Joanne Van Leerdam

Oh! The Horror. 

I love writing horror. Even though I have always loved reading classic horror and Gothic lit, that's something I never really thought I'd say... until mid 2017, when something clicked and I started writing spooky stuff. 

Since then, I have written four books of horror stories and released one collection of dark and horror poetry. I am currently working on stories for another horror short story collection. 

The opportunity to explore the balance between light and dark, good and evil, is fascinating. And the ability to make someone's skin crawl, or stomach flip, or to send a chill down their spine is, quite frankly, exhilarating. 

It’s also fair to say that writing something terrifying and to make someone’s suffering both mentally and physically agonising is most cathartic. 


Tappety-Tap 
This is one of my newest stories, and it’s free to read  on WordyNerdBird Writes 
https://wordynerdbirdwrites.wordpress.com/2019/10/21/tappety-tap/


The Silver Feather.   
A haunting story for lovers of horror and macabre.

A grieving teen.
Creepy stuff.  
A confrontation between good and evil. 
A bit of splatter.
And twists aplenty.

And there’s a shiny award on the cover that shows it's really good! 

Lac Du Mort and Other Stories. 

From the macabre to the deeply disturbing, Lac Du Mort and Other Stories delivers eight chilling tales that will please lovers of horror and dark fiction.  

These stories are for brave readers only. 

These stories will make you want to sleep with the lights on. They don't call me "Mistress of the Macabre" for nothing. 

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