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Kev Harrison

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Kev Harrison is a writer of dark fiction and English language teacher from England, living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. He has previously lived in various areas of the UK, as well as Turkey and Poland.

His Independent Press Award-winning debut novel, Shadow of the Hidden, is out now from Brigids Gate Press. His latest novella, 'Below' is also available from the same publishing house.

His debut novella 'The Balance', was released through Lycan Valley Press, while his debut collection 'Paths Best Left Untrodden' was released through Northern Republic.

His forthcoming release, Pyres, is a politically-charged novel of supernatural horror, set in the New Forest.

He is a staff writer for This is Horror and has had short fiction published in a var
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Kev Harrison Hi William,
I've only just seen this question, and thank you so much for checking out and enjoying Below.
I would probably recommend Paths Best Left Unt…more
Hi William,
I've only just seen this question, and thank you so much for checking out and enjoying Below.
I would probably recommend Paths Best Left Untrodden, as it's short fiction, and as such gives you a bit of a taster of the different types of story I write. Some horror, some more adventure oriented, like Below and other stuff that fits into the dark folklore that I enjoy writing.
Whatever you go for, do let me know how you get on.(less)
Kev Harrison As very much an aspiring writer myself, the advice I've been giving myself is to write more. That's why I'm doing the 52 story challenge this year. I'…moreAs very much an aspiring writer myself, the advice I've been giving myself is to write more. That's why I'm doing the 52 story challenge this year. I've written some real garbage in this time, but I've also written some stuff I'm proud of. And that's the whole point. (less)
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2017 - The Year of Writing

This year, 2017, I made a decision that I would start to take my writing seriously and a friend and colleague of mine, Michael David Wilson of This is Horror and Lit Reactor, gave me a challenge to help me along with that. https://litreactor.com/columns/2017-w...

So I took the challenge and it's been great. Frenetic, but great. As you can see, I've had one short story published in the 9 Tales antho Read more of this blog post »
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