The shelves of All Hallows’ Eve fare grow darker and more disturbing. The air smells of damp autumn leaves and candle-scorched pumpkin. Then, as you travel farther into its shadowy depths, things begin to change. Fun and frightful decorations, ghastly costumes and masks of the season, and bags of candy galore. When you first enter The Halloween Store, things seem normal.

Seven stories of Celtic gothic terror… tales to quicken the beat of the heart and chill one’s bones to the very marrow. In Irish Gothic: Tales of Celtic Horror, Ronald Kelly returns to the land of his ancestry and explores the dark superstition and frightful folklore of Ol’ Éire. The restless spirit of the Sluagh and the bestial form of the werewolf, hungry and on the prowl. Banshee, selkie, leprechaun, and fairy alike.

Within the cloak of night, boogies and beasties roam the moors, keen for the echo of lonesome footsteps and the alluring scent of fear and dread. A kind blessing for health and happiness, and a pint in your hand at the village pub… as well as the sound of fife and fiddle, the lilting tune of laughter, and the cheerful dance of a jig.īut, as the sun takes leave and dusk descends, deep shadows and the dank of an evening mist claim the Land of Saints. Of rolling green hills and stone walls at every step of a mile. In the bright and bonnie light of day, it is a place of beauty, history, and good humor. Kelly was chosen as 'Horror World's Author of the Month' for April 2008, and they published his short story 'Mister Mack & The Monster Mobile' on their website.My new collection of Irish horror stories, IRISH GOTHIC: TALES OF CELTIC HORROR is now available from Crossroad Press. In 2006, Ronald Kelly started writing again. In 1996 Ronald Kelly stopped writing for almost ten years and worked various jobs including welder, factory worker, production manager, drugstore manager, and custodian. Ronald Kelly began his writing career in 1986 and quickly sold his first short story, 'Breakfast Serial,' to Terror Time Again magazine. Ronald attended Pegram Elementary School and Cheatham County Central High School (both in Ashland City, Tennessee) before starting his writing career. son of Robert and Katherine Earline (Spicer) Kelly. Ronald Kelly was born on Novemin Nashville, Tennessee, United States. His tales are usually set in the Southern United States and feature language and actions that are associated with those regions. Ronald Kelly is an American writer, best known as the author of a speculative fiction and 'southern-fried' horror books.

Hindsight by Ronald Kelly