Witcheskin by Nem Rowan
Series: Lunar Shadows #1
Publisher: Gurt Dog Press
Re-release Date: September 25, 2020
Subgenre: LGBTQIA+ Horror Fantasy Romance
Cover Artist: Nem Rowan
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Rough Sleepers by Nem Rowan
Series: Lunar Shadows #2
Publisher: Gurt Dog Press
Re-release Date: September 25, 2020
Subgenre: LGBTQIA+ Horror Fantasy Romance
Cover Artist: Nem Rowan
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Lunar Shadows Re-release Tour:
Witcheskin and Rough Sleepers, both set in the Lunar Shadows verse, are two very different but closely entwined stories set in the lush wilds of rural Wales and the harsh gritty inner city of South West England. Two very different main characters and two very different mysteries to be solved. Both are a blend of horror, urban fantasy and LGBTQ+ romance, with colourful supporting casts and complex villains whose motives are driven by their basic human natures.
They have own-voices trans and queer representation, and both books are standalones, but set in the same universe.
Both Witcheskin and Rough Sleepers have previously been released and then re-released, but are now, for the final time, being re-released again through Gurt Dog Press, with gorgeous new covers, new interior design and with bonus chapters. They are now also being released in both paperback and hardcover, as well as e-book.
Synopsis for Witcheskin:
Following the disappearance of his father, keen photographer Owen returns to the Welsh village where his parents grew up to live with his mother and her boyfriend. Despite being born in Wales and having been raised in England, Owen feels like an outcast, and the villagers are unfriendly. He soon discovers an epidemic of cattle mutilations that have been spreading through the countryside like a rash and, determined to discover the cause, he takes up his camera and starts snapping pictures.
While pursuing the mystery, he meets Maredudd, an old friend of his parents of whom they had never spoken, and Owen can’t help but feel drawn to him. Maredudd seems to know more about the mutilations than the other villagers are willing to admit, and even more about the supposed death of Owen’s father than his own mother does. Maredudd shows Owen things he never thought possible, and Owen soon finds himself at the centre of the kind of folk tale only his father could dream of.
Maredudd lay beside me, diagonally, so that the tide played with the long strands of his hair, sliding it up and down each time it came in. He didn’t care that it washed up around his ears or even onto his face sometimes. I wasn’t so relaxed about that; I lay slightly higher on the sand than he did, keeping my beard and my eyes dry. My skin was red from the sun, covered in sun-block though I was, but Maredudd’s skin had turned a beautiful shade of gold and little copper highlights had been picked out in his hair, which somehow made him seem more youthful despite his greying.
This tiny cove was hidden from the beach, inaccessible to tourists who weren’t aware of the tunnels where Morcant lived, so we had no worries about being interrupted. We swam naked together, bobbing in the waves that grew rougher in the deeper waters, and floated on inflatable rings when we grew tired of treading. Our cooler was packed with plastic ice cubes, chilled bottles of cider and soda water, so when the heat grew too intense, we popped off the bottle caps and sat drinking together on the rocks. We watched crabs scuttling amongst the drying seaweed and tiny fish darting through the rock pools, trapped until the tide rose again.
Synopsis for Rough Sleepers:
Leon, drag performer and club owner, is attacked by a werewolf one night and loses an arm—and more, after massacring his club guests. Now homeless and tormented by nightmares, he runs away from everything he knows.
Eventually, he meets Ceri, who invites Leon to live with him above a shop owned by a woman who lost her husband and son to a werewolf attack. She and Ceri are still hunting the unknown perpetrator, and Leon gladly lends his own assistance, eager to atone for his bloody past in the hopes he might one day be able to have a home and family again…
Nem Rowan is originally from the UK, but despite Brexit, he still considers himself to be European. He was born in the West Country of England, but later moved to Wales, where he lived for almost a decade before deciding to move to Sweden in the summer of 2019. He shares his home with his wife, his girlfriend, their rapidly-growing triplets, one cat, a little demon and a dog.
Nem started writing when he was very young. He always loved Horror stories and has an undying fascination with the creepy, the bizarre, the shocking and the unusual. Coupled with his enjoyment of love stories, his writing became a fusion of Horror and Romance, often with characters that have been through terrible hardships but who eventually reach the happy ending they deserve.
Nem’s books were originally published by the now defunct Less Than Three Press, and also by JMS Books for awhile. He is the owner of a brand new Speculative Fiction publisher, Gurt Dog Press, where he hopes to bring fresh, new LGBTQ+ fiction into the world.
Author Links
https://instagram.com/nemrowan
https://twitter.com/MrNemRowan
Enter the release tour giveaway for the chance to win a signed paperback copy each of both Witcheskin & Rough Sleepers!
To enter: Follow @nemrowan & @gurtdogpress on Instagram and tag 2 friends in the comments of any of the hosts photos. Winners will be chosen with randomiser on September 28th. International Giveaway.
