Book 1: The Circle of Witham Grange A ritual. A scream. A curse that reshapes the land.The Circle of Witham Grange is the first story in The Continuance Cycle, a gothic series exploring the origins of a hereditary curse that binds the Dravelle and Hopton families for centuries.When Cecilia Hopton is led into the candlelit circle beneath Witham Grange, she believes she is taking part in a harmless ancestral rite. Instead, her final scream awakens three ancient spirits buried beneath the Somerset soil: Soil, which twists foundations and shifts the land itself; Blood, which demands sacrifice and binds lineage to pact; and Voice, which swallows grief until it becomes echo.As the thirteenth chair is placed at the edge of the circle, the pact is sealed — and the land begins to change. Paths realign. Shadows lengthen. The house listens. This opening tale reveals the moment the Continuance is born, setting in motion a cycle of hauntings, sacrifices, and shifting geography that will echo across generations. Every story that follows traces the widening reach of the curse, culminating in the debut novel. The Powers of St Katherine’s House. The Circle of Witham Grange is where the land first wakes — and where the Dravelle's and Hoptons lose the right to walk away.
Discover "The Watchers of St Hallows Gate," a captivating supernatural tale by E. L. Ravenheart. Journey into the mysterious history of St Hallows Gate, where ancient spirits and a powerful family pact have created eternal guardians known as the Watchers. Follow the protagonist as they step into a timeless role, protecting the land from dark forces and uncovering secrets that blur the line between the living and the spirit world. Perfect for fans of atmospheric fantasy and thrilling supernatural mysteries, this gripping first book sets the stage for an unforgettable series.
The Hollow Below follows Mara Bell, a newly qualified mortuary scientist who takes a position at Vale & Daughters, an old funeral home in the Somerset village of Ashby Hollow. Still grieving her younger brother Jonah, Mara is drawn into the village’s buried history when she discovers an impossible three-branched mark on the body of Evelyn Reed. The same mark later appears on Darius Cole and Nia Baptiste. Through Evelyn’s ledger, Darius’s culvert map, family letters, and old county records, Mara discovers that three labourers died during drainage works beneath the village in 1889. Their families—the Reeds, Coles, and Frys—became bound to an ancient presence beneath Ashby Hollow, while the Vale family established the funeral home above it to maintain a continual watch. As the deaths accumulate, the presence begins impersonating Jonah’s voice, exploiting Mara’s grief. Mara eventually recognises the deception and joins Luther Vale and Camille Baptiste in descending into the underground chamber. There, they learn that the entity never truly wanted death or sacrifice; it wanted to be acknowledged and remembered. The deaths occurred when generations allowed the community’s attention to lapse. Mara rejects the old cycle of sacrifice and offers instead an honest acknowledgment of Jonah’s death and her own grief. The entity accepts a new pact: each year, a living witness will return to speak plainly about what lies beneath the village. Ashby Hollow begins openly remembering its dead and teaching the truth of the pact, while Mara continues her work at the funeral home. The story ends years later with Mara noticing a possible version of the mark on her own body. She cannot determine whether it is real or merely shadow, but she chooses to keep showing up, remembering, and refusing to look away.
The Shadow keeper: Gothic Haunting Tales from Somerset By E.L. Ravenheart Between the northern forests and the Somerset moors, ancient boundaries are failing. In the deep woods of the Great Lakes, skeletal spirits hunt the arrogant. Shapeshifters guard what remains of the wild. Hunger transforms the soul with a single choice. Across the Atlantic, on mist-shrouded moorland where leylines pulse through peat, a barefoot girl walks for two centuries, keeping a covenant her family refused. At standing stones, trickster ravens teach threshold lessons. In dark pools, witnesses become bridges between worlds. And in the concrete spaces we call safe—nursing homes, apartment complexes, locked rooms—older hungers wake and feed. The Shadow Keeper weaves Indigenous Chippewa mythology with British gothic folklore into ten interconnected tales of transformation, sacrifice, and the terrible price of keeping balance. Drawing on ancestral storytelling traditions and the haunted landscapes of Somerset, E.L. Ravenheart crafts atmospheric horror where memory carries power, shadows have intent, and every doorway leads somewhere unexpected. The boundaries are thin. The keepers are tired. And hunger never sleeps. The opening collection in the Powers of St. Katherine's House cycle.