Carole Kelly's bites of fiction dive mercilessly into the gristle of dysfunctional relationships and flawed thinking, while relentlessly pulling you deeper through the dimensions of reality.. before her twists of plot spit you out on the other side.
Carole has been writing for most of her life. Her first published work is 'Cerelia', a dystopian post-holocaust fiction, which is included in the anthology 'The Four Season Project', released in 2022.
Carole's work has also been in several other anthologies including:
- 'Spawn 2: More Weird Horror Tales About Pregnancy, Birth and Babies' (2024)
- 'Monsterthology 3' (2024)
Carole is one of the judges for The Aurealis Awards 2024, in the Horror Short Story category.
Before settling in Australia, Carole lived in NZ and the UK.
Her early careers have included window dressing, debt collection and working for the civil service in England. Carole first began counselling with The Samaritans in the 1970s.
After returning to her country of birth, New Zealand she pursued a career as a complementary therapist focusing on remedial massage, reiki and medical herbalism.
In Australia, Carole extended her allied health practice, moving into grief & trauma and relationship counselling, and completed a Master's in Counselling & Applied Psychotherapy.
Visit her websites: carolekelly.com.au & blacknosugar.au.
Follow her on Facebook: facebook.com.CaroleKellyAuthor