Blood Wail by Jae Mazer

 

Every night, sisters Saoirse and Imogen beg their Dadai to read to them from an old storybook, Tales from Ramnon. They’re entranced by the mythical creatures described within its weathered pages. But when tragedy devastates their blissful childhood, the book is closed, and the sisters are forced to cope with a loss darker than they could have ever imagined.

As Saoirse and Imogen grow into adults, they attempt to navigate their lives in County Cork, Ireland. But phantoms from their past have followed them, lurking in the shadows and wailing in the night. In desperation, one sister turns to drugs to quiet the horrors, while the other embarks on a journey to seek answers from the fables and myths of their childhood.   
BLOOD WAIL is a folk horror story about addiction, loss and pain, family and love, and the possibility of creatures beyond our understanding.  

Sometimes the stories are real.

Saoirse and Imogen reveled in the stories their father read to them nightly, but were left unprepared to deal with the night he didn't come home. There was far more to these stories that had been held back from young ears and dark secrets kept from the girls that will shape their adult lives. When they begin to see and hear the wailing mournful screams of the harbinger of death they tell no one. Not even each other.

 This dark folktale combines Irish legend with real life horror in a moving portrayal of one loving family's grief and loss. 

4 out of 5 stars

I received a complimentary copy for review.

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About the author
Jae Mazer is a Canadian who was born in Victoria, British Columbia, and grew up in the prairies of Northern Alberta. After spending the majority of her life in the Great White North, she migrated south to Texas. She is a connoisseur and creator of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Many moons ago, a rampant love of reading led her to believe she could weave a good tale herself, and now she is an award-winning author with ten novels under her belt, as well as stories published in various anthologies.