Convent Crescent
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An abandoned B&B in 1998.
A Brutal Convent in 1940.
An evil as old as time.
Welcome to Convent Crescent.
This is the first novel to be co-authored by Chris Newton and Zowie Swan¸ who are both members of the ferocious and energetic punk band Dischord¸ renowned in their scene for their fierce social commentary and relentless passion.
They bonded over a shared love of music and the macabre and now¸ after over a decade of writing music and performing professionally together¸ they have been seized with a passion to pen grassroots¸ British horror. What could've possessed them?
Born in Lancashire - Witch County - both were raised on British Gothic. They cut their teeth on Hammer¸ Dennis Wheatley and Pan Horror¸ but¸ in 2019¸ after one bad remake too many¸ they have decided to stop complaining about the state of modern horror and¸ in the spirit of punk rock¸ do it themselves.
Convent Crescent coincides with the release of the fourth Dischord album¸ which serves as the soundtrack to the novel.
When not gigging up and down the UK¸ Chris and Zowie write furiously. Both have regular columns in Eighth Day Magazine¸ and both have short stories in the 2019 anthology¸ Shadows of Pendle.