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Darcy Coates Darcy Coates i(9443428 works by) (a.k.a. Darcie Coates)
Gender: Female
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Author of horror and suspense novels. In 2016, she was based on the NSW Central Coast.

In addition to works individually indexed on AustLit, Darcy Coates also wrote the expansion pack for tabletop mystery adventure game The Shivers.

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y separately published work icon The Haunting of Gillespie House Australia : Candlebreak , 2015 9444721 2015 single work novel horror

'Some houses breathe...

'Elle is thrilled to spend a month minding the beautiful Gillespie property. More than an hour's drive from the nearest town and surrounded by forests, the ageing mansion is ideal for someone seeking solitude.

'But things start to go very wrong, very quickly.

'Elle discovers a crumbling graveyard nestled in the woods. It contains a generation of the house's residents, all with an identical year of death.

'Scratching in the walls... slamming doors... whispers in the night... a locked room...

'As Elle explores deeper into the house, she begins to unravel the property's dark and dangerous history. At its centre is Jonathan Gillespie, a tyrannical cult leader and the house's original owner.

'And as Elle soon learns - just because he's dead, doesn't mean he's gone.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2015 finalist Australian Shadows Award Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
y separately published work icon The Haunting of Blackwood House Australia : Candlebreak , 2015 9444669 2015 single work novel horror

'Could you survive a week in a haunted house?

'Mara is the daughter of spiritualists. Her childhood was filled with séances, scam mediums and talk of ghostly presences.

'When Mara finally left her family’s home, she vowed she would never allow superstition or false religion into her life again. Now she’s ready to start over with her fiancé, Neil, in a world based on rationality and facts.

'But her past isn’t ready to let her go just yet.

'Mara and Neil purchase Blackwood House, a derelict property outside of town. They’re warned about strange occurrences in the crumbling building. Doors open by themselves, voices whisper in the night, bloody handprints appear on the walls, and cold spots linger in the basement, where the house’s original owner was murdered.

'But Blackwood was dirt-cheap and came with a large plot of overgrown land. Mara loves her new home, and disregards the warnings.

'Because ghosts aren’t real…

'…are they?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2015 shortlisted Australian Shadows Award Novel
y separately published work icon Ghost Camera Australia : Candlebreak , 2014 9444815 2014 single work novel horror

'When Jenine finds an abandoned Polaroid camera in a lighthouse, she takes a photo for fun. But there's something very, very wrong with the picture: it contains ghosts.

'Jenine and her best friend, Bree, realise the camera is capable of capturing the dead. But with each new photo taken, the spectres become more aware and more alert, and begin stalking the friends. Desperate, they seek the help of a paranormal researcher. But his news isn't good: they've meddled with a supernatural power far beyond their control, and the ghosts won't stop... not until Jenine and Bree are dead.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2014 finalist Australian Shadows Award Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction
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