© Northants Writers’ Ink 2025
NORTHANTS WRITERS’ INK
Northants Writers’ Ink anthologies of short stories
We have collected and published six anthologies of short stories with our first book coming out in 2016. Our most recent anthology published in October 2025 is based on stories in Northamptonshire. Three anthologies remain in print, for purchase details, see below.
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And Ghosts Are Real Too (2018)
Evil lurks in 10thC Wendelingburgh • Six men encounter horror in the Tithe Barn, Wendlingburgh • The soul of a Gunpowder Plot leader visits a little girl in Isham • A young man is transported back to the Battle of Naseby • The Witchfinder General interrogates the husband of a Northampton witch • 19thC Kirby Hall has an unwelcome visitor and a ghostly haunting • A cackling witch terrorises people in Wellingborough • A teenage girl communicates with spirits from the beyond. All this and more in And Ghosts Are Real Too, an anthology of thirteen stories with a difference. Every story is a tale of ghosts, horror or crime, all set in the English county of Northamptonshire. They are scary, shocking and authentic. This is the fourth anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a group based in Wellingborough, England.Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints (2021)
Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints is an affectionate, wonderfully varied anthology of short stories set in Northamptonshire. It explores the county’s rich history, its present day, looks forward to its future and re-introduces some long-lost ghosts. Follow Edward I as he builds Eleanor Crosses in memory of his beloved queen. Sit before Charles I in Holdenby House as he contemplates his execution. Find out what happened when Northampton was bombed in World War Two. Experience the world of professional wrestling. Meet a community of ghosts. See what Northamptonshire will look like when robots take over. All this and much, much more in Soft Shadows, Faints Footprints. This is an anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a writers group based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.In This County… (2025)
In This County… features fourteen stories set in Northamptonshire. And really fine stories they are, too. Some are set in the past. How the Gunpowder Plot ended in Ashby St Ledgers, not the Houses of Parliament. How devilry and witchcraft affect one man living in Northampton. A true crime murder in Guilsborough. The Blazing Car Murder in Hardingstone. A dingy Northampton pub becomes the headquarters of widespread criminal activity. Some live in the present day. A young man goes on a life-changing spiritual tour of Northampton. How families in Wellingborough come together and stay together. Some dare to stare into the future. A robot takes over the cuisine at Silverstone. Searching for old myths in Northampton’s dark tunnels. AI runs a local hospital with calamitous results. What driving a car will be like in 25 years’ time. In This County… closes with ghosts and spirits. A time-travelling magician visits 1930s Wellingborough. A grief-stricken girl searches for spiritual reassurance in haunted villages. A lost ghost makes friends with two lovers in Kettering. This is the sixth anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a writers’ group from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.
© Northants Writers’ Ink 2025
NORTHANTS WRITERS’ INK
Northants Writers’ Ink
anthologies of short stories
We have collected and published six anthologies of short stories with our first book coming out in 2016. Our most recent anthology published in October 2025 is based on stories in Northamptonshire. Three anthologies remain in print, for purchase details, see below.
And Ghosts Are Real Too (2018)
Evil lurks in 10thC Wendelingburgh • Six men encounter horror in the Tithe Barn, Wendlingburgh • The soul of a Gunpowder Plot leader visits a little girl in Isham • A young man is transported back to the Battle of Naseby • The Witchfinder General interrogates the husband of a Northampton witch • 19thC Kirby Hall has an unwelcome visitor and a ghostly haunting • A cackling witch terrorises people in Wellingborough • A teenage girl communicates with spirits from the beyond. All this and more in And Ghosts Are Real Too, an anthology of thirteen stories with a difference. Every story is a tale of ghosts, horror or crime, all set in the English county of Northamptonshire. They are scary, shocking and authentic. This is the fourth anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a group based in Wellingborough, England.Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints
(2021)
Soft Shadows, Faint Footprints is an affectionate, wonderfully varied anthology of short stories set in Northamptonshire. It explores the county’s rich history, its present day, looks forward to its future and re-introduces some long-lost ghosts. Follow Edward I as he builds Eleanor Crosses in memory of his beloved queen. Sit before Charles I in Holdenby House as he contemplates his execution. Find out what happened when Northampton was bombed in World War Two. Experience the world of professional wrestling. Meet a community of ghosts. See what Northamptonshire will look like when robots take over. All this and much, much more in Soft Shadows, Faints Footprints. This is an anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a writers group based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.In This County… (2025)
In This County… features fourteen stories set in Northamptonshire. And really fine stories they are, too. Some are set in the past. How the Gunpowder Plot ended in Ashby St Ledgers, not the Houses of Parliament. How devilry and witchcraft affect one man living in Northampton. A true crime murder in Guilsborough. The Blazing Car Murder in Hardingstone. A dingy Northampton pub becomes the headquarters of widespread criminal activity. Some live in the present day. A young man goes on a life-changing spiritual tour of Northampton. How families in Wellingborough come together and stay together. Some dare to stare into the future. A robot takes over the cuisine at Silverstone. Searching for old myths in Northampton’s dark tunnels. AI runs a local hospital with calamitous results. What driving a car will be like in 25 years’ time. In This County… closes with ghosts and spirits. A time-travelling magician visits 1930s Wellingborough. A grief-stricken girl searches for spiritual reassurance in haunted villages. A lost ghost makes friends with two lovers in Kettering. This is the sixth anthology by Northants Writers’ Ink, a writers’ group from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England.
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