Jacci will discuss what makes a good horror story, what the hooks are and why the genre is so popular

Jacci is joining us at Southam Bookfest!

See main event page here: Southam Book Festival 2026 Tickets, Sunday 11 October • 11 AM - 4 PM | Eventbrite (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/southam-book-festival-2026-tickets-1998551494319?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true)

A lover of ghost and creepy horror stories since an early age, Jacci will discuss what makes a good horror story, what the hooks are and why the genre is so popular.

If you've ever glimpsed something out of the corner of your eye, or felt your skin prickle with fear, then this talk is for you!

Her short story compilation A Collection of Unsettling Short Stories; Leave the Light On reflects the world around us through a darker, and at times, foreboding, lens. She will share with you a creepy story from her fully revised and updated book, hopefully demonstrating that when writing horror, less is definitely more.

With an extra story just for the chill of it, her unique collection of stories is a delicious assortment of the macabre and the creepy, the gruesome and the ghostly. Jacci’s compilation contains the winning entry of Writing Magazine's horror competition 2012, plus a story shortlisted for the Dark Fantasy Anthology 2018.

And for light relief, at the moment Jacci is in the process of editing her second full novel for which she will soon be seeking representation.

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