I was an avid reader long before I wrote a word. Then I became a journalist and gradually moved from writing features to writing fiction!Now I've written several novels and had more than 3,000 short stories and serials published in magazines worldwide.Perhaps because I spent my early childhood in a remote manor house in rural Ireland, I've long had a fascination with grippingly dark gothic tales.A few years ago, I gained an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. I think that my experience facilitating workshops in this area has helped to make my fiction as human as it is haunting.My writing has been broadcast on radio, adapted for audio downloads and has won or been shortlisted in writing competitions. You can read more at gabriellemullarkey.substack.comFind me at @authorgabrielle@pageturning.bsky.social

'This author has a gift for weaving the ordinary into the uncanny, blending psychological insight with an unsettling gothic atmosphere. Elegant prose and masterful pacing make this a haunting tale where the past is never truly silent - and the house never truly empty.' Woman's Weekly Readers love Gabrielle's fiction for its range - whether atmospheric mood pieces or contemporary slices of life, all revolve around imaginatively twisty plots packed with sassy dialogue, characters you feel you know and "I didn't see that coming!" moments.'best magazine'She offers a witty and irreverent insight into the nitty gritty of life.'Helen Murray, The Irish News'In selecting her as the winner, we were particularly impressed by her originality and inventiveness, the quality of her writing and her ability to "show not tell".'Oxfordshire Libraries Short Story Competition

I was an avid reader long before I wrote a word. Then I became a journalist and gradually moved from writing features to writing fiction!Now I've written several novels and had more than 3,000 short stories and serials published in magazines worldwide.Perhaps because I spent my early childhood in a remote manor house in rural Ireland, I've long had a fascination with grippingly dark gothic tales.A few years ago, I gained an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. I think that my experience facilitating workshops in this area has helped to make my fiction as human as it is haunting.My writing has been broadcast on radio, adapted for audio downloads and has won or been shortlisted in writing competitions. You can read more at gabriellemullarkey.substack.comFind me at @authorgabrielle@pageturning.bsky.social

'This author has a gift for weaving the ordinary into the uncanny, blending psychological insight with an unsettling gothic atmosphere. Elegant prose and masterful pacing make this a haunting tale where the past is never truly silent - and the house never truly empty.' Woman's Weekly Readers love Gabrielle's fiction for its range - whether atmospheric mood pieces or contemporary slices of life, all revolve around imaginatively twisty plots packed with sassy dialogue, characters you feel you know and "I didn't see that coming!" moments.'best magazine'She offers a witty and irreverent insight into the nitty gritty of life.'Helen Murray, The Irish News'In selecting her as the winner, we were particularly impressed by her originality and inventiveness, the quality of her writing and her ability to "show not tell".'Oxfordshire Libraries Short Story Competition

I was an avid reader long before I wrote a word. Then I became a journalist and gradually moved from writing features to writing fiction!Now I've written several novels and had more than 3,000 short stories and serials published in magazines worldwide.Perhaps because I spent my early childhood in a remote manor house in rural Ireland, I've long had a fascination with grippingly dark gothic tales.A few years ago, I gained an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. I think that my experience facilitating workshops in this area has helped to make my fiction as human as it is haunting.My writing has been broadcast on radio, adapted for audio downloads and has won or been shortlisted in writing competitions. You can read more at gabriellemullarkey.substack.comFind me at @authorgabrielle@pageturning.bsky.social

'This author has a gift for weaving the ordinary into the uncanny, blending psychological insight with an unsettling gothic atmosphere. Elegant prose and masterful pacing make this a haunting tale where the past is never truly silent - and the house never truly empty.' Woman's Weekly Readers love Gabrielle's fiction for its range - whether atmospheric mood pieces or contemporary slices of life, all revolve around imaginatively twisty plots packed with sassy dialogue, characters you feel you know and "I didn't see that coming!" moments.'best magazine'She offers a witty and irreverent insight into the nitty gritty of life.'Helen Murray, The Irish News'In selecting her as the winner, we were particularly impressed by her originality and inventiveness, the quality of her writing and her ability to "show not tell".'Oxfordshire Libraries Short Story Competition