The result of over five years work, my new novel Sker House drops today!
It’s a contemporary ghost story with a distinctly Welsh flavour, featuring some great artwork by Stoker Award-nominee Greg Chapman.

Dale and Lucy are two students with a fascination in the supernatural. One weekend, they travel to Sker House, South Wales, a private residence with a macabre history which has recently been converted into a seaside inn. They plan to write an article for their university magazine about a supposed haunting, but when they arrive, they meet a landlord who seems to have a lot to hide. Soon, it becomes apparent that all is not well at Sker House. An air of oppression hangs over it, while misery, tragedy and ill-fortune are commonplace. Gradually, it becomes clear that the true depth of the mystery goes far beyond a mere historical haunting. This is a place where bad things happen, and evil lurks.
Little by little Dale and Lucy fall under Sker’s dark spell, and as they begin to unravel the mysteries of the past, they realize that nothing stays buried forever.
Welcome to Sker House, a place where past and present collide.
The book is already picking up some rave reviews, one of which, from the Horror cabin, you can read HERE
Sker House is available exclusively on Amazon:
UK LINK
US LINK
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About cmsaunders
I write stuff. Pretty much any stuff. My fiction and non-fiction has appeared in over a hundred publications worldwide and my books have been both traditionally and independently published. My first book, Into the Dragon's Lair – A Supernatural History of Wales was published back in 2003, and I've worked extensively in the freelance journalism industry, contributing features to numerous international publications including Fortean Times, Bizarre, Urban Ink, Loaded, Record Collector, Maxim, and a regular column to the Western Mail newspaper.
I lived in China for over nine years where I taught English at universities in Beijing, Changsha and Guangzhou during my search for enlightenment, before moving back to the UK in January 2013 to work as staff writer on Nuts magazine. Later, I was senior writer on Forever Sports magazine, associate editor at a shortlived title called Coach, and I currently write business news for a trade magazine about the plastics industry. It's far more satisfying than it sounds. My latest fiction releases have been Human Waste (on Deviant Dolls Publications) and X5, my fifth collection of short fiction. I also edit, proofread, ghost write, and drink far too much craft beer.
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March 1st, 2016 at 6:05 pm
Congrats! I will need to pick this up!
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March 1st, 2016 at 6:05 pm
[…] Source: Sker House is out TODAY! […]
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March 1st, 2016 at 6:07 pm
The big day, huh? Good luck, hope this does well. Sounds like something I would like, I’ll be sure to check this out.
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March 1st, 2016 at 7:03 pm
Thanks, Casey! 🙂
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March 2nd, 2016 at 2:09 am
Congrats!
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March 2nd, 2016 at 1:16 pm
Thank you, Daniel! 🙂
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September 4th, 2016 at 4:18 am
[…] on DeadPixel Publications, Sker House will be available for pre-order soon. Further details will follow imminently. But first things […]
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October 27th, 2017 at 6:49 pm
[…] I modified by name for fiction. There were some things I wrote while I was in China (including Sker House, and No Man’s Land: Horror in the Trenches) which just needed tweaking, and I also started […]
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August 29th, 2020 at 4:55 pm
[…] of fiction I’ve had published elsewhere, but longer original works, too, like Human Waste, Sker House and Dead of Night. There are many reasons why I do this, rather than go the traditional route. I […]
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