Bailfire and Brimstone – PRE-ORDER

The odour of sweet wood smoke blended with roasting flesh, the crackle of burning timber mixed with agonized screams and unheeded weeping for mercy.

Haunted by the death of his mother for witchcraft, male witch, Munro, travels the land, seeking revenge on those responsible. Using dark magicke and wreaking retribution with bailfire and brimstone, takes Munro to the dark side. He knows more about the seen and unseen world than any witch alive.

Cursed to walk the earth, with no hope for salvation, could he be the only one that can rescue the blameless? Redemption may be on the horizon, but Munro is a reluctant hero.

A dark as pitch tale set in the reign of James Ist and the bloody hysteria over witchcraft. Terrifying folk horror from a Mistress of the art.

PRAISE FOR DRWG STONES BY RAVEN DANE

‘Creepy and delivering a nice dose of Pagan horror, Drwg Stones doesn’t manifest as you might expect a stone-circle-of-evil story to. It explores striking characters and emotion, with a folklore backdrop; but it nonetheless serves on a plate everything you’d want, from insightful and weird histories, a book to discomfort your psyche more than one to discomfort you with simple goosebumps.’ Ben Unsworth, Goodreads

‘I couldn’t put it down! I loved the characters – they all felt so rounded, like I could get in their heads. Beautifully written. The suspense and action of a thriller but with enough emotional story and character development to keep me interested and caring about what happened to them.’ Laputian Queen, Amazon

‘Creepy and atmospheric – definitely a read if you love pagan and folklore stories.’ Hello, Amazon

‘The story sank deep into the history of the town and the creepiness of the story just seeped into my psyche! I would find myself getting caught up in the story and reading the book late into the night as I just could not put the book down!’ Marie, Goodreads

‘It always surprises me how there are so many books out there that are just fantastic that have so little reviews. This is a truly fascinating world. Creepy, somewhat lovecraftian, and recognisable as post war era. Loved it.’ SH, Amazon

169pp. B-format paperback original novel.
ISBN: 978-1-84583-254-4
Published 31 October 2025

Cover by Martin Baines

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Raven Dane is an Irish, UK based author of dark fantasy, alternative history, science fiction, horror, steampunk novels and horror and science fiction short stories. Her first books were the dark fantasy Legacy of the Dark Kind trilogy. These were followed by a High Fantasy spoof, The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire. Her steampunk novels are the award-winning Cyrus Darian and the Technomicron, Cyrus Darian and the Ghastly Horde and Cyrus Darian and the Wicked Wraith. All written as a celebration of her love of steampunk and its welcoming community.

She has had many short stories published, including one in a celebration of forty years of the British Fantasy Society and in many international horror anthologies. These have included Crystal Lake’s Tales of the Lake 2 and Shallow Waters Volume 2. She also had a story in Frightmare – Women Write Horror which was shortlisted for a prestigious Bram Stoker award in 2016. She also has short stories in anthologies in the Gruesome Grotesque series published by TK Publishing and in many international anthologies edited by Dean M Drinkel.

In 2013, she was signed up by Telos Publishing for her collection of Victorian ghost stories, Absinthe and Arsenic and in 2015, the alternative history/supernatural novel, Death’s Dark Wings set in the turbulent years before 1066, with a very different ending!

A lifelong Doctor Who fan, Raven was delighted to be part of the script team on a spin off film, The Daemons of Devil’s End by Reeltime Pictures in 2017. She also contributed to the novelisation of the film, published by Telos and had an acting part in the film.

Also with Telos Publishing, her folk horror/Lovecraftian novella Drwg Stones set in the atomic age Cumbria came out in 2024.

Raven brought out a well-received horror novella, The Bane of Bailgate in 2018, set in Lincoln in celebration of ten years of the famous Steampunk Weekend at the Asylum.

Her novella set in a chaotic, dystopian future, House of Wrax was launched by Demain Publishing in 2020 to enthusiastic reviews from readers and Science Fiction critics.

Also with Demain Publishing, Raven was honoured to be chosen to have a short story in an anthology based in the grim world of A Quiet Apocalypse novellas by celebrated author Dave Jeffreys. She is currently planning a collaboration with Dave set in his AQA world.

Her scurrilous parody of High Fantasy, The Unwise Woman of Fuggis Mire was republished in 2022 with a beautiful new cover created by Claire Peacey from Autumn Sky. In 2024, a new edition of Blood Tears was published with a great new cover. The other two in the trilogy are planned to be released later in 2025.

Raven is also currently working on a novel based in Cyrus Darien’s dystopian Victorian London featuring a theatre with a highly unusual cast.