Theo Hopcraft brings us "Forever Malign", and takes us into an eerie and chilling world of female-led vengeance from the grave.

It is the autumn of 1932, and Julian Westerhuis, a weary and cynical Londoner and womaniser, escapes the retribution of a cuckolded husband to visit his cousin, Helen Prefontaine, in the quaint North Devon fishing village of Combe Lynton, where Helen, an ardent investigator of the paranormal, has acquired the keys to a notorious haunted house with a gruesome past.

Eager to uncover its dark secrets, she persuades the less than enthusiastic Julian to join her in an adventure that will change everything for him.

For as they delve deeper into the house's history, they unearth a tale of tragic love and violent death that has led to the spirit of Nadya Lakatos, a young and beautiful Romany woman who met a gruesome end occupying the house in spectral form.

A form that burns with hatred and a need to punish the married man who toyed with her affections.

Only to shatter both them and her young life.

A married man who looks very much like Julian Westerhuis!

A believable and macabre female-led fantasy tale in the style of Algernon Blackwood, for those readers who prefer to use the darker sides of their imaginations with the help of character-driven plotlines.