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Stephen Howard (he/him) is an English novelist and short story writer from Manchester, now living in Cheshire with his wife, Rachel, and their daughter, Flo. He was always an avid reader but finally decided that, aged twenty, perhaps he too could write stories people might enjoy. This eventually led to the self-publication of his first novel, Beyond Misty Mountain (2013), inspired by an enduring love of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. Beyond Misty Mountain was rereleased in 2020.

Stephen has a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Creative Writing from the Open University, gaining First Class Honours. His short fiction has been published by Lost Boys Press, The No Sleep Podcast, Metastellar, and others. Stephen is also a x2 winner ...more

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	This House Isn't Haunted But We Are 3.64 avg rating — 498 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chimera by Ashley Hutchison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Matt Bliss (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Jaecyn Bone (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.64 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beneath: Hundred Word Horror by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Raglin (Goodreads Author), Doungai Gam 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes by Ashley Hutchison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Brennan Cupp (Editor), Emily Rozmus (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not Meant for Each Other by Ashley Hutchison (Goodreads Author) (Editor), L.T. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Harry F. Rey (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ophelia in the Underworld and Other Melancholy Tales by Stephen Howard (Goodreads Author), Alien Buddha (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Invincible Summer 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond Misty Mountain 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Condemned To Be 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Book of Horrors: Volume I 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stephen Howard rated a book really liked it The Diving Pool: Three Novellas by Yōko Ogawa	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An excellent trio of novellas. Ogawa has a sparse approach to story, but there’s always this sense of there being a lot between the lines, and it creates these strangely unsettling stories that feel so small and deeply personal or up-close. The chara ...more
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Stephen Howard rated a book Kiss Slay Replay by Rachel Harrison	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A really fun read and my first by Harrison. She’s got an easy breezy feeling style that is really effective in lulling you into a false sense of security and making the horror feel heightened. In Kiss, Slay, Replay, we follow Willa through multiple t ...more
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Stephen Howard rated a book really liked it Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed this. It’s always interesting to see how stylistically different a novel from this period can be. There’s a lot of events reported somewhat distantly and after-the-fact, which is a method you see a lot less in modern horror that favours a c ...more
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Stephen Howard rated a book really liked it Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very much liked this book, though perhaps it never crossed into that unputdownable sort of territory. It’s a novel whose multiple povs do a great job of obfuscating and dancing around truths, uttering half truths, and generally making situations worse ...more
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Stephen Howard rated a book really liked it Spiderlight by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Very much enjoyed this one. A classical fantasy adventure novel with good and evil, a ragtag band of heroes built from familiar archetypes, a good dose of humour and heart, and just about enough twists and turns to prevent it lapsing into predictable ...more
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Stephen Howard and 1 other person liked Joe Moore's review of Spiderlight: "I can't even bring myself to be a silly billy in this review I just want to rave about how much I enjoyed this book. Spiderlight takes your classic fantasy story of a band of heroes on a journey to defeat the Dark Lord, and asks: "how would these her" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Howard and 23 other people liked Sadie Hartmann's review of You Will Speak for the Dead: "R. A. Busby is my favorite body horror and other specific phobias, author. I've read a few of Busby's short, body horror stories in various anthologies and my first reading experience was "Bits" a short, sharp, shocks story about losing teeth and oth" Read more of this review »
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A very enjoyable read. Much more a meditation on life, death, grief, and our place in the ecosystem, but with some wicked slices of body horror and a dark sense of humour. Another excellent novella from Busby; can’t wait to see what she does next.
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