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Joseph Delaney


(Joseph Henry Delaney)
UK flag (1945 - 2022)

aka J K Haderack

Joseph Delaney was the English author of  the dark fantasy series Spook's and The Starblade Chronicles, as well as other spinoffs and information books.

Most of the places in the Spook's books were based on real places in Lancashire. And the inspiration behind the stories often came from local ghost stories and legends.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Spook's / The Last Apprentice
   1. The Spook's Apprentice (2004)

     aka Revenge of the Witch

   2. The Spook's Curse (2005)

     aka Curse of the Bane

   3. The Spook's Secret (2006)

     aka Night of the Soul Stealer

   4. The Spook's Battle (2007)

     aka Attack of the Fiend

   5. The Spook's Mistake (2008)

     aka Wrath of the Bloodeye

   The Spook's Tale (2009)
   6. The Spook's Sacrifice (2009)

     aka Clash of the Demons

   7. The Spook's Nightmare (2010)

     aka Rise of the Huntress

   8. The Spook's Destiny (2011)

     aka Rage of the Fallen

   9. I Am Grimalkin (2011)

     aka Grimalkin, the Witch Assassin

   10. Spook's Blood (2012)

     aka Lure of the Dead

   11. Slither's Tale (2012)

     aka Slither

   12. Spook's: Alice (2013)

     aka I Am Alice

   13. The Spook's Revenge (2013)

     aka Fury of the Seventh Son

   14. Seventh Apprentice (2014)
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Spook's Stories
   Witches (2009)

     aka A Coven of Witches

   The Spook's Bestiary (2010)
   Grimalkin's Tale (2011)
   Alice and the Brain Guzzler (2011)
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Starblade Chronicles
   1. A New Darkness (2014)
   2. The Dark Army (2016)
   3. The Dark Assassin (2017)
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Arena 13 Trilogy
   1. Arena 13 (2015)
   2. The Prey (2016)
   3. The Warrior (2017)
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Aberrations
   1. The Beast Awakens (2018)
   2. The Witch's Warning (2019)
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Novels
   Mercer's Whore (1997) (as by J K Haderack)
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Collections
   Haunted (2011) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Ghost Prison (2013)
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Omnibus editions show
 
Joseph Delaney recommends
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The Dogs (2015)
Allan Stratton
"Brilliant, page-turning and eerie. Had me guessing to the very end."
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Gallows At Twilight (2011)
(Witchfinder, book 2)
William Hussey
"I felt at home in this scary world. I wish I'd written this book myself!"
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The Crowfield Curse (2010)
(Crowfield, book 1)
Pat Walsh
"A real page-turner... it belongs in the same dark place as The Spook's Apprentice."

Anthologies containing stories by Joseph Delaney
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Half-Minute Horrors (2011)
Instant Frights from the World's Most Astonishing Authors and Artists
edited by
Susan Rich

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