RELEASED ON 27TH AUGUST 2026
A Witching Pen series prequel: A supernatural dark fiction story that takes you back to the '80s and the events leading up to Elena's birth.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

Fans of The Witching Pen Series are in for a treat with Dianna Hardy's upcoming publication centred on Katherine Green, her father, Etienne Green, and Katherine's connection with both Darius, the Shanka demon king, and Gwain, the fallen angel. This character-led story plays on human vulnerability and the dark mire we create in our minds and lives to feed our needs.It's 1985. Grieving and angry, a twelfth-generation witch who can't accept her own power, summons an incubus demon. As nightmares turn to outright horror, she must find a way to temper the shadows of her mind before they destroy her.

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"I underestimated how hard it would be to write this book before I started. I had the story very clearly in my mind and knew the vices that would drive Katherine to make the choices she did. But portraying it all on paper was a challenge. I wanted to make her plight sound real and understandable; to make her both a sympathetic and unsympathetic heroine. Her struggle needed to be felt and seen explicitly, but it mustn't be gratuitous. I hope I succeeded."
– Dianna Hardy

Published by Satin Smoke Press