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Hanna Delaney

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in Liverpool, The United Kingdom
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Hanna is an author of horror, fantasy and science fiction. She is from Liverpool, UK.
She has three kids, an awesome husband who encouraged her to do this and a dog who didn’t but she’s happy to see Hanna trying to put food on the floor.
Hanna has a BA and MA in English Literature and was an English teacher for nearly a decade before embarking on her writing career.
She currently lives in Liverpool with her family. Oceanus is her debut novel.
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Hanna Delaney I dreamed that I'd been buried alive. It had seemed so real when I yawned, stretched and, to my surprise, bashed my knuckles on some wood. …moreI dreamed that I'd been buried alive. It had seemed so real when I yawned, stretched and, to my surprise, bashed my knuckles on some wood. (less)
Hanna Delaney This is nothing dramatic but once, when I was on holiday in New England, I bought the cutest t-shirt with Pepe le Pew on it. I adored it and wanted to…moreThis is nothing dramatic but once, when I was on holiday in New England, I bought the cutest t-shirt with Pepe le Pew on it. I adored it and wanted to wear it all the time.I'd discovered a few days after our shopping trip that it hadn't been paid for at the checkout! It wasn't listed on the receipt.
The t-shirt then mysteriously vanished. To this day, I have no idea what happened to it. (less)
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The Ring: A Gothic Mystery and winner of the Indie ’25 Mystifying Mystery category.

Recently, The Ring (Book 2 of the Muldoon Mysteries) won Most Mystifying Mystery category in the Indie ’25 awards. The Ring is a Gothic mystery novel that combines historical thriller with supernatural suspense and Gothic romance. Here’s what the judge had to say:

Billed as a crime thriller,��The Ring��is just so much more than that. It���s got elements of supernatural horror on par with��The H

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The Spider by Hanna Delaney
"Once you start this one, you really can't put it down.

John Bryant, having climbed the social ladder and made a small fortune in Australia, returns to move his wife, Frances, and their young daughter, Elsie, into the recently acquired 5 Percy Street." Read more of this review »
The Shade In The Sands And Other Stories.  by Hanna Delaney
"4.5 rounded up

Reading this collection reminded me of all the best parts of The Mummy, but without the campyness (don't get me wrong, I do love a good campy movie but the effect is less fun in books). I thought all the stories were good, but Emerald E" Read more of this review »
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"Well done and rare, The Lamb sinks its teeth into you slowly, then tears right through to the bone. 🥩 At first, I felt like I was chewing on the same bite over and over, the first half of the novel repeats its rhythm: Margot, Mama, strays, dinner. Wa" Read more of this review »
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"extremely overwritten in a way that pleads for a emotional response from the reader but fails in every way. the ending kind of just made me annoyed too, as the overwrittenness and forced tension puttered out to an absolute nothing of a ending. bleak " Read more of this review »
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Such a mix of thoughts on this one.
The stitching together of Angela Carter-esque prose and Shirley Jackson eeriness just didn't work for me, especially as this is more a metaphorical folk horror/fairytale horror story.
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Frank T. Bird
“So, now I’m apologising like Hugh Grant and picking these filthy coins up off the wretched pavement.”
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“I’m the fucking circus today — hungover Nick the freak show with his green panties and hairy cock and bite mark on his arm and the croutons in his hair.”
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Frank T. Bird
“You get so lost in your anarchy sometimes that you think people are being arseholes. You don’t realise that you’re the arsehole, and they’re displaying courage by stepping out of line and confronting you.”
Frank T Bird, Midnight In Footscray

Roald Dahl
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”
Roald Dahl

William Shakespeare
“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

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