So far, information about this tragedy has been patchy and heavily censored by authorities. The ‘Yellow Massacre’ of November 19th 2020, in which three hundred and forty-seven members of a secretive society known as ‘The Retinue’ were brutally slaughtered, has gone down in history as one of the most horrific and compelling unsolved mysteries of the decade, if not century. She lives with her husband and a rotating cast of cats in Northern Virginia.

Her short fiction has appeared in two anthologies by Cemetery Gates Media. A Spanish translation of the novel is available from Dilatando Mentes Editorial. Her debut novel Tidepool (Parliament House Press) came out in August 2021 and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Debut Novel and the Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Debut. Nicole Willson writes horror and dark fantasy. She wants to help them escape their dreadful situation, but when the Shadow Dancers take matters into their own hands, she’ll have to save herself. While the act would revive her family’s circus, Kate is horrified by the young women’s dismal training and living conditions. Lewis Oswald, a trainer and friend of Kate’s family, introduces her to the Shadow Dancers, three young girls who can make their shadows dance independently of their bodies.

Kate Montgomery travels to the small town of Brixton Hill to scout a new act for her father’s struggling circus. In 1937, American circuses are trying to recoup the losses they incurred during the Great Depression while competing with newer forms of entertainment like movie theaters. To be released June 13th 2023! Preorder the eBook here.

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