Stories of what runs beneath the surface…

Dominique Gracia is a researcher of Victorian literature and culture, and a writer of short fiction and other bits and bobs. She is fascinated by things that come up again and again, and run below the surface, from Greek mythology to cultural tropes that just won’t die, and the emotions that carry them along.

Her first book-length collection of short stories—The Meinir Davies Casebook—is out now. She also has various flash and short fiction pieces published in journals and around the internet, and she would love for you to read them: Other writing. You can also read more about Dominique’s research, which helped inform The Casebook, or her reviews of detective fiction right here (just scroll!), or follow along with her reading projects (Victorian and not).

You can support Dominique via Ko-Fi, where you can read some of her flash fiction and listen to short story readings. You can also find Dominique on many of the usual places.

This collection of short fiction follows Welsh female detective Meinir Davies across in fin-de-siècle London, accompanied by Sherlock Holmes, Dorcas Dene, et al. Buy on Amazon, Bookshop.org, or wherever you usually get your books.

You can also read an interview with Meinir on Books By Women.
Contemporary Gothic novella: Matthew’s a freelancer, and freelancers have to do what they can to get by. He doesn’t much like the idea of being an “assistant”, but Sandy is a charming older historian, and she promises an interesting story: a family curse lies dormant hidden somewhere in Edinburgh, and perhaps Matthew can help break it?

Buy on Amazon now, or free with Kindle Unlimited.

Detective and crime fiction reviews

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