Anna Reith

OUT NOW: Bloody Parchment: The Root Cellar and Other Stores

Anna — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:21:41 +0000

It's here! The Bloody Parchment anthology is out now. Also, social media. Or something.

PRESS RELEASE: Bloody Parchment: The Root Cellar and Other Stories

Anna — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:55:51 +0000

eKhaya, the digital imprint of Random House Struik, is delighted to announce the publication of Bloody Parchment: The Root Cellar and Other Stories.
"You'll be hard pressed to find a stronger anthology of horror stories this year."

Featured Author at Wattpad!

Anna — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:15:24 +0000

My featured author slot at Wattpad.com started on Friday, and Dead in Time - available for free on the site for a limited time - is already scaling the Mystery charts! Grab a read while you can...

Coming Soon: Dark Harvest

Anna — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:49:13 +0000

Excited to announce my first contract with Dark Continents Publishing, in the upcoming anthology, Dark Harvest.

SA Horrorfest Bloody Parchment Short Story Competition – Winners & Finalists

Anna — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:08:27 +0000

I am one of two runners-up in the South African Horrorfest Bloody Parchment Short Story competition (2012)! My story, Courting Seraphs, will be included in the forthcoming Bloody Parchment anthology of winners and finalists.

Absence & Updates

Anna — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:24:34 +0000

In which, contrary to all appearances, I haven't fallen off the face of the Earth entirely.

long one o’clock on the garden furniture

Anna — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:58:28 +0000

[...] we spoke in the branches, hidden by leaves, until it was way past midnight and we let the candles glitter in their cages of broken party light glass. [...]

Random Ramblings: Pain and Devotion (15th century painting)

Anna — Mon, 28 May 2012 17:01:10 +0000

A paper I wrote on humanist perspectives and artistic virtuosity in The Pollaiuolo Sebastian. Fifteenth century Florentine humanism, Leon Battista Alberti's De pictura, and concepts of pain and piety in Renaissance art abound.

ARCHIVE: Reviews of Ghost of a Kiss

Anna — Wed, 09 May 2012 13:05:05 +0000

Reviews for Ghost of a Kiss, referring to the edition published in 2008 (Wild Child Publishing) under the pen name M. King: ” vivid descriptions … wonderful … poignant “ 4.5 from ROR Reviews: Reviewed by Val Pearson “Sarah has…

Melt

Anna — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:02:03 +0000

...

The rough balsam of summer heat,

Shot through with grit,

Leaves slick and sweaty all it touches.

A warm, greasy clamminess

That speaks of stagnant ponds

And rope-shorn tyre swings;

...