Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction. She is the author of over fifty books in different genres and under different pen names, published by twelve publishers in six countries, translated into several languages. Her short stories have been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies.After living in Germany, China, Mongolia and Nepal, she has settled in a small Victorian seaside town in southern England. Rayne holds a college degree in publishing management and a masters degree in creative writing. Over three decades, she has worked in the publishing industry as a trainee, investigative journalist, feature writer, magazine editor, production editor, page designer, concept editor for non-fiction book series, anthology editor, editorial consultant and more. Outside publishing, she worked as a museum guide, applepicker, tarot reader, adult education teacher, trade fair hostess, translator and belly dancer.Currently, Rayne Hall writes fantasy and horror fiction and tries to regain the rights to her out-of-print books so she can republish them as e-books.Her books on the writing craft are bestsellers. (Writing Fight Scenes, Writing Scary Scenes, The Word-Loss Diet, Writing About Magic, Writing About Villains, Writing Short Stories to Promote Your Novels, Writing Dark Stories, Twitter for Writers)Recent books published in e-book format include:"Storm Dancer" (dark epic fantasy novel)"Six Scary Tales Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5" (mild horror stories)"Six Quirky Tales Vol. 1" (humorous fantasy stories)"Six Historical Tales Vol. 1 and 2""The Colour of Dishonour: Stories from the Storm Dancer World""13 British Horror Stories""Thirty Scary Tales" (creepy atmospheric stories)and many others.Rayne Hall is the editor of the Ten Tales anthologies:"Bites: Ten Tales of Vampires""Scared: Ten Tales of Horror""Haunted: Ten Tales of Ghosts""Cutlass: Ten Tales of Pirates""Beltane: Ten Tales of Witchcraft""Spells: Ten Tales of Magic""Undead: Ten Tales of Zombies""Dragon: Ten Tales of Fiery Beasts""Cogwheels: Ten Tales of Steampunk"with more titles coming soon.The "Scary Tales" Series:The stories in the Six Scary Tales books and the collection "Thirty Scary Tales" are mild horror: suspenseful, creepy and disturbing. They don't aim to gross out the reader and contain little or no violence and gore. However, they may not be suitable for young readers. Many of these stories have been previously published in other books or magazines.British English: All Rayne Hall's books use British words, spellings, grammar and punctuation. If you're allergic to British English, avoid them.Website: https://sites.google.com/site/raynehallsdarkfantasyfiction/YouTube "Ten Random Facts about Rayne Hall" (2 minute video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXR4ThBrEFgContact Rayne Hall on Twitter@RayneHall follows back writers and readers. http://twitter.com/RayneHallBy email: You find Rayne's email address is at the end of each book.The author portraits are by the artists Fawnheart, Leah Skerry and Kuoke.