Verge book cover by Nadia Attia showing corn doll, candles, talons, wild flowers, moth, toads a dagger and a horse skull

“Verge is exquisite… Come for the eldritch vibes, stay because you simply cannot put the book down” 

Calah Singleton, Serpent’s Tail

Sometimes fate takes you on a detour…

My debut novel Verge – a darkly atmospheric, folk-horror road trip inspired by British folklore, landscape and superstitions – is out now!

‘Beguilingly strange ... Shared vicissitudes create a firm bond in a propulsive narrative in which there’s always something odd or horrible around the next corner’ – Financial Times.

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OOO. Thanks to a Creative Access bursary I'm in Devon in a mega-old farm house bashing out words and wondering what those noises in the night are 👍🏼
I took my paperback out for a walk today. That's a bit weird isn't it? 😆🌳🌱 . . . #verge #Horror #HorrorFiction #NewBook #BookRecommendations #FolkHorror #debutnovel #nadiaattia #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #omens #spells #superstitions #booknerd #2
I see adventure in your future… a trip dark and mysterious… * GIVEAWAY * To celebrate the release of #Verge in paperback (11 Apr) I'm giving away a signed copy of the book; a signed copy of my (unpublished) gothic short story collection
Went down the rabbit hole at #wakethetiger and will probably now have deliciously trippy nightmares 😵‍💫🤯
Belated birthday presents to myself 🤗💝 . . . . #weirdwalk #braidingsweetgrass #amreading #tbr #bookstagramuk #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #booklover #bookrecommendations
New tattoos. A solar eclipse and a fancy f*ck you. They're so pretty... 🖕🏼😘🌒 . . . . #tattoo #tattoos #inkboxbristol
As I near another birthday I feel a strong conviction to ‘stick to my guns’; that storytelling and editorial is *definitely* the path for me. That’s a nice place to find myself in, but it’s taken a while to get here. Is that d