SJ Townend lives in Bristol with her two children and their two cats. She writes dark, speculative fiction and also runs Bag of Bones, a charitable indie press.

Her debut dark fiction collection 'Sick Girl Screams' (Brigids Gate Press) was published in October 2024. 

Sley House Press will shortly be publishing SJ's 2nd horror collection, 'Your Final Sunset' and it's available for preorder now.

This website serves as an assembly point for all her work, but she doesn't update as often as she should. (short stories, novels)

SJ is always keen to connect with other readers, writers, interviewers, podcasters, visual artists, and reviewers...please do get in touch!