Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

Follow to get new release updates and improved recommendations

About Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

Catherine McCarthy spins dark yarns that deliver a sting in the tail.

She is the author of the collections Door and other twisted tales and Mists and Megaliths. Her latest release, Immortelle, is a Gothic tale of grief and revenge, set on the West Wales coast.

Her short stories and flash fiction have been published in various places online and in anthologies, including those by Brigids Gate Press, Gallery for the Curious, Dark Recesses Press and Black Spot Books.

In 2020 she won the Aberystwyth University Prize for creative writing for her magical realism story, The Queen’s Attendant.

When she is not writing, she may be found walking the Welsh coast path or huddled among ancient gravestones reading Machen or Poe.

Ellen Datlow

Hailey Piper

Shane Hawk

Samantha Kolesnik

Joe Koch

Steve Stred

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.

Learn more at Author Central

1 11 1

$1.20

Kindle Edition
$5.99

Kindle Edition
$4.99

Kindle Edition
$2.99

Kindle Edition
$5.99

Kindle Edition
$3.99

Kindle Edition
$2.99

Kindle Edition
$0.99

Kindle Edition
$2.99

Kindle Edition
$0.99

Kindle Edition
$2.99

Kindle Edition
$3.77

Kindle Edition

Author Updates

Titles By Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

All Formats Kindle Edition Audible Audiobook Paperback Hardcover

25 Gates of Hell: A Horror Anthology Oct 29, 2020

by John West, R.L. Burwick, Alex R. Knight III, Jill Girardi, Dane T. Hatchell, Brandon Scott, Shane Woods, Rich Restucci, Liam Bradley, Gregg Chamberlain

( 333 )

$1.20

Once, in another age, the gates that guard the fiery inferno that is hell creaked open in the dark and unleashed, upon this earth, every drop of terror that could be wrung from beyond them. A group of storytellers banded together to chronicle the tsunami of evil that ensued. Their scribblings depicted events so horrific, the manuscript was hidden away.

Now, dear reader, you seem to have stumbled upon it.

And you have opened it.

You must reap what you have sown.

Come, step into the pages. See firsthand what hell is capable of.

Of course, just know, you won’t last long enough to scream.

Other Formats: Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Were Tales: A Shapeshifter Anthology Sep 21, 2021

by Jonathan Maberry, Eric J. Guignard, Stephanie Ellis, Catherine McCarthy, Gabino Iglesias, Cindy O'Quinn, Cynthia Pelayo, Christina Sng, Laurel Hightower, H.R. Boldwood, Ben Monroe, Elle Turpitt, Michelle Garza, Melissa Lason, Beverley Lee, S.H. Cooper, Villimey Mist, Kev Harrison, Theresa Derwin, Ruschelle Dillon, Linda Addison, Stephanie Wytovich, Tabatha Wood, Shane Douglas Keene, Sara Tantlinger, Alyson Faye, Baba Jide Low, S.D. Vassallo, Steven M. Long

( 24 )

$5.99

Werewolves. Berserkers. Kitsune. From the most ancient times, tales have been told of people who transform into beasts. Sometimes they’re friendly and helpful. Sometimes they’re tricksters, playing jokes on their hapless victims. And sometimes, they’re terrifying.

Were Tales is a collection of scary, thrilling, dark, mysterious, and even humorous short stories and poems of shapeshifters, from the talented minds of Jonathan Maberry, Stephanie Ellis, Gabino Iglesias, Laurel Hightower, Eric J. Guignard, Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason, Shane Douglas Keene, Clara Madrigano, Kev Harrison, Beverley Lee, S.H. Cooper, Elle Turpitt, Catherine McCarthy, Alyson Faye, Theresa Derwin, Ruschelle Dillon, Baba Jide Low, H.R. Boldwood, Ben Monroe, Cynthia Pelayo, Cindy O’Quinn, Sara Tantlinger, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Linda Addison, Villimey Mist, Tabatha Wood, and Christina Sng.

Other Formats: Paperback

Picnic in the Graveyard: An Anthology of Cemetery Horrors May 3, 2022

by Joe Sullivan, Tom Deady, Bev Vincent, J.A.W. McCarthy, JG Faherty, Stephanie Ellis, Samantha Kolesnik, Nuzo Onoh, Nick Kolakowski, John Brhel

$4.99

Of time spent in cemeteries, finding your way in the world by way of the graveyards and churchyards, picnicking with loved ones beside mausoleums and beneath ornamental obelisks. New horror fiction from some of the genre's most exciting names, like Tom Deady, Samantha Kolesnik, Nick Kolakowski, Nuzo Onoh, Stephanie Ellis, J.A.W. McCarthy, Bev Vincent, and JG Faherty. This anthology contains weird and wonderful tales that take place in burial places. Stories both frightening and fun; come picnic with us!

Also featuring stories from such talents as Tim Meyer, Nicole Willson, Michael Harris Cohen, Mark Allan Gunnells, L. Marie Wood, R.J. Joseph, Catherine McCarthy, Mark Towse, LP Hernandez, Alex Ebenstein, Alex Woodroe, Michael Kelly, Kenneth W. Cain, and a poem from Shane Douglas Keene.

Other Formats: Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Graveyard Smash: Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2 (Kandisha Press Women Of Horror Anthology Series) Nov 4, 2020

by Jill Girardi, Dona Fox, Michelle Renee Lane, J.A.W. McCarthy, V Castro, Ellie Douglas, Ksenia Murray, Janine Pipe, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Sonora Taylor

( 89 )

$2.99

Step through the prettiest cemetery gates you've ever seen and experience tombstone raves and widow's dances, Japanese snow-spirits, Aztec bruja and temple goddesses, vengeful ghosts, djinn and cannibals, vampire hunters, plague bearers, graverobbers, and terrors beyond reason. Read through the night as the dead rise from boneyards all around the world!

#FRIGHTGIRLSUMMER recommended reading!

Featuring chilling tales from:

Christy Aldridge

Carmen Baca

Demi-Louise Blackburn

R.A. Busby

V. Castro

Dawn DeBraal

Ellie Douglas

Tracy Fahey

Dona Fox

Cassidy Frost

Michelle Renee Lane

Beverley Lee

J.A.W. McCarthy

Catherine McCarthy

Susan McCauley

Ksenia Murray

Ally Peirse

Janine Pipe

Lydia Prime

Paula R.C. Readman

Yolanda Sfetsos

Sonora Taylor

Edited by Jill Girardi

With foreword by Doc Holocausto (Evilspeak Magazine, Harvest Ritual, Creepy Crawls)

Other Formats: Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales Jan 31, 2022

by Alex Woodroe, Alexis DuBon, Anna Fitzgerald Healy, Catherine McCarthy, Cindy O'Quinn, Deana Lisenby, Emily J. Cohen, Erica Ruppert, Helen Glynn Jones, Jen Mierisch

( 6 )

$5.99

"Deliciously creepy and haunting! These tales had me enraptured and gave me chills. Each story has its own distinct voice, but a common thread of eeriness seamlessly weaves them together in a wonderfully curated collection. Don’t read it alone in the dark!"
Kathleen Foxx, founder/host of badasswriters podcast

A Quaint and Curious Volume of Gothic Tales; 23 stories of madness, pain, ghosts, curses, unspoken secrets, greed, murder, and one of the creepiest collections of dolls ever. Ranging from traditional gothic themes to more modern tropes, this anthology is sure to please the reader…and send a cold shiver or two down their spine.

So, come on in; enter the parlor, find a place by the fire, and experience the beautiful, dark, and occasionally heartbreaking stories told by the authors. The editor, Alex Woodroe, has passionately and carefully curated a powerful volume of stories, written by an amazing and diverse group of contemporary women writers.

Other Formats: Paperback

Immortelle Nov 12, 2021

by Catherine McCarthy

( 69 )

$3.99

When Elinor’s daughter, Rowena, is found poisoned and dead in an animal trough, Elinor is sure the local parish priest is to blame.

A ceramic artist by trade and influenced by her late grandmother’s interest in supernatural magic, Elinor crafts an immortelle for Rowena’s grave and attempts to capture the girl’s spirit in the clay model of a starling. Soon she is inundated with requests for immortelles and the more immersed in the craft she becomes, the greater her powers grow.

As the dead share their secrets with grieving Elinor, she learns the sordid truth of what happened to her beloved daughter and plots a revenge so hideous, it must be kept a secret forever.

Other Formats: Paperback

The One That Got Away : Women of Horror Anthology Volume 3 Jan 20, 2021

by Gwendolyn Kiste, Sonora Taylor, Catherine McCarthy, Janine Pipe, Yolanda Sfetsos, Meg Hafdahl, Michelle Renee Lane, Barrington Smith-Seetachitt, Mocha Pennington, Jill Girardi

( 58 )

$2.99

What doesn't kill me, might make me kill you!

30 women authors from around the world were challenged to write about The One That Got Away. Here you'll find tales of unrequited love, blind dates gone wrong, stalkers and their prey, cursed guitars, alien symbiotes, sinister letters, and bitter acts of revenge. Dive into murky depths and discover what hides inside the minds of women scorned..

Book 3 in the Kandisha Press Women of Horror Anthology Series

#frightgirlwinter recommended reading!

With Foreword by Gwendolyn Kiste (Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of The Rust Maidens)

Edited by Jill Girardi

Featuring stories from: Carmen Baca, Ushasi Sen Basu, Demi-Louise Blackburn, Ashley Burns, R.A. Busby, Amira Krista Calvo, Dawn DeBraal, Shawnna Deresch, Ellie Douglas, Amy Grech, KC Grifant, Meg Hafdahl, Rowan Hill, Stevie Kopas, Michelle Renee Lane, Catherine McCarthy, Villimey Mist, Mocha Pennington, Faith Pierce, Janine Pipe, Lydia Prime, Paula RC Readman, Marsheila Rockwell, Lucy Rose, Rebecca Rowland, Hadassah Shiradski, Yolanda Sfetsos, Barrington Smith-Seetachitt, J Snow and Sonora Taylor.

Other Formats: Paperback

Door and other twisted tales Aug 19, 2019

by Catherine McCarthy

( 39 )

$0.99

Botany Bay, 1790 – One by one, a colony of white-skinned pioneers disappear from their camp. Did the legendary rainbow serpent of the Dreamtime, Goorialla, wreak revenge on the ghosts for disturbing its sacred watering hole?

North-east coast of Japan 2011, vicinity of Fukushima Nuclear Plant – Seismic waves on the Pacific Ocean floor cause a catastrophic tsunami. The mythical giant catfish, Namazu, is believed to seek retribution for human greed by creating earthquakes. Could it be to blame?

Door and other twisted tales is a collection of ten dark portal stories, each set in a different time, a different place, yet woven together by supernatural visitations which result in the death, destruction and disappearance of humans in recompense for their actions.

From Plague – the embodiment of the 14th Century Black Death, to Shams – a contemporary tale of the mysteries of quantum physics and the mind, Door and other twisted tales will lead you on a journey through time and place as the consequences of greed, loneliness. fear and impulse, are exposed.

Other Formats: Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Mists and Megaliths Apr 27, 2021

by Catherine McCarthy

( 58 )

$2.99

Welcome to Wales, land of mists and megaliths, where mythical creatures and ancient spirits lurk in the strangest of places.
This collection of 10 supernatural stories offers a flurry of folklore, a gathering of ghosts, and even a cosmic cave creature.
Stories include...
Lure: A fisherman who nets the tail fin of a lure becomes obsessed with finding the rest, but what else lies hidden in the ancient lake?
Carreg Samson: A Neolithic burial chamber stares out to sea, remembering times long since past, but when it loses its heart of stone to a young girl the repercussions are hard to bear.
Coblynau: An old man watches the mountain which was once a slag heap of coal. He listens for the knock of the Coblynau, certain they will come for him... soon, just like they did to warn of the Aberfan disaster.

Author Catherine McCarthy’s second collection invites the reader on a regional journey, evoking a sense of quiet horror from the cosmic to the Gothic.

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

From The Depths Nov 10, 2021

by Ramsey Campbell, Brandon Scott, Lydia Prime, Jill Girardi, Joshua Marsella, Catherine McCarthy, Sonora Taylor, Elizabeth Black, Nicholas Catron, Josh Darling

( 9 )

$0.99

Fourteen horror authors were asked to dig deep within themselves and bring forth the story that best represents their dark art. Dive in and find what lurks in the murky depths of a writer's mind..

With foreword by the Master of Horror, Ramsey Campbell

Edited by Lydia Prime

Featuring stories from:
Elizabeth Black
R.L. Burwick
Nicholas Catron
Josh Darling
Jill Girardi
Mark Allan Gunnells
Marie Lanza
Bobby Lee
Joshua Marsella
Catherine McCarthy
Lydia Prime
Alexander Shedd
Brandon Scott
Sonora Taylor

Other Formats: Paperback

Dead Awake: 12 Tales of Darkness Sep 30, 2020

by Stanley Wiater, Christy Aldridge, C.W. Blackwell, Jill Girardi, Mark Allan Gunnells, Sylvia Elven, A C Fraser, Sadie Hartmann, Michelle Renee Lane, Catherine McCarthy

( 78 )

$2.99

Twelve tales of darkness from the new generation of horror authors that will seep into your mind as you lie Dead Awake at night.

Including tales from new horror standouts: Christy Aldridge, C.W. Blackwell, Jill Girardi, Mark Allan Gunnells, Sylvia Elven, A C Fraser, Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror), Michelle Renee Lane, Catherine McCarthy, Justin Montgomery, Ethan Pollard, and the Sisters of Slaughter.

As horror legend Stanley Wiater stated, "Go revel in their waking nightmares."

Other Formats: Audible Audiobook , Paperback

This title and over 1 million more available with Kindle Unlimited.

Diabolica Britannica: A Dark Isles Horror Compendium Jul 13, 2020

by Keith Anthony Baird

( 59 )

$3.77

Diabolica Britannica is a collection of 14 dark tales from the dark isles. It features contributions from the following authors: Adam L G Nevill, Tim Lebbon, Keith Anthony Baird, John F Leonard, Morgan K Tanner, Arthur M Harper, Christopher Henderson, Beverley Lee, Sarah E England, Catherine McCarthy, Stephanie Ellis, Janine Pipe, Sarah J Budd and Alyson Faye.

Genre legend Ramsey Campbell contributes with an insightful foreword and puts his stamp on another addition to British horror's legacy. All for a good cause, the profits from this anthology will go to fund the NHS' efforts in COVID-19 research.

So explore every corner of this compendium and be pulled into the shadowy depths of the dark isles.

More Information

Are you an author? Visit Author Central to change your photo, edit your biography, and more

Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

Similar authors to follow

About Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

Customers Also Bought Items By

Are you an author?

Author Updates

Titles By Mrs Catherine Ann McCarthy

More Information