cemetery, and the residents can\u2019t quite meet Sorrow\u2019s eyes when she questions them about Henry. After corpses wash up on shore looking as if they\u2019ve been torn apart by something not quite human, Sorrow\u2019s ready to return to Baltimore and let her father send in the professional detectives.<\/p>\n But then she encounters Mrs. Ada Oliver, a widow whose expensive black silk dresses and elegant manners set her apart from other Tidepool residents. A visit to Mrs. Oliver\u2019s home and a terrifying encounter with the \u201cdaughter\u201d Mrs. Oliver keeps in the basement lead to Sorrow\u2019s discovery of Tidepool\u2019s dark secret and her brother\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n Sorrow wants to get justice for Henry, but doing so could doom all the town\u2019s residents. And some denizens of Tidepool\u2014human and otherwise\u2014are hell bent on making sure Sorrow never leaves.<\/p>\n Cover by Shayne Leighton. Available in hardcover, paperback, eBook, and audiobook from\u00a0Amazon<\/a>\u00a0or your online retailer of choice.<\/p>\n Add Tidepool to your Want to Read shelf on Goodreads.<\/a><\/p>\n NOVELLAS<\/p>\n The Shadow Dancers of Brixton Hill<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n FINALIST – SPECULATIVE FICTION INDIE NOVELLA CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><\/p>\n Nicole’s debut novella with Cemetery Gates Media is out now. Cover art by Luke Spooner of Carrion House. eBook and paperback available here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0C4C19Q2L?ref_=pe_3052080_276849420<\/a><\/p>\n ANTHOLOGIES<\/p>\n Dark Corners of the Old Dominion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n My\u00a0short story “Room 1968” appears\u00a0in Dark Corners of the Old Dominion<\/em>, a charity anthology benefiting Scares that Care.\u00a0Available in print and eBook formats from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Picnic in the Graveyard<\/em><\/strong> The title Picnic in the Graveyard<\/em>\u00a0pretty much says it all. What exactly would a picnic in a graveyard entail? Grab a copy of this anthology by Cemetery Gates Media and find out. My short story “Angels With Broken Wings” is all about the Granger family. Nice folks, but if they invite you to the big family gathering\u00a0they hold\u00a0at a local cemetery, you should make sure you have plans to be out of town. Way out of town.\u00a0Available in print and eBook formats from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n Halldark Holidays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n My short story “Christmas Every Day,” about touching family reunions, spoiled children, and revenge, is featured in this scary, merry anthology published by Cemetery Gates Media and edited by Gabino Iglesias (The Devil Takes You Home, Coyote Songs)<\/em>. The theme of the anthology is “One of those cheesy, sugary holiday Hallmark movie situations…gone very, very wrong.” This was fun to write for, fun to read, and fun to be a part of.\u00a0Available in print and eBook formats from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NOVELS The Keeper of the Key Heed the Dead or Join Them… “Nicole Willson\u2019s The Keeper of the Key is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/KOTKfinalcoverbookpage.jpg\")
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![\n<\/a><\/p>\nThe title Picnic in the Graveyard<\/em>\u00a0pretty much says it all. What exactly would a picnic in a graveyard entail? Grab a copy of this anthology by Cemetery Gates Media and find out. My short story “Angels With Broken Wings” is all about the Granger family. Nice folks, but if they invite you to the big family gathering\u00a0they hold\u00a0at a local cemetery, you should make sure you have plans to be out of town. Way out of town.\u00a0Available in print and eBook formats from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\nHalldark Holidays<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nMy short story “Christmas Every Day,” about touching family reunions, spoiled children, and revenge, is featured in this scary, merry anthology published by Cemetery Gates Media and edited by Gabino Iglesias (The Devil Takes You Home, Coyote Songs)<\/em>. The theme of the anthology is “One of those cheesy, sugary holiday Hallmark movie situations…gone very, very wrong.” This was fun to write for, fun to read, and fun to be a part of.\u00a0Available in print and eBook formats from Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NOVELS The Keeper of the Key Heed the Dead or Join Them… “Nicole Willson\u2019s The Keeper of the Key is…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2207,"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1041\/revisions\/2207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/nicolewillson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/picnicinthegraveyard.png\"){kind=link}