Publications
Ordered by the following: Alternative History, For Younger Folk, Dystopia, Mystery and Noir, Speculative and Horror, Literary, Poetry.
Alternative History
“Murder in Whitby”, novella in Steampunk Sleuths, Black Beacon Press August 2025
“Courage“, novel, Black Beacon Press 2024
“Fortitude“, novel, Black Beacon Press 2024
“Les Femmes Sauvages”, story in The Black Beacon Book of Pirates, Black Beacon Press 2024
“The Pickering Project”, story in Dickensian Steamfantasy: A Very Different 1800s, Rogue Planet Press 2023
“The Clockwork Witch”, story in Punk, an anthology from Black Hare Press 2022
“Foul Beasts”, story in Murder and Machinery, Black Beacon Press 2021
For Younger Folk
The Witch Who Wasn’t, IFWG Publishing 2025
“The Wimbledon Witches’ Fete”, children’s story in Wimbledon Common, an anthology from Black Hare Press 2022
“Manga My Dreams”, story in Beyond Centauri Issue 22, October 2008
Dystopia
“Hello”, story in Hotel Macabre Volume 1, Crystal Lake Publishing 2024
“Hell Takes No Prisoners”, story in Tales From The Ruins, Black Beacon Books 2023
“Tesato’s Code“, novelette, Black Hare Press 2022
Mystery and Noir
“Sins of the Past”, story in You Ain’t Read Nothing Yet, Murderous Ink Press November 2025
“Hearts and Honey”, story in Yellow Mama Webzine (free to read), Issue # 90, February 15th 2022
“Crown of Poppies”, story in Yellow Mama Webzine (free to read) 2019
Speculative and Horror
“Filled With You”, story in Year 7, Black Hare Press 202
“Blackeby House“, novella, Black Hare Press September 2025
“Diary of a Monster”, story in Attack of the Colossal Creatures from Planet X, Specul8 2025
“Wildlings”, story in Spillwords March 9 2025
“Bad Egg”, story in Year 6, Black Hare Press 2024
“Christmas Wish”, story in The World of Myth, Issue 132 December 2024
“A Place to Call Home”, story in Cabin, Black Hare Press 2024
“Catboy”, story in Carnival, Black Hare Press 2024
“The Way Forward”, story in Lockdown Science Fiction #8, Black Hare Press 2024
“Please Contact Your System Administrator”, story in Invasion of the Saucer Men From Mars, Specul8 Publishing 2024
“Hello” and “Christmas at 19b”, stories in Shallow Waters: Horror Flash Fiction Anthology Paperback, Crystal Lake Publishing 2023
“Mariette’s Debut”, story in It’s A Kind Of Magic, Specul8 Publishing 2023
“The Invitation”, story in The World of Myth, Issue 118 September 2023
“The Price of Honor”, story in The Stygian Lepus, Issue 5 August 2023
“Pretty Deadly”, story in West, Black Hare Press 2023
“Logan’s Pool”, story in The Stygian Lepus, Issue 2 April 2023
“Warmonger”, drabble in War, Iron Faerie Press 2023
“Blood Bond”, story in Dragon, Black Hare Press 2023
“Heat In The Blood”, story in Beastly Tales, Dragon Soul Press 2023
“Unintended Consequences”, story in Lockdown Sci-fi #4, Black Hare Press 2023
“Christmas at 19b”, story in Shallow Waters Christmas Anthology, Crystal Lake Publishing 2022
“Mummy’s Boy”, story in Shallow Waters Halloween Anthology, Crystal Lake Publishing 2022
“When Jekyll Met Renfield”, short story in Schlock! Webzine , Vol 16 Issue 26, February 2022. Also available on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia.
“The Cupboard Under the Stairs”, story in Year 3, an anthology from Black Hare Press 2022
“The Truth About Lisa”, story in Year 3, an anthology from Black Hare Press 2022
“Stranded”, story in Haunted, an anthology from Specul8 Press 2021
“Into The Forest”, drabble in Once Upon A Drabble, an anthology from Black Ink Fiction 2021
“A Gift From Krampus”, story in Eerie Christmas 2, an anthology from Black Hare Press 2021
“Soldiers”, story in Contact, Black Hare Press 2021
“The Acolyte”, drabble in 666 Black Hare Press 2021
“Sex Fiend”, story in Black Petals Horror Magazine Issue #96 2021 (free to read)
“Hello”, story in Shallow Waters Volume 8, Crystal Lake Publishing 2021
“Episode 56”, chapter in The Whole Wide World, Sweetycat Press 2021
“Good Dog”, story in Bones, Black Hare Press 2021
“Robbed Blind”, story in Watch, Black Hare Press 2021
“Enemies End”, “Hunting Fae”, “Parachnoids”, drabbles in Year 2, anthology from Black Hare Press 2021
“Whitefire Begins”, story in Avenge, Black Hare Press 2021
“One”, story in Voluted Tales, Volume 8, August 2013
“When I Said I Love You”. story in Voluted Tales, Volume 8, August 2013
“Seismicity”, story in Midnight in Hell Issue 1.2, August 2007
Literary
“Hekate’s Daughter” and “Maia’s Gift”, stories in Flights of Fancy, Iron Faerie Publishing 2023
“The Star”, story in Arcana 2021 (free to read)
“Life as An Albatross”, story in Spillwords August 2021 (free to read)
“Second Best”, story in Skive Magazine October 2018 (free to read)
“Pearl”, story in Every Day Fiction January 2015 (free to read)
“The Heart Of A Clown”, story in Blue Crow Magazine, October 2015
“The Shrine Tree”, story in Skive Magazine “Farewell”, November 2013
“Shh…”, story in Skive Magazine “Erotica”, December 2012
“Mammy the Enforcer”, story in The Scruffy Dog Review, Summer 2007
“Arrival”, story in Crimson Highway, July 2007
“End of the Lie”, story in Skive Magazine, June 2007
“Mr Bridges”, story in The Wheel, Winter 2006
“Showtime”, story in The Weather Man Best of the Skive Short Story Prize 2006 Anthology
“The Waiting”, story in Lyrica eZine, Spring 2006
“Daphne’s Dance”, story in You Are Going Away, Best of the Skive Short Story Prize 2005 Anthology
Poetry
“Votive Offering”, “Sonnet of the Undead”, “Possessed”, poems in Eldritch & Ether, a poetry anthology from Black Hare Press 2022
“Ode to Waterloo Sunset”, poem in Stories & Poems in the Song of Life, Sweetycat Press 2022
“Children of War”, poem in Around the World: Landscapes and Cityscapes, Sweetycat Press 2021
“Listen”, poem in Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, December 2014
“Up In The Sky”, poem in Overland Issue 176, Spring 2004
Karen Bayly 