Emma.R.Schofield is a British fantasy writer whose debut book, The Nature of Shadow, came out in March this year. It is the first of a Literary High Fantasy series for five, the second of which, Anhame, will also (fingers crossed) be available at the fair.

The Nature of Shadow is a Literary High Fantasy series is for people who love myth and magic, dragons and sword-fighting, and walking the path of story with a frighteningly powerful protagonist who nevertheless faces entirely human struggles. Low on violence and sex, it is suitable for fantasy lovers from young adult to long-retired elder.

Book 1: The Nature of Shadow
Anhame, the Hall under the six point star, is the only place Lia can learn how to use her terrifying powers. But to take the oath, and to pass through the trials, she must conceal the darkness that is her nature. How long can she hide her dark secret from the Masters of her craft? And if they find out, what will they do to ensure she is not a danger to everyone around her?

Book 2: Anhame
The only way that Lia’s powers will reach their full potential is if she passes through the trials. What will Fate place in her path to test her higher senses to their limits? And has she learned enough, is she powerful enough, to escape the terrifying deaths that claim those who fail?

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A Yorkshire Gospel: Search for a Spare Messiah

In the quiet East Yorkshire village of Roos, so flat you could watch a terrier run away for three days, are two men of middling ambition that stumble upon a mystery of biblical proportions.

When Coldog and Trev discover a cryptic message on a beer mat suggesting someone called ‘Helen’ may have found the Grail, they do what any reasonable men would do. They go looking for it.

What follows is a quest involving: a jar with suspicious contents, a dog who is always muddy, at least three Helens, and the worrying possibility that God might have had a second child.

A Yorkshire Gospel is a surreal, irreverent, and thoroughly northern adventure about faith, friendship, and the dangers of thinking too hard after six pints. Somewhere between divine revelation and administrative error lies the truth. And it might just be in Yorkshire.

About the Author
C. R. de Gernon writes comedic fiction from a fortified potting shed, drawing inspiration from the people, buildings, landscapes, and peculiar logic of Yorkshire life. He writes in various persons as he identifies as plural. He explains that “I am one” and “the other is me”; therefore, the two of us are “we”.

It is understood that he currently lives somewhere in East Yorkshire, where rumours continue to circulate with alarming efficiency.

C. R. de Gernon is the 14th heir to a title that no longer exists and a fortune of sprouting vintage grass seeds.

Vanya Bagaev (Vanechka) is a Russian-British writer and translator, and founder of the samizdat press nova·nevédoma (nova-nevedoma.com). His most recent novels are Tulubaikaporia (2026), about a vanishing Russian village and the people trying to escape it or return to it, and Deleted Scenes from the Bestselling Utopian Novel (2024), a dystopian satire and psychological horror about a fictional reflection of contemporary Russia. Vanya’s work has been shortlisted for the Saroyan International Prize for Short Fiction and has appeared in the Republic of Letters, Apocrypha, SUM FLUX and Soaring Twenties, among other places.

I’m the author of the Blood and Shadows trilogy and an upcoming RomCom. I may or may not bring prerelease copies of the RomCom that is scheduled to release in December. I also run an indie author only bookstore called ISBNuk, Indie Supporters Book Nook, which contains everything you need as an indie author.

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