Andy Hawthorne

Andy Hawthorne

English horror & dark lore.

Andy Hawthorne Andy Hawthorne · · Fiction

The Shape of It

The fog had been in for three days. Martin sat at the corner table with his pint. And his hands...

Andy Hawthorne Andy Hawthorne · · Fiction

Sanctuary

The old Grimsditch canal slid beneath the railway arch on King Street like black grease. Noah Peters walked slow. Shuffling....

Andy Hawthorne Andy Hawthorne · · Fiction

The Keeper of Souls

Suffolk, England 1646 The rain came sideways through Wychford Parva that morning, blown off the fens in grey sheets. Nellie...

Andy Hawthorne Andy Hawthorne · · Fiction

Writers' Block

The cursor blinked. That was all it did. That thin, pulsing vertical line on the otherwise blank white screen. It...

Andy Hawthorne Andy Hawthorne · · Dispatches

Why Horror?

You’ll have noticed that the main part of my blog contains short horror stories. I thought I’d explain how I...