*JS Apsley is the pen name of a Glasgow based author of unnerving Scots-noir.

Apsley's stories are laced with mystery, crime, fantasy and horror.

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Apsley won the Ringwood Publishing Short Story 2024 Competition for his debut fiction submission, "Immersion".    ​​

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*His debut novel, "Storm Girl", has been signed to a new independent Glasgow publisher - formal announcements soon - expected early 2027!

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If you're looking for a vampire who works as a "cleaner" for a Glasgow gangster; if you're after a police officer investigating a mysterious creature hanging from the Finnieston Crane; if you want two backpackers on a remote Scottish island crossing onto the land of the devil himself; then dear reader you can have all this and more . . . from the mind of JS Apsley.

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JS APSLEY*
Author

"The judges were impressed by the handling of the story and the way Apsley gradually built a sense of foreboding that led to the story’s striking denouement."

Ringwood Publishing, Short Story Competition 2024 Winner  (for "Immersion")

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“JS Apsley is as much of a mystery as his story is.

I didn’t think you could write a compelling murder mystery in only a few paragraphs, but he’s done it.”

www.turnandwork.com 

(For “Jenny Greenteeth”  published by Necessary Fiction October 2025)