Crowfield

by Dani Brown

At the end of the motorway, underneath the orange sodium light glow sits Crowfield. Parts of the council estate were claimed by the marsh before the first residents moved in.

Creatures lurk in the shadows. Their mummified toes poke out of their leather boots. They spread frost with their breath and bring death to Crowfield’s residents, young and old.

They don’t bring death to Spencer. They bring something worse. Eternity on the estate wrapped up in a golden brown spell cast from the end of a needle. Spencer needs to reach the only phone on Crowfield that works. He can phone his father and convince his father to rescue him.

Nigel takes the call, but Spencer is still just a baby. He hasn’t told anyone about Spencer. He hasn’t told anyone of that night he spent with Joyce in the bowels of Crowfield. Only her cat knows he was there.

A white cat stalks the rats and crows of the estate, watched by the scarecrow on the green. The scarecrow watches the ferns and heathers spread and the orange orb lights flicker on over the marsh.

Beneath each orange orb is another creature waiting to climb out and help Joyce make another scarecrow to hang on the green.

124 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 30, 2025

About the author

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Dani Brown (2 spaces): For the German sci-fi author
Dani Brown (3 spaces): For “The Queen of Filth”

Reviews

[Margaret Hamnett · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one genuinely spooked me. There was something creepy in the repetitiveness of certain phrases but these did make sense in the end. I hate to think where the idea for this story came from. Is Dani ok? lol.
There was still Dani’s signature disgustingness everywhere and it was every bit as enjoyable as it always is. I would be very happy to return to this estate hopefully in a sequel please.