SHIP'S LOG 2: APRIL ANNIVERSARIES -

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F.K. Marlowe, Ship’s Belle

Happy April!

Why am I so happy when it’s wetter than a kipper’s knickers out there, and I’m snuffling away with a spring cold? Because this is my birthday month as a horror writer! Yaaay!

MUSINGS IN APRIL

a desktop with a flower, a cardigan, a pen, a purple flower and a notebok labelled Nelle's musings

This time last year I was about to click “publish” for the first ever time! It would be inaccurate to say I had butterflies in my stomach – they were nasty, writhing, squirmy moths! My first ever published story, Calyptra Mortiferum, was a body horror about a research facility that discovers a new…

MARLOWE’S TINY TERRORS

Tiny terrifying tale of the month and silly horror stories F.K. Marlowe wants to write anyway – the April 2023 edition. These micro tales are a recurring feature in the Ship’s Belle’s Logs and can be seen as complements to the monthly Fear Bites on her website. Must reads for the spook readers out there.

TIME FOR A TIPPLE

This month’s writing fuel cocktail combines the freshness of spring with the soothing effects of a hot toddy for anyone, like me, nursing at cold due to perpetually soggy dog walks. To make the refreshing cold version, just make the tea ahead and allow to cool, then pour over…

MY ANNIVERSARY GIVEAWAY

What if I were to offer a prize to celebrate my first year as an author? Let’s say a unique, only-one-in-the-world e-copy of my first story, Calyptra Mortiferum, with a personalized dedication to the winner in the front? That was the question you had to know the answer to in this week’s Ship’s Log.

a blue ship's door with the sign "F.K. BELLE MARLOWE"

F.K. Marlowe is a Shropshire lass who lived in London and Beijing before settling down with her husband, three daughters and rescue pup in Vancouver. She writes horror stories with a tendency to the paranormal, and Young Adult fiction with fangs and sass.

Marlowe doesn’t worry overly much about the placement of semi-colons and the like, having spent far too long pootling about in academia to take them seriously. (She has an Oxford first in English Lit, plus a Master’s and PhD from Leeds). She has, however, discovered that life is the best education for a writer, and plans to continue her studies there as long as possible.