What if the greatest cosmic horror wasn't some tentacled god, but a corporate memo? What if the supernatural had a sense of humour—and it was just as tired of spreadsheets as you are?

Welcome to Twisted Tales of the Macabre and Mirthful, a wickedly inventive collection of seventeen interconnected stories where shadows whisper punchlines and the mundane has developed a personality disorder. Rachael Nightshade’s debut invites you into a world where the absurd collides with the arcane, and the fabric of reality is fraying like a cheap jumper.

This is not just another book of spooky stories. This is a cracked mirror held up to our own bizarre existence, a world where we fear a bad performance review more than we fear the void.

In these pages, you'll find:

Each story is laced with biting satire, genuine heart, and a deep-seated suspicion that reality’s user manual was written by a committee of celestial pranksters. Rachael Nightshade’s Twisted Tales of the Macabre and Mirthful shifts seamlessly from chilling cosmic horror to laugh-out-loud comedy without ever losing its teeth.

Who’s it for?
For readers who crave the modern mythology of Neil Gaiman, the sharp, humane satire of Terry Pratchett, and the deadpan absurdity of What We Do in the Shadows.

These are stories for anyone who's ever:

So crack the spine. Turn the page. Because in Twisted Tales of the Macabre and Mirthful, horror is a haunting, and humour never shows up alone.

The question isn't whether you'll believe it.
It's whether you'll recognise it.

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