Ethel Thorne - Author & Illustrator

Ethel Thorne

✦ Author · Illustrator ✦

Ethel

Thorne

The moment trust becomes a trap.

ABOUT

Sometimes the scariest things are what you let in

Dark, intimate stories for people who know that the scariest things come in through doors you opened yourself.

WORKS

Shadows That Remember

Novel – Psych Thriller

Coming Soon

Work In Progress

TBA

Novel – Psych Thriller

The Willing Eye

Querying

An art curator trained to spot forgeries is romantically deceived by a charming librarian turned killer hiding in plain sight–one who models his victims’ bodies after Grimms’ fairy tales. Determined to bring him to justice, she quickly starts to erase her own identity to stop him.

Illustrations

Drawn from the Dark

Journal

Notes From The Dark

A warm light bulb glowing inside a dark metal cage, surrounded by deep black shadows. This represents what Surprises I've learned as my writing has evolved.

The Biggest Surprise I’ve Learned As My Writing has Evolved

From years in a special education classroom to writing about things that go bump in the night, my work has always been about reading the

April 29, 2026

This interior photograph of a rustic, enclosed farmhouse porch at night, with its weathered swing and solitary light, embodies the kind of quiet, atmospheric tension that often inspires why I write dark stories. The scene features a worn wooden swing with pillows suspended by chains under a single warm tungsten ceiling light. Large, multi-paned windows provide a cool-toned view of a distant, blurry city skyline across an open field. A small table with a basket of magazines sits to the left, adding to the sense of a still and isolated space

The Moment Something Safe Becomes Something That Preys On You

The Moment Something Safe Becomes Something That Preys On You Why I Write Dark Stories Someone said something to me recently that I haven’t been

March 9, 2026

Me, waiting to hear back from agents. Basically.

I Keep Doing This to Myself

I Keep Doing This to Myself I’m on my third manuscript. Third. And I’m querying literary agents. Again. If you don’t know what querying is,

March 1, 2026

Contact

Knock if You Dare

Something brought you here. I’d love to know what

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