Gothic Fiction Author
FrancysWagner
Gothic romance. Haunted houses. Secrets buried in time. Stories that linger long after the last page.
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Gothic Fiction Author
Gothic romance. Haunted houses. Secrets buried in time. Stories that linger long after the last page.
Discover the books
The house and the haunted forest hold a sixty-year-old secret, tied to her own blood. When Lucila arrives at the fog-bound manor of Stonagris, the forest, the house, and a forgotten truth stir beneath the moss — and what she discovers will change her life, and her heart.
A quiet house. A reclusive employer. A secret that walks in the night. Julen thought he was just taking a job. Edric thought he was just hiring help. They were both wrong. A story of haunting pasts, fragile trust, and the courage to let someone in.
A summons from the past. A tragedy shrouded in secrets. When Adriel returns to Bloms Orchard to care for the man he once loved in secret — now blind and burdened by guilt — he's pulled into the epicentre of a mystery. To find a future, they must first unravel the painful truth of the past.
Award-winning short fiction — free to read. Five StoryStar prize-winning stories, each a world of its own.
Romance · Fantasy · ★ StoryStar February Winner
A warm glow in a shop that had been empty for seventeen years. A card-maker who knows her name. And a love that has crossed lifetimes to find her — arriving, as promised, on Valentine's Day.
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Literary Fiction · ★ StoryStar March Winner
Returning to her family home to sell it, Jocelyn finds her father's unfinished painting in the attic — and, in it, the life she was always meant to live.
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Literary Romance · ★ StoryStar April Winner
A famous actor returns to his childhood home carrying a diagnosis that will steal his memory. What he finds there — and the woman who stays — becomes the only role that ever truly mattered.
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Lyrical · Deep-Emotional Romance · StoryStar 4th Place
Brian wakes at 6:47 every morning to the same routine, the same silence, the same absence. Three months since Camila left. Then one Saturday walk changes everything.
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Psychological · Dark Fiction · ★ StoryStar June 2nd Place
He has no idea how he got here. Tied to a bed in a room he doesn't recognise, his mind circles back — to a lagoon, a drowning, and the weight of everything he has done and failed to do.
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Published in Otherwise Engaged: A Literature and Arts Journal, Vol. 13, Summer 2024
Featured among 141 artists, writers, and photographers worldwide in this American biannual literature and arts journal.
Writing Style
Deep-emotional romance & romance with hints of Gothic
I believe that writing is an act of magic. It opens our minds to travel paths that don't exist and opens our hearts to understand feelings that aren't our own.
Though it's a solitary journey, it allows us to glimpse the vast dimensions of the soul and proves that imagination knows no limits.
For me, the ability to turn ideas into stories is a fantastic way to keep the mind active and experience a spectrum of emotions. It's a constant push to improve as a person and to find my own voice.
Join me to travel this imaginary world together.
Questions, feedback, or just want to say hello? I'd love to hear from you.
✉ francyshuntington@gmail.com