Ainy Cormac

Ainy Cormac is an Australian author of dark fantasy and horror. He enjoys stories that blur the line between myth and nightmare, always chasing the strange, bleak and beautifully broken. When not devouring dark works laced with dread and banter, he is smashing iced lattes and teaching primary school. He is the author of Prepare For Me A Shallow Grave, the first volume in the grimdark trilogy The Curse of Ohlin.
You can follow him on Instagram at @ainycormac.

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