Veil (Paperback or Softback)

From the award-winning author of ‘The Leper’s Garden and Other Contagions’
A heartbreaking 80s gothic ghost story set on the rugged Cornish coast

Shortlisted for the American Book Fest 'Best Book Awards' 2025
Finalist - The Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2026

‘Atmospheric, compelling, and gorgeously written.’ – Brent McGregor, prizewinning author of ‘Strange Murmurings’ and ‘Blood Tide’

Till death do us part. But that's not the end.
An old house filled with riddles.
A young woman unable to laugh, unable to cry.
Now, through her dead mother’s wedding veil she will see the house not as it is, but as it once was.
She will glimpse the events of a day nearly thirty years before.
A day of obsession and cruelty.
A day of hope too, where a lost lover hides in the shadows.
Through the veil, she may come face-to-face with her family’s darkest secret.
She might learn the reason for her mother’s insanity.
And solve the mystery of her own past.

Jeff Clulow is a prizewinning author of romantic dark fiction and horror. Born in Cornwall in the UK, Jeff now lives and writes in Sydney, Australia. Jeff's writing leans towards the lighter end of dark fiction, exploring themes of family, childhood, love and loss. He's inspired by folktale, mythology and the notion that the old gods still walk among us.His stories have reached the finals of the Aurealis Awards, the Shadows Awards, the American BookFest Awards and the National Indie Excellence Awards. He has been awarded an 'Honourable Mention' in the Robert N. Stephenson competition for short fiction in horror and is the winner of the 2023 Asylumfest Mayday Hills Ghost Story Competition.Find out more about Jeff and his work at www.jeffclulow.com