Peer through the keyhole and you’ll see a mysterious dinner party with a sickening twist; a woman’s intense new relationship with a single father and his strangely shy daughter; the rediscovered journals of a famous artist with a singular obsession who disappeared in suspicious circumstances; a family driven to desperation by the impossible appearance of nonsensical notes; and a seemingly happily married couple driven to the edge of despair by a neighbour’s crying baby.

Set in houses that should provide protection but instead turn on their inhabitants, places of safety invaded without warning, and familiar landscapes that gradually change beyond recognition, ‘Make a Home of Me’ is about all the ways in which our sanctuaries can turn into foreign places, casting us as strangers as we roam the halls. The stories in ‘Make a Home of Me’ are unsettling and distinct, introducing a fresh new voice in the horror landscape.

Lock up when you’re done…

THIS IS A PRE-ORDER FOR A BOOK RELEASING 12/06/25

Vanessa Santos was born and raised on a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic. She now lives in Scotland (though still by the sea) and spends as much of her time as possible devouring stories, writing stories, and wandering the endless Scottish woods. Her short fiction has been published online at Samjoko Magazine and Idle Ink, and in anthologies by Sliced Up Press, Colp, and Solar Press. MAKE A HOME OF ME is her first book.