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A.R Cunningham
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Fantasy/YA fantasy and horror indie author. The Life and Times of the Traitor Killean Onryn published November 2024. Book Two due to publish summer 2025. Also the author of a horror/fantasy short story collection, The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!

My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst.…
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!
My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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November 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Short Story – The Unforgotten Queen

(All images of Anne Boleyn public domain. Book cover images created with Canva free to use images) I come hither not to die, nor to live. This journey I take is neither penance nor punishment. The destination no more fitting a place to wile away eternity than…
Short Story – The Unforgotten Queen
(All images of Anne Boleyn public domain. Book cover images created with Canva free to use images) I come hither not to die, nor to live. This journey I take is neither penance nor punishment. The destination no more fitting a place to wile away eternity than any other, but far better than that place that all souls, sinner or saint, fear most.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale – Sneak Peak!

The Relics Saga Book Three: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order now and is released on 19th December in ebook and print. Keep reading for a sneak peak of the action when the hero of Three Rivers takes a trip to…
The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale – Sneak Peak!
The Relics Saga Book Three: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order now and is released on 19th December in ebook and print. Keep reading for a sneak peak of the action when the hero of Three Rivers takes a trip to the Netherworld to retrieve his stolen soul! ***** Emerging from the fountain of river water was a creature with the head, shoulders and torso of a woman.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Book Review: The Twilight Magus

Amazon Blurb: Exiled occultist Carl Sanford attempts to join a secret society as a stepping stone to even greater power while his old enemies hunt him across Spain in this new installment to the eldritch-rich horror pulp adventure world of Arkham Horror. Carl…
Book Review: The Twilight Magus
Amazon Blurb: Exiled occultist Carl Sanford attempts to join a secret society as a stepping stone to even greater power while his old enemies hunt him across Spain in this new installment to the eldritch-rich horror pulp adventure world of Arkham Horror. Carl Sanford, once the Silver Twilight Lodge’s great leader and now presumed dead, lives in anonymity in Spain, plotting revenge against those who betrayed him.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!

Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the…
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!
Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the Three Rivers throne, Nadil Shiny Scale, life is about to become much harder. On a mission to track down vital information on Three Rivers greatest enemy, the elusive Sapphire, Nadil encounters a strange and alluring sorceress who steals his soul.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Short Story – It Happened on a Tuesday

It Happened On A Tuesday On Tuesday 4th, Clive Screed woke up with a headache. Suze was still sleeping so he slipped out of bed and ambled to the bathroom to go through his usual motions before heading to work. Clive had worked at Cordon and Bloom Accountancy…
Short Story – It Happened on a Tuesday
It Happened On A Tuesday On Tuesday 4th, Clive Screed woke up with a headache. Suze was still sleeping so he slipped out of bed and ambled to the bathroom to go through his usual motions before heading to work. Clive had worked at Cordon and Bloom Accountancy for twenty years; he liked to joke that he was a lifer. He ran several blue-chip accounts and would’ve made the upper echelons of management if he’d possessed an iota of ambition.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!

Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the…
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!
Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the Three Rivers throne, Nadil Shiny Scale, life is about to become much harder. On a mission to track down vital information on Three Rivers greatest enemy, the elusive Sapphire, Nadil encounters a strange and alluring sorceress who steals his soul.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Short Story: The Attic at the End of the World

There comes a point in every apocalypse when everyone must ask themselves what the real price of survival is and whether it’s worth it. That point arrived for me about five minutes in. Crammed into my attic with the spiders, my cats and more bottled…
Short Story: The Attic at the End of the World
There comes a point in every apocalypse when everyone must ask themselves what the real price of survival is and whether it’s worth it. That point arrived for me about five minutes in. Crammed into my attic with the spiders, my cats and more bottled water than an environmentalist would approve of – which I admit, was not a masterpiece of planning on my part – I had nothing much to do but contemplate existence.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!

Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the…
Book Three – The Relics Saga available to pre-order!
Book Three in the Relics Saga: The Trials and Woes of Nadil Shiny Scale is available to pre-order in ebook and paperback format now and will release on December 19th! The life of a hero is never easy and for war hero and ‘unofficial’ heir to the Three Rivers throne, Nadil Shiny Scale, life is about to become much harder. On a mission to track down vital information on Three Rivers greatest enemy, the elusive Sapphire, Nadil encounters a strange and alluring sorceress who steals his soul.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Short Story – Not Like That

‘Not like that,’ Arthur growled as together he and Winkles watched the Woman-Giver-Of-Food, henceforth to be known as Woman, leave the kitchen. Arthur continued to stare for some time after she’d disappeared just in case that improved the situation. Winkles watched…
Short Story – Not Like That
‘Not like that,’ Arthur growled as together he and Winkles watched the Woman-Giver-Of-Food, henceforth to be known as Woman, leave the kitchen. Arthur continued to stare for some time after she’d disappeared just in case that improved the situation. Winkles watched Arthur, but when watching proved unfulfilling, Winkles shuffled forward and sniffed Arthur’s flank instead. ‘Oi, watch it.’ Arthur broke off his intense, brooding stare into the middle distance located somewhere between the rectangular door frame and the hallway skirting board and turned back to Winkles.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Short Story – In Our Hour Of Need

‘Chris, there’s a man outside the house.’ Ruth turned to him, letting the curtain drop closed. She was illuminated by the streetlight right outside the house, limned in an infernal orange glow. Her angled cheekbones were pulled into sharp relief, mouth pulled into…
Short Story – In Our Hour Of Need
‘Chris, there’s a man outside the house.’ Ruth turned to him, letting the curtain drop closed. She was illuminated by the streetlight right outside the house, limned in an infernal orange glow. Her angled cheekbones were pulled into sharp relief, mouth pulled into a moue of suspicion. The effect was cadaverous as she’d yet to regain the weight she’d lost while Joey was in the hospital.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!

My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst.…
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!
My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Short Story – The Manchurian Sacrifice

Outside the bedroom window the doppler-wail of sirens screamed pass and brakes screeched as unmarked police cars careened around the corner. Mathilde heard the heavy, air-cutting whop-whop of a police chopper’s rotor blades from somewhere above her fourth…
Short Story – The Manchurian Sacrifice
Outside the bedroom window the doppler-wail of sirens screamed pass and brakes screeched as unmarked police cars careened around the corner. Mathilde heard the heavy, air-cutting whop-whop of a police chopper’s rotor blades from somewhere above her fourth floor safe house and paused in the process of applying her foundation. The lights were low in the flat, the heavy curtain pulled almost closed, allowing only a hint of the chaos outside to seep in with the muggy, mid-summer air.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Short Story – Collier Lads Forevermore

This story recently won 2nd Place in the Writer's Magazine "Tight Situation" short story comp in 2024. It is published on the website HERE along with judges comments. You that breathe the upper air don’t know this but what we have here is what us lads in the…
Short Story – Collier Lads Forevermore
This story recently won 2nd Place in the Writer's Magazine "Tight Situation" short story comp in 2024. It is published on the website HERE along with judges comments. You that breathe the upper air don’t know this but what we have here is what us lads in the trade call a tight situation. Well, gentle sirs and ladies fair, in all honesty, the lads around me are calling it lot of other things, none of which I’d repeat to a minister, if you catch my meaning?
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November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear – Available Now

The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear and Other Stories of Chilling Modern Horror Fantasy is a collection of ten Urban Fantasy/Horror short stories. It is available to buy or read on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon here In a dystopian Britain, Lorraine has…
The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear – Available Now
The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear and Other Stories of Chilling Modern Horror Fantasy is a collection of ten Urban Fantasy/Horror short stories. It is available to buy or read on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon here In a dystopian Britain, Lorraine has a severed hand problem. A trip to the woods turns to tragedy for Bethany and a deal with a love-struck demon goes awry for Chris.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Short Story – The Unforgotten Queen

(All images of Anne Boleyn public domain. Book cover images created with Canva free to use images) I come hither not to die, nor to live. This journey I take is neither penance nor punishment. The destination no more fitting a place to wile away eternity than…
Short Story – The Unforgotten Queen
(All images of Anne Boleyn public domain. Book cover images created with Canva free to use images) I come hither not to die, nor to live. This journey I take is neither penance nor punishment. The destination no more fitting a place to wile away eternity than any other, but far better than that place that all souls, sinner or saint, fear most.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Short Story – Shore Lights

Cover image designed with free to use images from Pixabay and Canva. Photos sourced from Pixabay The shore lights lay slick as an oil spill across the surface of the deceptively slow moving river. The water is formless black, reflecting the night sky. It would be…
Short Story – Shore Lights
Cover image designed with free to use images from Pixabay and Canva. Photos sourced from Pixabay The shore lights lay slick as an oil spill across the surface of the deceptively slow moving river. The water is formless black, reflecting the night sky. It would be invisible if not for the solid, immutable concrete riverbanks, built up like bulwarks to hold the water in check.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!

My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst.…
You Deserve To Be Here – Out Now!
My YA fantasy novel You Deserve To Be Here is available now in ebook and print form from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other retailers Here! Book Description: Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Relics Saga Book 2: Mishka Silverfloe and the Secrets she Learned – Out Now!

The Relics Saga Book Two: Mishka Silverfloe and the Secrets she Learned is out now in ebook and POD from Amazon and other retailers (clink on cover image for links to retailers)! She Hears All… Mishka Silverfloe, the…
Relics Saga Book 2: Mishka Silverfloe and the Secrets she Learned – Out Now!
The Relics Saga Book Two: Mishka Silverfloe and the Secrets she Learned is out now in ebook and POD from Amazon and other retailers (clink on cover image for links to retailers)! She Hears All… Mishka Silverfloe, the barely legitimised daughter of High King Torvin knows all about complicated family dynamics. Her father had to deny her existence for most of her life to save her from a tyrant king, her mother sold her into service to a minor deity for political advantage, her fiancé, Kindean Onryn, turned against his family in a bitter war that saw Mishka’s childhood friend, Killean, become her sworn enemy.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Short Story – Whiplash Road

(Whiplash Road won 2nd Prize in Writer's Magazine "Journey" Short Story Comp in 2024. Find Entry and Judges Comments HERE) Your feet are wet. Your body cold. Your neck hurts. The road is dark; rain glitters on the asphalt, studding the blacktop with a million broken…
Short Story – Whiplash Road
(Whiplash Road won 2nd Prize in Writer's Magazine "Journey" Short Story Comp in 2024. Find Entry and Judges Comments HERE) Your feet are wet. Your body cold. Your neck hurts. The road is dark; rain glitters on the asphalt, studding the blacktop with a million broken stars of light. Night chill pinches your bare arms. You look down the stretch of road in front and behind you, watching for a car.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Life & Times of the Traitor Killean Onryn – Available Now!

Book One in the Relics Saga: The Life and Times of the Traitor Killean Onryn available in digital and print book format at most major online retailers! (Click cover image for Amazon page. Click on book title link for all other…
The Life & Times of the Traitor Killean Onryn – Available Now!
Book One in the Relics Saga: The Life and Times of the Traitor Killean Onryn available in digital and print book format at most major online retailers! (Click cover image for Amazon page. Click on book title link for all other retailers incl. B&N) What's a villain to do when he's already lost? That's the question plaguing Killean Onryn, shapeshifter and reviled traitor after he is inexplicably released from a cursed sleep by his enemies and left to eek out an existence impersonating fishing cormorants and evading angry war orphans.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora

Amazon blurb: Locke Lamora is a legend. But not under his own name. They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he has a hand in everything that happens in the city. And they…
Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Amazon blurb: Locke Lamora is a legend. But not under his own name. They say that the Thorn of Camorr can beat anyone in a fight. They say he steals from the rich and gives to the poor. They say he has a hand in everything that happens in the city. And they are wrong on every count. Averagely tall, slender, god-awful with a sword but blessed with a quick tongue, Locke is the fabled Thorn, and the greatest weapons at his disposal are his wit and cunning.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
You Deserve to be Here – Sale Ends Today!

Today is the final day of My YA fantasy novel You Deserve to be Here £0.99/$0.99 sale. Don't miss out! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi…
You Deserve to be Here – Sale Ends Today!
Today is the final day of My YA fantasy novel You Deserve to be Here £0.99/$0.99 sale. Don't miss out! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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October 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
You Deserve to be Here Sale – 13-18 October!

This week You Deserve to be Here my YA dark fantasy novel is on sale for £0.99/$0.99 - Don't miss out! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past,…
You Deserve to be Here Sale – 13-18 October!
This week You Deserve to be Here my YA dark fantasy novel is on sale for £0.99/$0.99 - Don't miss out! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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October 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You Deserve to be Here – Sale Starts Today!

My YA fantasy novel You Deserve to be Here is on sale for £0.99/$0.99 13-18 October! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with…
You Deserve to be Here – Sale Starts Today!
My YA fantasy novel You Deserve to be Here is on sale for £0.99/$0.99 13-18 October! Sixteen-year-old Tanvi wakes up in the dreaded Daedelum Maze, a secret prison for the worst of the worst. Her memories stolen along with her past, Tanvi must work with four other lost teens, all different, all with forgotten pasts like Tanvi, who are trapped with her:
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October 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM