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M.J. Mars

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MJ Mars is a geek, ghoul, and horror enthusiast living in Lancaster, UK. Her debut novel, The Suffering, was published by Wicked House in 2023. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find MJ playing pool, trying to skateboard (badly), or listening to rock music. She owes every success to her mis-spent youth.

Short story collection, We’ve Already Gone Too Far out now!

NEW! The Fovea Experiments, a second novel to be published by Wicked House, is out now. MJ is currently working on a sequel to The Suffering, and a series of novellas based around the short story, Jeff Through the Trees.

Join her on Twitter @MJMars, Instagram /mjmarsauthor, and her Facebook page, MJ Mars Author.

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“The rumours are true. MJ Mars, the punk rock princess of horror, is back…” Blaine Daigle, author of The Broken Places and The Ashes of August Manor.

Okay, okay, so Blaine’s words related to The Fovea Experiments being released and NOT to the fact that I just disappeared from the face of the earth for a few months, but there will never be a time I’m not ready and willing to use that quote. Can

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“He ruined our lives. Toady, Martha, Max, and Greg died within a few days of each other.”
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“He tugged the blanket away and stumbled back, his hands flying to cover his mouth.”
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“People call the eyes the windows to the soul. But in those moments before you fall asleep, it isn’t just a window, It’s a door. A tunnel that leads to something unthinkable. And our experiment... it brought them through. It brought them into our world.”
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