Meet the Author: Wondra Vanian

One can find all sorts of things at a yard sale but did you know you could also find that one thing that may just sort out your biggest problem?

THE BEST WEAPONS IN THE WORLD is one of the stories you will find in THE FOURTH CORONA BOOK OF HORROR STORIES.

Meet Shawn who is fed up of his wife’s yard sale addiction. But when he meets Marnie, an old lady, he realizes that she may just have the solution to rid himself of a certain problem.

You can read this story and more when THE FOURTH CORONA BOOK OF HORROR STORIES releases this October.

About the Author

Wondra Vanian was a Top-Ten finisher in the Preditors and Editors Reader’s Poll four years running, including in the best author category. Her story “Halloween Night” was a Notable Contender for the Bristol Short Story Prize and “It Would be a Waste” was shortlisted for the Twisted Tales Flash Fiction Competition.

An American living in the UK with her husband and a mischief of sausage dogs, Wondra is an avid gamer, photographer, cinephile and blogger. She has music in her blood, sleeps with the lights on, strikes bargains with crows, and has been known to dance naked in the moonlight.

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