© Northants Writers’ Ink 2025
NORTHANTS WRITERS’ INK
Northants Writers’ Ink anthologies of short stories
We have collected and published five anthologies of short stories with our first book coming out in 2016. Our most recent anthology published in November 2021 is based on stories around Wellingborough. Two 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.
© Northants Writers’ Ink 2025
NORTHANTS WRITERS’ INK
Northants Writers’ Ink
anthologies of short stories
We have collected and published five anthologies of short stories with our first book coming out in 2016. Our most recent anthology published in November 2021 is based on stories around Wellingborough. Two 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.
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