'Carmilla Voiez is more of a singer than a writer. Who will survive the coming battle? Full of sex and magic, “Psychonaut” is an exploration into the human psyche and the second book in Voiez’s “Starblood” trilogy. Star’s tortured and broken body awaits Satori, but does she really need him to save her? His rival, a rage-filled young woman, grows more powerful and becomes as twisted as the ribbons in her hair while the demon, Lilith, draws each of them inexorably towards her. To reach his goal, he must face unimaginable horrors, not least of which is his true self. However, he is in love and he isn’t going to let a little thing like death get in his way. There is something he needs in one, but the other keeps drawing him back. This year she is editing a horror anthology, releasing an online horror magazine and another of her erotic short stories is set to be published in an anthology.Ĭarmilla Vioez, author of the Starblood Trilogy Vamptasy publishing have published two of Carmilla’s novels “Starblood” and “Psychonaut” and one of her erotic short stories has been published by Hot Ink. Rather than leave us crippled by response, though, Psychonaut bears you through the hurt towards the only paradise we can be assured of.a love past fault.” Jef Withonef, Houston Press. You feel uncomfortable reading it, like Alex strapped to the chair in Clockwork Orange being taught to feel sick at atrocity. “Psychonaut is a book of mad impulses, inner vision, sadism, escape and belief. She tells her compelling story in a hypnotic, distinctive voice that brings her eerie world vividly to life.' Graham Masterton. Her literary interest also extends to the Aberdeen Write Club she co-founded in 2011 a forum where local writers gather to discuss ideas and writing techniques. The first book, Starblood, which has been nominated for the Commonwealth Book Prize, is set partly in the beautiful Cairngorm mountains and partly in the city where she grew up, in South West England, she finds inspiration in local beauty, stately homes, the Moray Firth and woodlands around the Scottish town where she has lived the past 10 years.Ĭarmilla Voiez has been nominated for Horror Author of the Year.

She is currently writing the final book in the Starblood Trilogy from her family home in Banff, where she lives with her husband, daughters and numerous cats, Carmilla sold her Gothic Clothing business last year and has been writing and releasing top selling books and short stories since then.Ī Goth for over 20 years, her books are inspired by the Gothic subculture, magic and dark desires, exploring sexual obsession and violence in often hard-hitting ways. Carmilla Voiez is a British horror writer who resides in Scotland.

Starblood by Carmilla Voiez