'As a child growing up, I spent a lot of time in Victoria Park, where adults would tell us to come home for our dinner before sunset or the 'bogeyman' would chase us'
An East Belfast author whose latest novel, a ghost story set in Northern Ireland, has had instant success on the Amazon charts.
"This led to my poetry being longlisted for the ‘Melita Hume Poetry Prize’ in 2014, and publication of my debut poetry collection in 2015, and my fiction being selected for the ‘Storm Cycle: Best of the Web Anthology’, which helped me to get a publishing contract for my debut novel in 2019." "I’m also a fan of folk tales and urban legends. As a child growing up in Sydenham, I spent a lot of time in Victoria Park, where adults would tell us to come home for our dinner before sunset or the ‘bogeyman’ would chase us out.
Leilanie added: "The Blue Man is like a Belfast ‘Candyman’: it blends urban folklore with a supernatural revenge story.
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