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Be Still My Unbeating Heart
"Sank its fangs into me from page one...and honestly? I'd let it bite again"
— Chip Pons,
author of DEARLY DEPARTED
"Romantic seaside setting, swoony brooding inspectors, and witty undead banter...an unputdownable supernatural murder mystery"
— Jason June,
author of JAY'S GAY AGENDA
"Sexy vampires are back—and they're gay, darling!"
— Courtney Smyth,
author of THE UNDETECTABLES
ABOUT
Josh Winning writes popcorn fantasy and horror novels that are full of heart, hope and humour, with a love for 80s movie puppets, 90s slasher flicks and gay Final Girls. He identifies as queer, and believes in the power of positive representation. After growing up in a small Suffolk town and struggling to find LGBTQIA+ characters to relate to, he now writes books filled with queer joy.
Josh has worked as a film journalist for Radio Times and Total Film, interviewing the likes of Miss Piggy and Goldie Hawn, and he is co-host of the Charmed Chat podcast. His books include The Shadow Glass, Burn the Negative (which was long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award), Heads Will Roll, Be Still My Unbeating Heart and spooky children's adventure How to Train Your Zombie. He lives in East Anglia with his partner and their talking cat Penny.
words of praise
"Confident, unostentatious entertainment"
– The Times
on The Shadow Glass
"The best slashers are the ones where you can’t quite figure out who the killer is. This is one of those"
— Stephen Graham Jones
on Burn the Negative
"A whole lot of bloody fun with a serious message at its heart"
— CJ Tudor
on Heads Will Roll
"Sank its fangs into me from page one... and honestly? I'd let it bite again"
— Chip Pons
on Be Still My Unbeating Heart
"Horror fans should grab the popcorn for this bloody and entertaining romp"
— Publishers Weekly
on Burn the Negative
"An artful blend of nostalgic references, emotionally-wrenching characterisation, and stunning worldbuilding"
— VL Bovalino
on The Shadow Glass
"A creepy, twisty, compulsively readable haunted house of a book”
— Paul Tremblay
on Burn the Negative
"A daring, refreshing read: a weird banger. I can’t stop thinking about it"
— Sarah Maria Griffin
on The Shadow Glass
"An unputdownable supernatural murder mystery"
— Jason June
on Be Still My Unbeating Heart
"A slasher that is both bloody and uplifting. And fun! Every copy should come with a bucket of popcorn"
— Gus Moreno
on Heads Will Roll
"Could easily stand alongside The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth and The NeverEnding Story. I was instantly transported back to the video store of my youth"
— Clay McLeod Chapman
on The Shadow Glass
"A slasher for the new generation with a big ol’ millennial heart"
— Fangoria
on Heads Will Roll
"Truly delightful and giddily swoony"
— Booklist
on Be Still My Unbeating Heart
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For media enquiries, please contact his literary agent Kristina Pérez at PLE or his film/TV agent Dana Spector at CAA.