Sometimes the monster is the thing you were taught to fear. Sometimes it’s the thing you can’t stop wanting.
In Annie Summerlee’s The Book of Blood and Roses, vampire hunter Rebecca Charity is undercover at a university in the Scottish Highlands, searching for a lost compendium of ways to kill vampires and bring her one step closer to avenging her parents. But then she meets Aliz Astra, heir to one of the most powerful vampire families—and the most beautiful woman Rebecca has ever met. She is everything Rebecca has always hated, but also everything she has ever wanted, and now she doesn’t know if she wants to kiss or kill her.
In M. Vixen’s The Ranger’s Heart, Yara has only ever known a life of duty, protecting the people of Cel’Fiore from the Abyss, the Realm of Demons. But when alarm bells warn of an invasion, she finds not foul demons but vicious mortals attacking her village. Fleeing the horrors of humanity, she takes refuge in an abandoned tower, where an unnaturally beautiful statue has awoken and now shadows her every step. As the pair struggle to survive, a terrible secret threatens to shatter everything Yara has ever believed in.
In Shannon K. English’s Endless Blue Beneath, Eppie will never be anything more than the outcast girl who kissed the grocer’s daughter. But beneath the water’s surface lies a future she could never imagine. Stolen from the shore and transformed, Eppie is stronger, swifter—and hungrier. When she meets Marie, a beautiful mermaid with a past as shadowed as her raven-black scales, Eppie finds she no longer needs to resist her deepest desires. But with mermaid hunters on the horizon, she must decide whether to protect her new, monstrous family or leave it all behind for a chance to live above the waves once again.
About the event
Running time: 55 minutes
Venue: Theatre
Price: £11/£9 concession - In Person - or £6 Live Stream - (plus 50p booking fee)
This event takes place in person and is broadcast via live stream.
A recording of this event will be available to catch-up on our YouTube until 30 November 2026. Ticket holders and weekend pass owners will receive the catch-up link automatically after the festival. Please keep an eye on your SPAM.
This event is followed by a book signing in the Upper Hall.
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