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Author · Storyteller
Tessa Roberts
@tessaroberts
Horror writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Tessa Roberts writes across horror and gothic, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Tessa Roberts
On the writing desk
Currently creating
First draft
The House of Salt and Ink
After her mother dies, Mara Vale inherits a decaying coastal boarding house in Swansea that has been closed for decades, along with ledgers full of names that should not still be legible. As she restores the building, she discovers the house keeps rewriting its own rooms, its records, and the people who stay inside it.
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Draft progress
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