Grendel Press is happy to welcome Kelly Barker and her novel Beneath the Bridge! Her short stories have been featured in magazines and anthologies, and she is the author of The Inner Temple, Even the Gods Fear It, Necromantia, and Breaking His House Rules.

Kelly Barker was born in Oxford and now lives in Witney with her husband and dog, Lana. She has been a barber for over twenty years, and loves her job; however, reading and writing is her passion, one that was handed down to her by her great-grandmother, Isobel O’Leary. You can find her website: www.kellybarker.org, or on social media: on Instagram as @mikej_barker, on X as @Mikebar25891246, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kelly.m.barker.98.

In Beneath the Bridge, Ivy returns to her grandmother’s garden after years, where the gateway to the fae realm lies, and meets Alvar, the mysterious troll guarding it. When he’s taken to stand trial in the fae realm after protecting Ivy, she risks everything to uncover her family’s secrets and fight for the forbidden love growing between them.

Grendel Press invites readers to follow Ivy’s journey in Beneath the Bridge!