The Writers of Wales Database

SAUNDERS, CHRISTIAN

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Hailing from the village of New Tredegar, South Wales, Christian Saunders began writing in 1997. His early fiction appeared in titles such as Asphalt Jungle, Raw Nerve, Roadworks and several anthologies. His first book, Into the Dragon's Lair – A Supernatural History of Wales was published in 2003, shortly before he moved to Southampton, England, to study journalism at Solent University. After graduation he worked extensively in the freelance market, contributing features to numerous international publications including Fortean Times, Bizarre, Urban Ink, Beyond, Enigma, Record Collector, Maxim and Nuts, and a regular column to the Western Mail newspaper. Since his return to the horror fiction fold he has had a story run in Screams of Terror e-zine and another featured in the anthology Return of the Raven. His novella Apartment 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story is now available through Damnation Books. He currently teaches English in Tianjin, northern China, whilst traveling the long road to enlightenment and fostering ambitions to become a world-famous rock journalist…

Selected Publications:
Into the Dragon’s Lair – A Supernatural History of Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003)
Apartment 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story (Damnation Books, 2009)




Into the Dragon’s Lair – A Supernatural History of Wales (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2003)

A fascinating collection of Welsh legends and folklore tales relating to the supernatural dating from the middle ages to modern times, comprising stories about holy sites, customs and superstitions, fairies and historical characters, ghosts and witches, deaths and killers, unexplained appearances and disappearances.

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Apartment 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story (Damnation Books, 2009)

When Jerry leaves his old life in London behind and travels to Beijing to take up a teaching position, at first he is enchanted by the brave new world he finds awaiting him. However, things soon take a turn for the worse. Upon his arrival he learns of the mysterious disappearance of his predecessor, and after he moves into his new apartment he is plagued by strange dreams in which he shares the apartment, and his bed, with a ghostly entity. Then things start going bump in the night, and Jerry soon finds himself embroiled in the kind of supernatural drama that had previously been unthinkable to him. Eventually he is forced into the accepting the realization that something else was waiting for him on the other side of the world, and perhaps even in the next world. Furthermore, his time is quickly running out…

To purchase this title from Damnation Books, please click on its front cover