Bøker av Leilanie Stewart

A medieval Scottish soldier.An Anglo-Irish witch.A seven hundred year plot for revenge.Around the time Customs Inspector Matthew began having crippling stomach pains, he began witnessing visions of a past-life involving a Scottish soldier during Edward Bruce's conquest of Ireland, an Anglo-Irish defender of Carrickfergus Castle and a local witch with a bloodthirsty agenda. When medieval mercenary and vengeful witch performed a necromantic ritual to help the Scottish conquest succeed, Matthew began to learn more about his connection with 14th century Northern Ireland.After an operation to remove what he thought to be a tumour from his stomach, a mysterious man arrived to cause chaos in Matthew's life. What did the strange - yet familiar - man have to do with him? Why did malign forces from a dark, medieval past want to cause harm? Was there any way for Matthew to learn about a seven hundred year injustice before the ghosts came to wreak vengeance on him in the present?

Calling all day-dreamers, doodlers, dabblers and noodlers. This collection of 83 zany poems is for people who spend at least 60% of the day in their heads.Some of these poems have previously been published in literary magazines. Some of the literary magazines that didn't publish them may wish they had. Other literary magazines may be glad that they hadn't - ever - published any of the poems in this collection. Some of the poems in this collection wish they had been published by literally any of the literary magazines in which other poems in this collection were published.Disclaimer: The poems in this collection may induce headaches, nausea or nosebleeds. If this is the case, then please consult the help of your nearest noodlehead, who will advise the relevant treatment.

Reader beware! From the hallucinatory imagination of Leilanie Stewart, author of award-winning ghost horror novel, The Blue Man, comes twenty-one previously published short stories and flash fiction, now entombed between the covers of a new darkly themed collection.In Part 1: Dark and Surreal Tales of Death......Corpses find new purposes in death while fated to walk the earth and surreal journeys of the afterlife abound, involving trips to far-reaching corners of the earth, the moon, or Venus during the last throes of life.In Part 2: Strange and Hallucinatory Stories of the Mind......Cats, rabbits, dogs, birds and spiders have a role to play in these dreamlike journeys through the mind, helping the characters of each tale unravel their fears and anxiety, while facing their darkness, depression and demons.

When Aisling moves into an old, Edwardian house in the university area of Stranmillis, Belfast, she soon discovers that her student digs are haunted. The house, bought by her grandfather decades ago, is also home to a spirit known by the nickname Jimbo.As yuletide approaches, and Aisling's Christmas fairy lights attract mischief from Jimbo, she seeks to find out more about the restless entity. With the help of a local psychic and friends from her History with Irish course, Aisling uncovers dark, buried truths. What is the connection with Friar's Bush Graveyard just around the corner? What does Jimbo's dusty book of the Oak King and Holly King, hidden in the attic, have to reveal? What will Aisling's journey into the darkness of the spirit world reveal about Jimbo - and herself?The Fairy Lights: The ghost of Christmas that never wasBelfast Ghosts Series: Standalone Book 2 of 3

Two best friends. An urban legend. A sinister curse.Twenty years ago, horror loving Sabrina told her best friend, Megan, the terrifying Irish folk tale of the Blue Man, who sold his soul to the Devil in vengeance against a personal injustice. What should have been the best summer of their schooldays turned into a waking nightmare, as the Blue Man came to haunt Megan. Sabrina, helpless to save Megan from a path of self-destruction and substance abuse as she sought refuge from the terror, left Belfast for a new life in Liverpool.Twenty years later, the former friends reunited thinking they had escaped the horrors of the past. Both were pregnant for the first time. Both had lived elsewhere and moved back to their hometown, Belfast. Both were wrong about the sinister reality of the Blue Man, as the trauma of their school days caught up to them - and their families.Why did the Blue Man terrorise Megan? Was there more to the man behind the urban legend? Was their friendship - and mental health - strong enough to overcome a twenty year curse?