Jessica Lewis – författare

Forced to spend her summer in her aunt's strange small town, a teen girl discovers dark secrets hidden in the woods.

From the author of Bad Witch Burning comes another pulse-pounding novel perfect for fans of Supernatural and Lovecraft Country.

Don't go outside past dark. Come straight home after church. And above all-never, ever, go into Red Wood. These are the rules Latavia's aunt gives her when Latavia arrives in Sanctum, Alabama for the summer. Though, weird as they are, living in Sanctum does have its pros. Mainly, the cute girl who works at the local ice cream shop.

But Sanctum is turning out to be as strange as the rules-and the longer Latavia's in town, the more suspicious she is that the people there are hiding something. And the more clear it is that she's an outsider. Everyone's nice enough, but they seem determined to prove everything is normal.

But it's not.

Because there's something in Red Wood that the towns' people are hiding. And if Latavia doesn't follow her aunt's rules, she might not be able to leave Sanctum. Ever...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation that left you speechless? Have you ever felt lost in a black hole of emotions with no light at the end of the tunnel?

The Glitch is about such a situation and how there is light at the end of the tunnel. Life is how you perceive it, how you want to look at it. When you love someone, it means you love all of them, not just part of them, and that means unconditionally. When you say I Do, it means that you dont look at the marriage as . . . well, if it doesnt work out we can end it. The Glitch is such a story that shows how two people overcome overwhelming odds because of a lifestyle choice they have chosen to deal with.

This book explores the relationship between Anne Brontë’s work and the life and writings of Lord Byron. Byron’s influence on the other Brontë siblings is well-documented but absent in Anne’s history. Building on recent discourses of rich intertextuality in Anne’s work, Jessica Lewis reveals her relationship with the poet as significantly different from that of her siblings. Instead of trying to emulate Byron or derive inspiration from the concept of ‘mix’d essences’ or elemental affinity, Anne’s relationship with him is grounded in their shared Calvinistic upbringing and a rejection of its stringent principles, which propels both writers to positions of contemporary religious controversy.  This volume reappraises Anne Brontë and her work in light of significant Byronic influence, and provides new readings of her novels and poetry.