Karens first novel – Afterwards is available on now
Girl is dead.
She knows she is dead because she remembers dying.
The afterlife is not what she had expected – she has awoken into a nightmare, in which everything seems hell-bent on killing her all over again. She is the only one who remembers what life was like before death and she has no idea why.
Also, Girl has a secret. A secret which could end this strange world she has found herself in, if she manages to survive for long enough.
As she begins to learn the horrifying truth about Afterwards, she is propelled into a journey which will change everything she thinks she knows about herself.
Grim in places, Karen Kendrick’s Afterwards is also fast-paced and emotionally challenging.
The only way to beat the game is to keep moving forwards, even if it means the end of the world.
Karen Kendrick is a sci-fantasy writer from Astley in Greater Manchester.
She enjoys playing about with the edges of reality and can’t usually resist including a monster or two in her stories.
She’s had several short stories and poems published and Afterwards is her debut novel.
She teaches Creative Writing at Warrington and Vale Royal College.
