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Catherine McCarthy

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Welsh author of dark fiction and roamer of ancient paths. Words in Haven Spec, Dark Matter, Gamut Mag and other strange places. Find me @ https://cmccarthywriter.substack.com/

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 13d

Like the quiet type, all Gothic and mysterious? I'm talking books, not men.😄
'Immortelle' is the perfect read for #spookyseason.
Think white-washed church atop a cliff and ghosts that help a grieving mother exact revenge.
Available @sobelobooks.bsky.social and all the usual places.
Trailer👇

Book cover depicting a bird atop a gravestone

Cliff top where Immortelle is set. Black and white church in an ancient graveyard, complete with moody sky.

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 21h

Ty Canol Woods, Pembrokeshire. As featured in my WIP.💚

Native woodland with a carpet of bluebells

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 1d

observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
This struck a chord this morning.🖤

Sarah Perry on the reality of death: ‘It is the most asto...

Following her father-in-law’s death from cancer, nine days after diagnosis, the Essex Serpent author wrote the book she found herself lacking at the time...

observer.co.uk

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

I'm working on the dreaded synopsis.🙄
How many words/pages should it be? The answer is it all depends on who you sub it to.😭

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Anne.😀

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Such a good year for fungi. I still don't know the species.

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Lucy.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

Bonkers!🙂

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 3d

We lost a tree in a storm a while back, and my husband turned the stump into a seat.
Look at the crop of fungi to the left. I've never seen anything like it!🍄

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 4d

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

The nights are drawing in though, Steph.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

Such a great atmosphere, Eva.

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

The rooks and cathedral bells bid you goodnight. 🖤
#stdavidspembrokeshire

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

It is!☺️

Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

St Non's on the Pembrokeshire coastpath.
A great day's walking!💚

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Catherine McCarthy @catherinemccarthy.bsky.social · 5d

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Michael Shotter @michaelshotter.com · 5d

I've provided my 3 Favorite Reads of the year to Shepherd. The range for this is Oct. '24 to Sept. '25, so the list is slightly different than if it had been from Jan. to now.

shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/...

#booksky 🪐📚💙🩸📚⚡️
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