Katherine Stansfield crafts compelling narratives that blend historical settings with elements of folklore and mystery. Her distinctive crime series, rooted in Cornish history, features an unconventional detective duo who unravel crimes inspired by real events and local legends. This unique approach creates a captivating reading experience, often likened to a blend of Sherlock Holmes, The X-Files, and Daphne du Maurier. As part of the writing partnership DK Fields, she further explores imaginative realms, co-authoring political fantasy novels.
This collection features a series of short stories that blend the bizarre and unsettling, reminiscent of classic penny dreadfuls. Each tale is crafted to evoke feelings of discomfort and creepiness, all while delivering a dose of terror. The modern twist adds a fresh perspective to the genre, making it a captivating read for those who enjoy the strange and macabre.
In her second collection, We Could Be Anywhere by Now, Katherine Stansfield brings us poems about placement and displacement full of both wry comedy and uneasy tension. Stints in Wales, Italy and Canada, plus return trips to her native Cornwall all spark poems delighting in the off-key, the overheard, the comedy and pathos of everyday life.
In 2018, Katherine Stansfield was the poet-in-residence at Cornerstone, the neo-Gothic church in the centre of Cardiff converted into an events space. This pamphlet of new poems is the result: the record of a dynamic year of varied events, and an exploration of this fascinating building's rich history.
Cornwall 1845. What caused the death of a tattooed stranger found on Morwenstow beach clutching a key? Is he a victim of deliberate wrecking, lured by false lights? Or are tales of savage mermaids true?
Jamaica Inn, 1844: the talk is of witches. A boy has vanished in the woods of Trethevy on the North Cornish coast, and a reward is offered for his return. Shilly has had enough of such dark doings, but her new companion, the woman who calls herself Anna Drake, insists they investigate.
Cornwall, 1844. On a lonely moorland farm not far from Jamaica Inn, farmhand Shilly finds love in the arms of Charlotte Dymond. When she's found on the moor with her throat cut, Shilly is determined to find out who is responsible, and so is the stranger calling himself Mr Williams who asks for Shilly's help.
Katherine Stansfield's first collection from Seren, 'Playing House' introduces us to a vibrant new voice in British Poetry.
The horizon is a blue streak across the pale sea, giving the trick of land close enough to sail to. Pearl imagines a packet ship surging to another world with two passengers safe in the bows, their hands joined together.