Annalisa Crawford, Author
  • Home
  • About the author
  • Books
    • Cat and The Dreamer
    • That Sadie Thing
    • Our Beautiful Child
    • You. I. Us
    • Grace & Serenity >
      • Grace & Serenity: Reviews
    • Small Forgotten Moments >
      • Small Forgotten Moments: Reviews
    • The Clock in My Mother's House
  • Short Stories
  • Blog
  • Latest News
  • Links
  • Contact Form/Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Gallery
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • About the author
  • Books
    • Cat and The Dreamer
    • That Sadie Thing
    • Our Beautiful Child
    • You. I. Us
    • Grace & Serenity >
      • Grace & Serenity: Reviews
    • Small Forgotten Moments >
      • Small Forgotten Moments: Reviews
    • The Clock in My Mother's House
  • Short Stories
  • Blog
  • Latest News
  • Links
  • Contact Form/Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Gallery
  • Privacy Policy

Publication Day!!

10/1/2023

0 Comments

 
The Clock in My Mother's House is officially launched today!

​It's available from all your favourite retailers
just click this link!

​
"[Annalisa] has the ability to really make the ordinary life seem fantastical and this is a collection you will not be disappointed by." - Katy the Sleepy Reader

"A lovely eclectic collection of playful, poignant and haunting stories, hard to choose a favourite (although it might be The Fear of Ghosts), each one is a gem." - Anne Goodwin

"Crawford is a skilful short story writer. In this collection, melding mundane life with the fantastical, she deftly explores the internal worlds of her characters, creating a haunting and frequently wistful collection of short stories that will possess the reader’s imagination long after the last page has been turned." - J.S.Watts

Picture
Life can change in an instant, but that’s not always a bad thing.

A hotel explodes leaving staff and guests in peril; a woman retrieves an old clock from
the attic with disturbing consequences; one man leaves heart break behind him,
and another arrives to bring adventure.

In this haunting collection, Annalisa Crawford creates characters
who will charm, captivate, and intrigue you.

​
Grab Your Copy Today!
0 Comments

Plans are afoot!

17/12/2022

0 Comments

 
I'm excited to announce that I have regained the rights to my first two books - Cat & The Dreamer and Our Beautiful Child - by mutual consent with my publisher Vagabondage Press.

Over the coming months I will be refreshing and relaunching the titles with new covers - and, for the first time, Cat & The Dreamer will be available as a paperback.

I have always loved the stories contained in these books, and the characters who inhabit them. I am grateful to Vagabondage Press for taking care of them, and I'm looking forward to the next stage.

How my books have changed since this marketing photo was taken in 2020! 
Picture
0 Comments

New collection: The Clock in My Mother's House

25/10/2022

 

​Life can change in an instant, but that’s not always a bad thing.


A hotel explodes leaving staff and guests in peril; a woman retrieves an old clock from the attic with disturbing consequences; one man leaves heart break behind him, and another arrives to bring adventure.

In this haunting collection, Annalisa Crawford creates characters who will charm, captivate and intrigue you.

Annalisa's stories have featured in Fairlight Shorts, Fictive Dream, and Reflex Fiction; and have been short- and longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the Bath Short Story Award, Globe Soup, and more.
Picture
The Clock in My Mother's House is due for release in January 2023, and available for pre-order on Kindle right now. Other retailers will be added in due course.

You can add it to your Goodreads shelves here.

Sadie has a makeover

11/9/2022

 
Picture
What does an author do when they're blocked on a new novel?

They design new covers for books that already exist, and while they're at it, they decide to release a brand new paperback version of the same book.

That Sadie Thing has been out of print (although still available as an ebook) for a couple of years, but I love books and I really wanted these stories to be back in print, so here they are. The stories are the same, just a little more polished.

I'm not sharing any links at the moment because the updating process can be rather slow, but if your favourite retailer has this cover, it's the new version And if it doesn't, please let me know.

Another award shortlist place!

5/9/2022

 
I admit, there are times when I wonder if having a 'latest news' section on my website is of any use whatsoever because sometimes I just don't have any news to share. And then, at other times...

I'm excited that Small Forgotten Moments is a semi-finalist in the 2022 Kindle Book Awards in the Literary Fiction category!

Finalists will be announced at the beginning of October, and the winners at the beginning of November.

I'll be sure to let you know if I advance through to the next stage.

Small Forgotten Moments is available in paperback, hardback, and book versions. And you can buy a copy via the Vine Leaves Press page.

Wish me luck!
Picture

Holyer an Gof Publisher's Award

17/7/2022

 
Saturday 16th July saw me heading to Redruth on a very hot afternoon for the ceremony for the Holyer an Gof awards.

Sadly I didn't win my category Fiction for Adults: Literary Fiction but I did enjoy the ceremony, listened to some wonderful music by Richard Trethewey - a nominee in a different category - and met fellow nominee in my category Charlie Carroll. The winner in our category was Ruth Saberton for Oyster Shore which I'll be reading soon.

Congratulations to all the nominated authors, the category winners, and the overall cup winners. You can see a full list here.
Before
During
After
<<Previous

    RSS Feed

    Follow

Annalisa Crawford, Author

Dark contemporary fiction with a hint of paranormal
​"Besides Annalisa's clever writing style, I enjoy the unpredictable plots and the characters that are so very normal, yet tragically broken in some way or another."