The Kindle edition of The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier is free on Amazon until Sunday. If you enjoy dark fantasy with mystery, tension, and a quietly unsettling atmosphere that grows with every chapter, feel free to download a copy while the promotion is live.

The Kindle edition of The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier is free on Amazon until Sunday. If you enjoy dark fantasy with mystery, tension, and a quietly unsettling atmosphere that grows with every chapter, feel free to download a copy while the promotion is live.

The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier: 1 : Scribbans, Paul J.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier: 1 : Scribbans, Paul J.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier is now available beyond Amazon, as it's listed through IngramSpark for wider distribution. Readers can request local bookstores to order it and can also purchase it directly on IngramSpark. The story remains the same, now with more purchasing options, including a hardback version.

As Halloween settles over the Lake District, old stories stir back to life. The Custodian’s Cottage was one of my earliest tales, a ghost story born from the mist and ruins of Furness Abbey, where memory endures and the past never truly rests.

This morning is shaping up to be an exciting one. I will be appearing on BBC Radio Cumbria just after 10:30, where I will be talking about the release of my debut novel, The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier. For those of you who are new to my blog, the book is a dark historical fantasy set in a reimagined Lake District, blending mystery, desire and the haunting presence of something stirring beneath the surface.

It is finally here! The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier is released today. After years of work, the story is ready for you to step into Mereland.

It is finally here! The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier is released today. After years of work, the story is ready for you to step into Mereland.

The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier has been featured in both the North West Evening Mail and The Westmorland Gazette. With the book going live tonight, the timing couldn’t be better. Read the full story here.

The next book trailer for The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier explores the story’s emotional heart; love, desire, and the dark consequences of devotion. Following earlier trailers on separation and beauty, this one reveals the romance at the centre of the novel.

Pulled from Death is the first poem ever written for The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier. It captures the tone of the series with mystery, desire, and the pull between duty and fate. The verse offers a glimpse beneath the surface of the story. Inspired by the haunting legend of the Claife Crier and the wild beauty of England’s Lake District, it hints at what is still to come.

The next Mereland Chronicles book trailer is out now. Inspired by the haunting legend of the Claife Crier, it blends the natural beauty of the Lake District with the darker world of The Crier.

The Claife Crier is one of the Lake District’s most haunting legends. A ghostly cry said to echo across Windermere from Claife Heights. In this post, I explore the 19th-century origins of the tale, from the 1852 Kendal Mercury account to Harriet Martineau’s Guide to the English Lakes, and how this eerie folklore inspired my novel The Mereland Chronicles: The Crier. Perfect reading for Halloween and for anyone who enjoys stories of betrayal, mystery, and the darker side of Lake District history.