The Gingerbread Men by Joanna Corrance (Ebook)
Formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook | Cover design: Zuzanna Kwiecien | ISBN (ebook): 9781916234796 | Pages: 304 | Published: 01 December 2022
About the Book
Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, following a mysterious woman back to the hotel she owns in the Highlands. Here he meets the men that staff the vacant rooms. Men like him. Men with something to hide…
By day, the men carry out their domestic chores in the hotel, cut off from the rest of the world by the snow. At night, they tell horror stories beside the fire, hoping to entertain the woman they serve. They do not ask why there are no guests, why it always snows, why they can't go home. Seeds of doubt begin to plague Eric and, as he delves deeper into the lives of the men at the hotel, secrets are uncovered.
The Gingerbread Men mixes Shining-esque mystery with dark fairy-tales, serving up a perfect Highland hotel horror. Joanna Corrance’s nightmarish novel explores the quiet corridors of desire that pull us, and the places occupied by men and women in the tales we’re all familiar with.
About the Author
Joanna is an author and solicitor living in the Scottish Highlands. She has always been fascinated by Gothic horror and dark speculative fiction, and her debut science fiction novella, John's Eyes, was published by Luna Press Publishing in 2020. As a child, Joanna would tell spooky bedtime stories most nights at her little sister's request and her family have a tradition of telling ghost stories in front of the fire on Christmas Day. She loves to write about the strange and the frightening, telling stories that linger long after reading.
Praise for The Gingerbread Men
"Intriguing, instantly gripping, creepy and nightmarish - perfect for reading by the fire through a dark and snowy winter!"
Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers and Where the Missing Gather
“A lush wintery fable, brimming with dark folk tales, cunning witches and terrible people getting their just desserts. I devoured this clever take on the Gothic over a series of cold, windy nights. From now on, I'll be very careful who I make eye contact with at a Christmas market.”
Rhiannon Grist, author of The Queen of the High Fields
"The Gingerbread Men reads like a wintertime fireside fable; by turns bittersweet, cosy, beguiling and often downright chilling. With a subtle sense of Shining-esque madness lurking just below the surface, this is a genuinely haunting gothic novel that invites you in with a seductive, snaggle-toothed smile, enticing the reader with deft prose like skeletal fingers lightly tracing your spine."
D. A. Watson, author of Adonias Low and Cuttin' Heads
“Creates a beautifully fiendish puzzle of a world full of fable, fairytale, and the fantastical. The atmospheric writing draws you in and doesn't let go as the mystery deepens, leaving you questioning what secrets lie in this eerie forever-winter world. A page-turning, dreamlike, and darkly fun read for fans of A.C Wise and Angela Carter.”
Lyndsey Croal, author
“The Gingerbread Men is an unsettling novel about the power of storytelling and the ways in which we edit and get tangled up in each other’s stories. Corrance's writing scrutinises the nature of fiction in a way that is imaginative, yet familiar; immersive, yet remote in its The Shining-eque magnetism. She captures the spectacle of our inner lives through the slightly squinted gaze of the people watching it from the outside. This is a story unified by connection and the spectral spaces in between past and present, life and death, truth and fiction.”
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Formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook | Cover design: Zuzanna Kwiecien | ISBN (ebook): 9781916234796 | Pages: 304 | Published: 01 December 2022
About the Book
Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, following a mysterious woman back to the hotel she owns in the Highlands. Here he meets the men that staff the vacant rooms. Men like him. Men with something to hide…
By day, the men carry out their domestic chores in the hotel, cut off from the rest of the world by the snow. At night, they tell horror stories beside the fire, hoping to entertain the woman they serve. They do not ask why there are no guests, why it always snows, why they can't go home. Seeds of doubt begin to plague Eric and, as he delves deeper into the lives of the men at the hotel, secrets are uncovered.
The Gingerbread Men mixes Shining-esque mystery with dark fairy-tales, serving up a perfect Highland hotel horror. Joanna Corrance’s nightmarish novel explores the quiet corridors of desire that pull us, and the places occupied by men and women in the tales we’re all familiar with.
About the Author
Joanna is an author and solicitor living in the Scottish Highlands. She has always been fascinated by Gothic horror and dark speculative fiction, and her debut science fiction novella, John's Eyes, was published by Luna Press Publishing in 2020. As a child, Joanna would tell spooky bedtime stories most nights at her little sister's request and her family have a tradition of telling ghost stories in front of the fire on Christmas Day. She loves to write about the strange and the frightening, telling stories that linger long after reading.
Praise for The Gingerbread Men
"Intriguing, instantly gripping, creepy and nightmarish - perfect for reading by the fire through a dark and snowy winter!"
Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers and Where the Missing Gather
“A lush wintery fable, brimming with dark folk tales, cunning witches and terrible people getting their just desserts. I devoured this clever take on the Gothic over a series of cold, windy nights. From now on, I'll be very careful who I make eye contact with at a Christmas market.”
Rhiannon Grist, author of The Queen of the High Fields
"The Gingerbread Men reads like a wintertime fireside fable; by turns bittersweet, cosy, beguiling and often downright chilling. With a subtle sense of Shining-esque madness lurking just below the surface, this is a genuinely haunting gothic novel that invites you in with a seductive, snaggle-toothed smile, enticing the reader with deft prose like skeletal fingers lightly tracing your spine."
D. A. Watson, author of Adonias Low and Cuttin' Heads
“Creates a beautifully fiendish puzzle of a world full of fable, fairytale, and the fantastical. The atmospheric writing draws you in and doesn't let go as the mystery deepens, leaving you questioning what secrets lie in this eerie forever-winter world. A page-turning, dreamlike, and darkly fun read for fans of A.C Wise and Angela Carter.”
Lyndsey Croal, author
“The Gingerbread Men is an unsettling novel about the power of storytelling and the ways in which we edit and get tangled up in each other’s stories. Corrance's writing scrutinises the nature of fiction in a way that is imaginative, yet familiar; immersive, yet remote in its The Shining-eque magnetism. She captures the spectacle of our inner lives through the slightly squinted gaze of the people watching it from the outside. This is a story unified by connection and the spectral spaces in between past and present, life and death, truth and fiction.”
@thatbloodywomanreads
Formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook | Cover design: Zuzanna Kwiecien | ISBN (ebook): 9781916234796 | Pages: 304 | Published: 01 December 2022
About the Book
Eric abandons his fiancé, Eleanor, at the Edinburgh Christmas market, following a mysterious woman back to the hotel she owns in the Highlands. Here he meets the men that staff the vacant rooms. Men like him. Men with something to hide…
By day, the men carry out their domestic chores in the hotel, cut off from the rest of the world by the snow. At night, they tell horror stories beside the fire, hoping to entertain the woman they serve. They do not ask why there are no guests, why it always snows, why they can't go home. Seeds of doubt begin to plague Eric and, as he delves deeper into the lives of the men at the hotel, secrets are uncovered.
The Gingerbread Men mixes Shining-esque mystery with dark fairy-tales, serving up a perfect Highland hotel horror. Joanna Corrance’s nightmarish novel explores the quiet corridors of desire that pull us, and the places occupied by men and women in the tales we’re all familiar with.
About the Author
Joanna is an author and solicitor living in the Scottish Highlands. She has always been fascinated by Gothic horror and dark speculative fiction, and her debut science fiction novella, John's Eyes, was published by Luna Press Publishing in 2020. As a child, Joanna would tell spooky bedtime stories most nights at her little sister's request and her family have a tradition of telling ghost stories in front of the fire on Christmas Day. She loves to write about the strange and the frightening, telling stories that linger long after reading.
Praise for The Gingerbread Men
"Intriguing, instantly gripping, creepy and nightmarish - perfect for reading by the fire through a dark and snowy winter!"
Helen Sedgwick, author of The Comet Seekers and Where the Missing Gather
“A lush wintery fable, brimming with dark folk tales, cunning witches and terrible people getting their just desserts. I devoured this clever take on the Gothic over a series of cold, windy nights. From now on, I'll be very careful who I make eye contact with at a Christmas market.”
Rhiannon Grist, author of The Queen of the High Fields
"The Gingerbread Men reads like a wintertime fireside fable; by turns bittersweet, cosy, beguiling and often downright chilling. With a subtle sense of Shining-esque madness lurking just below the surface, this is a genuinely haunting gothic novel that invites you in with a seductive, snaggle-toothed smile, enticing the reader with deft prose like skeletal fingers lightly tracing your spine."
D. A. Watson, author of Adonias Low and Cuttin' Heads
“Creates a beautifully fiendish puzzle of a world full of fable, fairytale, and the fantastical. The atmospheric writing draws you in and doesn't let go as the mystery deepens, leaving you questioning what secrets lie in this eerie forever-winter world. A page-turning, dreamlike, and darkly fun read for fans of A.C Wise and Angela Carter.”
Lyndsey Croal, author
“The Gingerbread Men is an unsettling novel about the power of storytelling and the ways in which we edit and get tangled up in each other’s stories. Corrance's writing scrutinises the nature of fiction in a way that is imaginative, yet familiar; immersive, yet remote in its The Shining-eque magnetism. She captures the spectacle of our inner lives through the slightly squinted gaze of the people watching it from the outside. This is a story unified by connection and the spectral spaces in between past and present, life and death, truth and fiction.”
@thatbloodywomanreads
