My Darling Dreadful Thing

Name: My Darling Dreadful Thing
ISBN: 9781368100199

by Johanna van Veen

British Fantasy · 2025 · WinnerShirley Jackson · 2024 · Shortlist

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NightfireAugust 6, 2024HorrorISBN 9781368100199

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
British Fantasy Award for Best Novel	2025	Winner	“Johanna van Veen won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel for My Darling Dreadful Thing, praised for its atmospheric gothic horror and its psychological intensity.”
Shirley Jackson Award for Novel	2024	Shortlist

About This Book

A medium who has always been accompanied by a violent spirit guides the grieving widow of a powerful man—until desire and deception spiral into obsession in this gothic psychological horror novel.

About the Author

Johanna van VeenNL

Johanna van Veen is a Dutch-Canadian author of gothic horror fiction. She won the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel for My Darling Dreadful Thing (2025), her debut novel. The book is a gothic psychological horror story about obsession, desire, and the violence that can lurk beneath the surface of intimate relationships. Read more →