Wonderful celebration of @paulmagrs.bsky.social⁦‪‬⁩ Brenda & Effie novels on @essiefox.bsky.social brilliant podcast (and a little bit of Doctor Who 🖤). I'm listening to TALKING THE GOTHIC | Dark Humour in The Gothic ~ Episode 4 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/dir-iceeb...

A new episode of my podcast, Talking the Gothic ~ featuring the writer Paul Magrs and discussing humour in the gothic genre. essiefox.substack.com/p/dark-humou...

My next event is on Tuesday, September 30th at the glorious Stansted House. I'm so thrilled to be invited, and to be there with Ness Bowler, fellow author and friend who will be interviewing me. Details in link attached - www.stanstedpark.co.uk/inconversati... @orendabooks.bsky.social

My latest novel, Dangerous, is currently just 99p! If you like darkly gothic mysteries, and a vampiric theme, this may be the book for you. www.amazon.co.uk/Dangerous-Es...

'In the Author’s Note at the end, Essie Fox describes how the story blossomed for her after reading about the time Byron spent on Lake Geneva, with the Shelleys and others, where they avidly read ghost stories, entering a twilight world.' #Dangerous @essiefox.bsky.social #BookInspiration #BookSky

'But then the bodies of women start to turn up, attacks upon the neck and The Vampyre, published under his name, seems to follow the trajectory of death and destruction all too closely.' #Dangerous is a beautifully written #Historical #Thriller, that NEEDS reading! @essiefox.bsky.social #BookSky

THIS REVIEW!! 'And one of those characters is Lord Byron, exiled in the city, disgraced back home (a failed marriage, mounting debt and scandalous affairs) – he almost seems to follow in the footsteps of Casanova, seducing women at every turn.' #LordByron #Dangerous @essiefox.bsky.social

OH MY! 'The brooding, damp atmosphere is evocatively rendered in the capable hands of this author, offering a rich and textured backdrop, like a dark, velvet carapace enveloping the characters. Any visitor to Venice will have some sense of the ‘otherworldliness’ #Dangerous @essiefox.bsky.social

Be transported! 'This novel transports the reader to early 19th Century Venice, when the Lagoon City is awash with illicit sexual encounters and ne’er do wells marauding through the city under veils of mist and darkness.' OMG! What a wonderful review of @essiefox.bsky.social's #Dangerous!

I will be in conversation with the wonderful @essiefox.bsky.social and talk will turn to vampires 🦇 whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/gothic...

My new podcast, Talking the Gothic, now has 3 live episodes. Guests have been the authors @drtimrideout.bsky.social, @kateagriffin.bsky.social and Michael Stewart, who is also director of the Bronte Writing Centre. It's free. Please share with any lovers of the genre. essiefox.substack.com/podcast

NOVELIST starter pack featuring @kitdewaal.com @regretteruane.bsky.social @susannacrossman.bsky.social @drewgum.bsky.social @salmanshaheen.bsky.social @anna-orridge.bsky.social @jendiagammon.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social & many more. Please follow & repost the pack #booksky #writingcommunity

Only 99p on Kobo! What a killing!

A fabulous event in an amazing room @newarkbookfestival.bsky.social with the brilliant @essiefox.bsky.social And we even fitted in a nice dinner! 💚

I'll be at Newark Book festival tomorrow along with Laura Shepherd Robinson, talking about the research behind our Georgian era novels. Do come along and join us. Tickets and further info in the link attached www.newarkbookfestival.org.uk/event/georgi...

The Castle of Otranto - Song by Kirsten Morrison open.substack.com/pub/essiefox...

Already a fan of Gothic fiction? New to it and would like some context and a rundown of classics of the genre? @essiefox.bsky.social has you covered! (&read my review of her latest Gothic-tinged novel, Dangerous, here: crimebookgirl.com/2025/05/02/r...) #BookSky 📚💙

Welcome to my new podcast: Talking the Gothic ~ 1: The Castle of Otranto open.substack.com/pub/essiefox...

For all fans of gaming ... this looks amazing. #secretpassages

In very good company ...

#BookBuying I've really loved all of #Carolinelea's previous books and having recently read @essiefox.bsky.social #Dangerous this will satisfy my #Romantics obsession too. Looking forward to this one enormously... #Booksky 💙📚

Thank you, Simon!

Join me, Caroline Lea, and @annamazz.bsky.social for a night of vampires, monsters and witches at Windsor Waterstones. Event is Thursday June 19 at 7.30pm, and there will be refreshments ... if you dare to sample them. Please share the word with any friends who might also be interested.

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Sale is nearly over. Until the end of May!

Makes me think of reading All Quiet on the Western Front @drtimrideout.bsky.social

Just adore this.

ON WORLD DRACULA DAY open.substack.com/pub/essiefox...

Just reading a book set in VENICE In Venice Dangerous by @essiefox.bsky.social Published by @orendabooks.bsky.social

Thoroughly enjoyed the latest thriller from esteemed author @essiefox.bsky.social "... as a misty, moody work of dark historical gothique, "Dangerous" is a gem." Read my full review on GR: 📚💙 www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

🌹 #BankHoliday #GIVEAWAY🩸 Would you like to get your hands on TWO finished hardback copies of this year's HOTTEST releases - #Dangerous by @essiefox.bsky.social & #SON by Johana Gustawsson @engerthomas.bsky.social! To win BOTH: ✨Follow us ✔️Like this post 👫Tag a friend #BooksOfBlueSky

I love crime fiction and I’ve just read Dangerous by @essiefox.bsky.social which was absolutely fantastic! Set in the brooding atmosphere of 18th century Venice, Lord Byron turns detective to solve a series of gruesome murders. It’s the perfect Gothic thriller and a spine-chilling read!

Thank you James. I'm so happy that you enjoyed Dangerous.

Somewhere along this street, unknown to me, behind a maze of apple trees and stars, he rises in the small hours, finds a book… —John Burnside, “The Good Neighbour” THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR (Cape, 2005) Hear John Burnside read this poem on @thepoetryarchive.bsky.social poetryarchive.org/poem/good-ne...

I’m delighted to share my review of Dangerous by @essiefox.bsky.social out now from @orendabooks.bsky.social lindasbookbag.com/2025/05/19/d...

This looks amazing. Heard Anton Lesser talking about it on Times Radio. Life and work of Thomas Hardy to be performed at Stonehenge

NEW substack alert! Our fabulous @essiefox.bsky.social – author of the dazzling historical mystery #Dangerous – chats here about Byron's memoirs being burned. Did this give her licence to create a fictitious interlude in his life? #BookSky #Byron #CrimeFiction #mystery #historical

On this day, May 17th 1824, Byron's memoirs were destroyed. THE BURNING OF BYRON'S MEMOIRS substack.com/@essiefox/no... @orendabooks.bsky.social

📖✨BOOK EVENT!✨📖 On the 19th June join our BRILLIANT @essiefox.bsky.social and the fabulous Caroline Lea at Waterstones #Windsor! They'll be chatting about the monsters that inspired their #Romantic #HistoricalFiction novels #Dangerous and #LoveSexAndFrankenstein! ✨ bit.ly/3SCRlEo #Event #Books

Damn straight

Join me and Caroline Lea for a night of the doomed Romantics, with monsters both human and supernatural as we discuss our latest novels, Dangerous and Love, Sex & Frankenstein. Refreshments will be provided. Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/a-sum...

What bravery to write with Byron's voice, most protean, charismatic & brilliant of all our poets, & what a TRIUMPH that @essiefox.bsky.social has pulled it off! I'm enjoying a superbly narrated audio version. As @jedpumblechook.bsky.social says, such richness has to be savoured & rationed ❤️

The fabulous @biggreenbooks.bsky.social have Dangerous in stock. Signed, and with the most gorgeously gothic sprayed edges.

What more could I want but such a lovely review? Thank you @elisabethwolf.bsky.social

Want to know more about the true story behind Dangerous? thebooktrail.com/authorsonloc... @essiefox.bsky.social @orendabooks.bsky.social #authorsonlocation