Susan Quirke, before she became Susan Hades--mother of Mary--goes through a transformation so extreme it changes her forever. Her younger sister Isabel can only watch.
This short story can be read as a companion to the YA horror Mary Hades series.
By the author:
The Blemished series - YA dystopia
The Mary Hades series - YA horror
Keywords: teen, fiction, short story, Mary Hades, horror, Gothic, young adult, supernatural, paranormal, sister, creepy, suspense, mystery.
Sarah grew up in the middle of nowhere in the countryside of Derbyshire and as a result has an over-active imagination.
She has been an avid reader for most of her life, taking inspiration from the stories she read as a child, and the novels she devoured as an adult.
Sarah mainly writes speculative fiction for a Young Adult audience and has had pieces of short fiction published in the Medulla Literary Review, PANK magazine and the British Fantasy Society publication Dark Horizons. Her short story ‘Vampires Wear Chanel’ is featured in the Wyvern Publication Fangtales.
In addition to the Blemished series, Sarah has penned the Gothic Mary Hades series about a teenage girl who can see ghosts.