Narrelle M Harris: writer | editor | songwriter | crafter
Words are like oxygen
After I completed the serialisation of The She-Wolf of Baker Street on my Patreon, I came to an important realisation. Being super busy with multiple projects in 2022 meant I could not write a brand new novel to serialise there AT THE SAME TIME as everything else. So, as I mentioned in early February, I’m bringing back my otherwise out […]
» Read moreWe’re just over a month into the new year and I’ve been giving all my commitments for the year the side-eye! Please understand that I am very very very excited about every single one of these projects! And I’m going to list them here in the hopes that it keeps my honest and also perky when the work gets hard […]
» Read moreFor reasons that are obscure and buried in ancient Holmesian fandom, 6 January is traditionally considered to be Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. He’s also traditionally considered to have been born in 1852. So happy 170th birthday, good sir! Here’s a Holmesian playlist I created on Spotify in celebration.
» Read moreI’m so delighted to be able to announce the release of the Branch and Root anthology from Shooting Star Press. This charming little book contains my story, “The Marbletree Wood”, set in the universe of The Witches of Tyne, but hundreds of years after the events of the initial books so you don’t really need to have read those books […]
» Read moreQuintette asks writers five quick questions. This week’s interview is with: Louisa Bennet 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? The Bone Ranger – the book was originally going to be called something else but at the final stages of the edit I was starting to write book three […]
» Read moreToday, author Karen J Carlisle is my guest! I’m Karen J Carlisle, author and Sherlock Holmes fan, which is one reason why you’re reading this. The other is to introduce my latest book, and second book in ‘The Aunt Enid Mysteries’, A Fey Tale. A Fey Tale is a story based on fact. Well, facts. Well, there are facts on […]
» Read moreI’m delighted to share that the Improbable Press anthology, Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Blue) containing my story “The Volcano and the Butterfly” and over 40 other incredible, delightful, delicious cryptid stories is now available! Buy Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Blue) If you’re in the US, you can pick up a copy from Improbable Press in the New Year. […]
» Read moreI confess that, while I have no particular affinity for westerns, I love books by Julie Bozza. Whatever theme she’s tackling, I know there’ll be nuance and depth, explorations of queerness and friendship, examinations of complex people with difficult personalities who may be hard to like, let alone love – and yet I know before the end I will love […]
» Read moreQuintette asks writers five quick questions. This week’s interview is with: Hugh McGinlay 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? Bodysurfing. For years the manuscript was called Nightswimming, I’m a huge REM fan and when I started writing a coastal thriller it just seemed right. Then I found out […]
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