Forever shelf
Favorite books
- A House with Good Bones
- The Haunting of Hill House
- The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
- Ninth House
Lantern author
Sylvie Kestrel
Unsettling truths and complex midlife characters. Fiction that lingers long after the lights go out.
Cozy HorrorSouthern Gothic HorrorDark FairytaleDark Fantasy
Behind the byline
About the author
I am Sylvie Kestrel, Mistress of the Macabre. I operate strictly on graveyard hours. As an insomniac who trusts my metaphysical tools to make my decisions, I write about seasoned souls who have lived long enough to know better, but choose to step into the dark anyway. What keeps me tethered to the page is the exact thing that steals my sleep: after dark, the stories get louder, and the voices inside them absolutely refuse to be silenced until their tales are told.
⌖ Mississippi Gulf Coast
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The fun stuff.
The little things readers always want to know after the last page.
In the headphones
Writing soundtrack
- Phantom of the Opera Soundtrack
- Gothic Soundscapes
- Tibetan Singing Bowls
Tiny author lore
Things to know
- Lets the tarot deck decide
- Smudges ink with her left hand
- Never looks behind the shower curtain.
On Lantern
Stories by Sylvie Kestrel
Southern Gothic Cozy Horror
The Velvet Cage
Cass Miller is fifty-two and worn thin, by severe fibromyalgia and by a lifetime of being told she is too much trouble in a world built for other people. Then she finds Seafoam, a stilt cottage on a hidden Mississippi canal, and everything eases. The pain quiets. The house seems to fit her, right down to her left-handed grip. A soft-spoken handyman named Beau begins to feel like home. For the first time in years, Cass feels truly cared for. She is only starting to wonder what that kind of care will cost her.
Read Chapter One: August 14 →Found a new favorite?