SJ Townend
SJ Townend writes dark fiction and lives with her two children and three cats in Bristol, UK. She’s had stories published through Tenebrous Press, Crypsis Press, Hellbound Books, Vastarien, Eerie River Publishing, Dark Matter Magazine, Penumbric Magazine, and a few other places. Her first horror collection, Sick Girl Screams, introduced by Robert Shearman, was published in 2024 by Brigid’s Gate Press, and her second horror collection, Your Final Sunset, was published in 2025 (Sley House Press). Unfamiliar Tales, her third collection, is currently on hold with a very exciting press.
Twitter: @SJTownend
Read Townend’s short story “QVC” in Horrific Scribes July 2025.Horrific Scribes.
Description: A woman becomes obsessed with purchasing an air fryer in order to try to fit in at work. But why is she trying so hard to fit in, and will it help?
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Read Townend’s short story “When One Door Closes” in Horrific Scribes December 2025.
Description: A man has an issue with the doors in his house: his back door, front door, oven door, and even the doors on his Advent calendar are playing up. But is the quandary with the doors his only issue?
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Read Townend’s short story “Bedroom Eyes” in Horrific Scribes August 2026.
Description: He wants to lure her into the bedroom. She wants to play poo sticks. Will either of them get what they want?