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Author · Storyteller
Tessa West
@tessawest
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 West writes across horror and supernatural, with a particular interest in character, atmosphere, revision and the details that turn a manuscript into a finished book.
Readers notice more than writers sometimes give them credit for.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Tessa West
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Early draft
The Quiet Shelf
When a Liverpool public library begins quietly losing the names of the dead from its archive, a reluctant cataloguer notices the missing entries are not staying missing. Each erased record leaves behind a presence that wants something from the living, and the building’s oldest rooms start behaving as if they remember a different version of the city.
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