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Cambridge, UK-based indie publisher of horror, gothic and supernatural fiction. EIC: Antonia Rachel Ward. ghostorchidpress.com

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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 3h
If you love intelligent dark fantasy with strong characters and fully developed worlds, you can't go wrong with these two sister titles by Jelena Dunato! Dark Woods, Deep Water and Ghost Apparent are standalone stories that take place in the same fictional universe, inspired by Slavic folklore.
Covers of Dark Woods, Deep Water and Ghost Apparent with the caption 'if you love dark fantasy'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 28/09/2026
Fascinated by mythology? Ioanna Papadopoulou’s “Winter Harvest” tells the story of Demeter and Persephone with unflinching rawness, while “The Castaway and the Witch” is a dream-like journey into myth and romance.
Covers of Winter Harvest and The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'If you love... mythology'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 17/08/2026
Author Event! Come and join Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation, in conversation with Sam Beckbessinger, Joseph Eilliott-Coleman and Alex Beaumont at Waterstones London Islington on 17th September. Tickets available here: www.waterstones.com/events/briti...
Author Event! Join Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation, at Waterstones London Islington on 17th September.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 29/05/2026
Huge congratulations to @michelletang.bsky.social on her Shirley Jackson Award nomination! We're incredibly proud to see DuMort nominated for Best Novella. Best of luck to all the nominees!
Image of DuMort book cover with the caption 'Shirley Jackson award nominee: Best novella'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 16/03/2026
Do you like your fantasy tinged with darkness? Check out our beginners' guide to the Dark Fantasy subgenre!
Genre spotlight: dark fantasyWhat is it? A subgenre of fantasy that includes elements of horror or Gothic, or dark themes.Genre classics: Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake, The Gunslinger by Stephen King, Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, The Blade Itself by Joe AbercrombieFurther reading: Dark Woods, Deep Water by Jelena Dunato, The Poppy War by RF Kuang, The Girl With A Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean, Where the Dead Brides Gather by Nuzo Onoh, A Forest Darkly by AG Slatter, Lightfall by Ed Crocker
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 09/03/2026
Love some deliciously dark Gothic horror? Find some new or classic reads with our mini-guide to the genre.
Genre spotlight: Gothic HorrorWhat is it? Literature characterised by a dark, forboding atmosphere, a sense of dread, psychological turmoil, and sometimes supernatural elements.Genre classics: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole, The Monk by Matthew Lewis, Dracula by Bram Stoker, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, Interview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFurther reading: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, Ashthorne by April Yates, Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Canas, Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker, Blood on her Tongue by Johanna van Veen, Woodworm by Layla Martinez
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 02/03/2026
Another favourite genre of ours at Ghost Orchid Press is climate fiction, or cli-fi. What other titles would you add to this list?
Genre spotlight: climate fictionWhat is it? Fiction dealing primarily with climate change and other environmental issues, often with a science fiction or speculative aspect.Genre classics: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler, Orys and Crake by Margaret Atwood, The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard, Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver, The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson, The Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiFurther reading: Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette, Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley, Land of Milk and Honey by C. Pam Zhang, Private Rites by Julia Armfield, Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris, Every Version of you by Grace Chan
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 23/02/2026
Are you a fan of gaslamp fantasy? Check out our list of classic genre staples and newer titles in this genre - including a couple of our own publications. Shop our titles at ghostorchidpress.square.site
Genre spotlight: Gaslamp fantasyWhat is it? A subgenre of fantasy that generally features realistic 19th century settings with magical, occult, or supernatural elements, and often includes Gothic horror tropes.Genre classics. Covers of: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman, A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray, Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare, The Prestige by Christopher PriestFurther reading. Covers of: DuMort by Michelle Tang, A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske, A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab, The Tarot Reader of Versailles by Anya Bergman, The London Seance Society by Sarah Penner, The Extravaganza Eternia by Kristin Osani.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 06/02/2026
"Part enchanting dreamworld, part blistering nightmare, Every Dark Cloud warns us of humanity's worst impulses, and reminds us of its best." -- Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia Buy now from our store: bit.ly/everydarkcloud Or your preferred bookseller: books2read.com/u/4D5Xak
 "Part enchanting dreamworld, part blistering nightmare, Every Dark Cloud warns us of humanity's worst impulses, and reminds us of its best."
-- Stephanie Feldman, author of Saturnalia
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 03/02/2026
"Seductive to the core. Hold My Heart is an intriguing thrill, its world tinged with noir atmosphere and a passion for grime on skin and tongues on blades.” -- Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth Buy now from our store: bit.ly/4fClGvK Or your preferred bookseller: books2read.com/u/499pPY
"Seductive to the core. Hold My Heart is an intriguing thrill, its world tinged with noir atmosphere and a passion for grime on skin and tongues on blades.”
-- Hailey Piper, author of Queen of Teeth
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 29/01/2026
“With gorgeous prose and a heart-stopping conclusion, Tang’s debut novella is absolutely unforgettable.” -- Kelsea Yu, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Bound Feet and Demon Song Buy now from our store: bit.ly/tangdumort Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/mdxMeR
"With gorgeous prose and a heart-stopping conclusion, Tang’s debut novella is absolutely unforgettable.”


-- Kelsea Yu, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Bound Feet and Demon Song
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 27/01/2026
"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative." The Castaway and the Witch is out now. Buy from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8
"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..."
-- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 19/12/2025
Convincing you to read our books based on their opening lines, part 2: The Extravaganza Eternia by Kristin Osani. Shop here: bit.ly/4diizZZ
Leathan should’ve known that mystic was scamming her when he promised it’d be easy to break her curse.
The thought pinballs around her head as she sequesters herself in an empty corner of the big top backstage, as far from the other troupers as she can get. Chest heaving from her cross-city dash to the circus, eyes burning from sweat and tears she refuses to shed, she digs into her skirt pocket for her compact. She should’ve known.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 16/12/2025
Convincing you to read our books by their opening lines, part one: The Belladonna Invitation by Rose Biggin. Tempted to read more? Shop here: bit.ly/3WaoQ45
Look for me.

It starts with this: a distant
figure, high and away in the finest
private box.

Look for me.

A pull of magnetism, as thin and
strong as filigree wire. It starts at
the woman with the opera glasses,
who sits gazing at the stage from
on high, and ends with the woman
who stands there watching, struck
thunderbolt-still in the stalls.

Search me out. Go on.

Imagine if you were looking for
me with those.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 12/12/2025
If you love visceral horror with plenty of gore, check out these titles. In Hold My Heart, a woman with severe depression hires a serial murderer to kill her, with unexpected results, while in The Devil's Gift, a twelve-year-old boy discovers a girl with a dark secret. ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of Hold My Heart and The Devil's Gift with the caption 'if you love horror'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 09/12/2025
Two very different books, both with compelling mysteries and hints of the supernatural. In Neverest, a woman scales Everest to discover the truth behind her husband's death, while in The Extravaganza Eternia, a murder investigation unfolds within a magical circus. ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of The Extravaganza Eternia and Neverest on a background of night sky with the caption 'if you love mystery'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 05/12/2025
Fill your stocking with The Castaway and the Witch by Ioanna Papadopoulou and get swept away to a magical island where reality and myth combine. Shop here: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ
A copy of The Castaway and the Witch stuffed in a stocking with the quote 'Such is the nature of memory, always creeping onto the edge of fiction.'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 02/12/2025
Did you know, novellas fit perfectly in a stocking? Why not fill yours with some lavish Gothic horror from Michelle Tang. DuMort is a gaslamp fantasy set in a world where it is forbidden to speak of the dead. Shop here: bit.ly/4j1Q7hP
A copy of DuMort stuffed in a stocking alongside some candy canes, with the quote 'In Mydalla we do not speak of the dead.'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 28/11/2025
Looking for a perfect Christmas gift for a fantasy fan? Why not choose Jelena Dunato's novella, Ghost Apparent? Beautiful and thought-provoking, and the perfect size to fit in a stocking. Shop here: bit.ly/3XEIXbt
A Christmas stocking filled with candy canes and a copy of Ghost Apparent
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 25/11/2025
The nice thing about small books? They fit perfectly into a stocking. What could be a better stocking filler for your horror-loving friend than our mini-anthology of Christmas ghost stories, A Very Ghostly Christmas? Shop here: bit.ly/ghostlyxmas
A christmas stocking filled with candy canes and a copy of A Very Ghostly Christmas
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 21/11/2025
If folk horror is your favourite genre, we've got plenty for you. Something mysterious lurks in a Scottish loch in Anthony Engebretson's Sair Back, Sair Banes, while in Mazi by Koji A. Dae, eyes watch from the walls of a rural Bulgarian cabin. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of Mazi and Sair Back, Sair Banes with the caption 'if you love folk horror'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 18/11/2025
If you love intelligent dark fantasy with strong characters and fully developed worlds, you can't go wrong with Jelena Dunato's two standalone stories from the same fictional universe, inspired by Slavic folklore. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of Dark Woods, Deep Water and Ghost Apparent with the caption 'If you love Dark Fantasy'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 14/11/2025
Looking for Gothic gifts? Look no further. Michelle Tang's DuMort, Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation, and April Yates's Ashthorne make a deliciously indulgent trio of sumptuous settings and creeping horror. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of Ashthorne, DuMort and The Belladonna Invitation with the caption 'If you love Gothic'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 11/11/2025
Looking for unique stocking fillers for the mythology lover in your life? Ioanna Papadopoulou's "Winter Harvest" tells the story of Demeter and Persephone with unflinching rawness, while "The Castaway and the Witch" is a dream-like journey into myth and romance. Shop: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Covers of Winter Harvest and The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'If you love... mythology'
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 31/10/2025
Happy Halloween ghosts and ghouls! Wishing you a fabulously spooky day. 👻
A pumpkin carved with the Ghost Orchid Press logo.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 28/10/2025
Make a date with Morana, Goddess of Death in Jelena Dunato's Slavic folklore inspired Dark Woods, Deep Water. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of Dark Woods, Deep Water with the caption 'Make a date with the goddess off death'. Background is a witchy-looking woman holding a glowing crystal ball.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 24/10/2025
This Halloween, find yourself stranded on a supernatural desert island with Ioanna Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of The Castaway and the Witch with the caption 'get stranded on a desert island with a witch'. Background is a woman in black in a meadow, holding a dagger aloft.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 21/10/2025
Take a look into humanity's dark future with Marisca Pichette's Every Dark Cloud. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of Every Dark Cloud with the caption 'look into humanity's dark future'. Background is an image of a woman looking into a glowing crystal ball.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 17/10/2025
Reconnect with the darker side of nature with our eco-horror anthology, Chlorophobia. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of Cholorophobia with the caption: Reconnec with the dark side of nature. Background is a woman in black holding a tambourine aloft.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 15/10/2025
This Horror Season, indulge in Les Petites Morts, an anthology of dark fairy tales, featuring erotic horror short stories by S.T. Gibson, Hailey Piper, Sara Tantlinger and many more. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of Les Petites Morts with the caption 'indulge in an anthology of dark fairy tales'. Background: A woman dressed in black holds a skull high in the air.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 09/10/2025
Enter a poison salon in 19th Century Paris with Rose Biggin's The Belladonna Invitation. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of The Belladonna Invitation with the caption 'Enter a poison salon in 19th Century Paris' - 'Horror Season'. Background is a witchy-looking woman in a cornfield.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 07/10/2025
This Halloween, encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest with T.L. Bodine's Neverest. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
Cover of Neverest with the caption 'Encounter the supernatural on Mount Everest'. 'Horror Season'. Background is a dark haired girl holding a glowing crystal ball.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 02/10/2025
Whatever your horror tastes, we've got something for you this spooky season! Get inside the mind of a serial killer and discover the extremes of pleasure and pain with Koji A. Dae's Hold My Heart. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
The cover of Hold My Heart with the caption 'get inside the mind of a serial killer' and beneath that, Horror Season on a grainy background photo of a witch-like woman holding a crystal ball.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 30/09/2025
The Castaway and the Witch has been out for one week! Have you got your copy yet? Order now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/bO0XrJ
Image of The Castaway and the Witch cover with the caption: "One of those stories you'll want to return to again and again." -- Danai Christopoulou.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 25/09/2025
It's starting to look a lot like Spooky Season! Join the coven with a great horror book from Ghost Orchid Press. Shop here: ghostorchidpress.square.site
A woman dressed in black dances in a wheat field, behind the caption 'Horror Season' and a selection of book covers.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 23/09/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is out today! Follow Nefele on a dream-like journey of self-discovery into the Floating Forest. Order now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8
"As thoughtful as it is beguiling, set in
an island that is both prison and
promised sanctuary, Papadopoulou's
The Castaway and the Witch is one of
those stories you'll want to return to
again and again.”

— Danai Christopoulou, author of 

Vile Lady Villains
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 22/09/2025
“A wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion.” -- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou. Out tomorrow! Preorder now: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ
“The Castaway and the Witch is a wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion. It casts a magical web that catches you in its unsettling whimsy even as it drags you further into its darker depths.”
-- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 21/09/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
"A moving tale of families lost and magic found, an exploration of the power of enchantment and the enchantments of power - with the poetic register of a timeless fable and an island so vivid you'll want to wander its woods (and befriend the animals!)."
-- Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 20/09/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming 23rd September. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
"Captivating from the first page, this is a story about growing up and growing wise, a book-love story as harrowing as it is tender. With a touch of Piranesi, an undercurrent of fairy tales, and an ancestry of Greek myth, The Castaway and the Witch is a beautiful, deeply moving book." 
-- Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Sour Cherry
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 19/09/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/qFC5Dd8
"A haunting and thought-provoking twist on the fairytale narrative. Must we be only what others have foretold and experienced? Or can we make our own stories, flawed and complex as we are..."
-- Shawna Lawless, author of the critically acclaimed Gael Song series
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 15/09/2025
"You are nowhere at the moment. Neither dead nor alive. Your destiny depends entirely on what you do next..." Betrayed, deposed, and presumed dead, Orsiana must trust in the fickle gods for help in Jelena Dunato's Ghost Apparent.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 11/09/2025
“The Castaway and the Witch is one of those stories you'll want to return to again and again.” -- Danai Christopoulou, author of Vile Lady Villains Coming September 2025. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: books2read.com/u/bO0XrJ
“As thoughtful as it is beguiling, set in an island that is both prison and promised sanctuary, Papadopoulou's The Castaway and the Witch is one of those stories you'll want to return to again and again. Its true spell is revealed slowly, in layers laden with lost folklore, hidden truths and tragedies—a powerful tale about choosing which parts of the lore to claim as your own, and where to pen a brave new start.”
-- Danai Christopoulou, author of Vile Lady Villains
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 08/09/2025
"Eighty years ago, humanity was faced with a choice: allow the sun to burn everything and everyone, or cover the sky—plunging the world into darkness." Buy Every Dark Cloud via our online shop: bit.ly/everydarkcloud Or your preferred vendor: books2read.com/u/4D5Xak
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 04/09/2025
“A wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion.” -- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025. Preorder now: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ
“The Castaway and the Witch is a wild, recursive fable of heartache, transformation, reclamation, and distortion. It casts a magical web that catches you in its unsettling whimsy even as it drags you further into its darker depths.”
-- T.L. Bodine, author of Neverest and River of Souls
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 01/09/2025
Emma seeks out a serial killer who will kill her in the most gruesome way she can describe. But when she backs out of their agreement, she discovers the murderer is host to a parasitic creature that feeds on the extremes of pleasure and pain.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 25/08/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Winter Harvest author Ioanna Papadopoulou. Out September 23rd.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 22/08/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
"A moving tale of families lost and magic found, an exploration of the power of enchantment and the enchantments of power - with the poetic register of a timeless fable and an island so vivid you'll want to wander its woods (and befriend the animals!)."
-- Rose Biggin, author of The Belladonna Invitation
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 18/08/2025
Michelle Tang’s gaslamp horror novella, DUMORT is out now! Includes the bonus short story, “A Fate Finer Than Death”.
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 15/08/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is the new novella from Ioanna Papadopoulou, author of Winter Harvest. Coming September 2025. Preorder now from our store: bit.ly/4mTp7mJ Or your preferred retailer: buff.ly/NfmdIfK
"Captivating from the first page, this is a story about growing up and growing wise, a book-love story as harrowing as it is tender. With a touch of Piranesi, an undercurrent of fairy tales, and an ancestry of Greek myth, The Castaway and the Witch is a beautiful, deeply moving book." 
-- Natalia Theodoridou, Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author of Sour Cherry
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Ghost Orchid Press @ghostorchidpress.com · 11/08/2025
The Castaway and the Witch is now available to download on Netgalley! Check out Ioanna Papadopoulou's tale of mythology and magic here: buff.ly/7ZLM19g
Cover of The Castaway and the Witch with the caption: 'now available on Netgalley'
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