The Brink
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Released 22nd September 2026
Set in the 17th century English countryside, The Brink blends historical and eldritch folk horror in a queer tale of awakening while exploring a darkly hungry Derbyshire Peak District—where the perils may be natural, unnatural, or very human.
When the keeper of a demonic hell hole falls in love with the perfect sacrifice, she must choose: her loyalty to both her family and her village, or salvaging her own chance at happiness.
It is 1642 in Derbyshire, England. Jane Vernon spends her days trying to satiate the hungry spirit that dwells within Elden Hole, a generational curse shared with her siblings. But each sacrifice increases her reluctance, until the offering of one travelling merchant starts unravelling the fabric of murderous duty and exploitation that shapes her life.
Isaac Latimer appears as a wealthy wanderer searching the countryside for his cousin, Sarah, last spotted in the company of an older man. As a guilty conscience drives Jane to join Isaac in his hunt, she catches a glimpse of an unburdened life even while realising nothing is as it seems.
Among sacrifices and betrayals, burgeoning love and decaying lies, the spirit’s hunger grows alongside threats in the dark, and only a Vernon can decide between death and damnation.
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Publications
Fiction
‘Trial by Water,’ Wishbone Words (forthcoming, 2026)
'Grounds for Possession' and 'The Toadswoman', The Mardler, Issue 4, Winter 2025
https://www.eastanglianfolklorecentre.co.uk/shop/p/the-mardler-issue-2-summer-2025-3xnxw-cxw6n
‘Black, White and Red All Over,’ Black Glass Pages, Issue 3, Summer 2025
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Issue-3-Summer-2025-Lora/dp/B0FVG45HQ1
And on Substack
https://substack.com/@sophiaadamowicz/p-179047667
https://substack.com/@sophiaadamowicz/p-179717611
‘Fair Game,’ Trash Cat Lit, First Anniversary Issue, Summer 2025
https://trashcatlit.com/fair-game/
‘Wixton Fen,’ Trash Cat Lit, First Anniversary Issue, Summer 2025
https://trashcatlit.com/wixton-fen/
‘Closing Time at Mr Marvell’s Museum of Curiosities,’ Trash Cat Lit, ‘Collectors and Collections’ edition
https://trashcatlit.com/closing-time-at-mr-marvells-museum-of-curiosities/
‘Quicklime Lake' in Tales of Folk Horror ed. Chris Stagg (Red Cape Publishing, 2025)
https://shorturl.at/7BIDy
'Missing You,' ParABnormal, March 2025
https://www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page/parabnormal-magazine-march-2025
'The Basket of Fruit I Leave on Your Doorstep,' Haunted Words Press, issue 9, 2024
https://issuu.com/hauntedwordspress/docs/issue_nine_blood-bound
'The Frithyard,' Moss Puppy Magazine, issue 7, 2024
https://www.mosspuppymag.com/issue7
Reprinted in Crow & Cross Keys
https://crowcrosskeys.com/2025/04/30/the-frithyard-sophia-adamowicz/
'A Real Boy,' Haven Speculative
https://www.havenspec.com/a-real-boy
'Waste' in Hunger (Urban Pigs Press, 2024)
'Homegrown,' Crow & Cross Keys
https://crowcrosskeys.com/2022/10/05/homegrown-sophia-adamowicz/
‘The Magician,’ Cunning Folk Magazine
https://www.cunning-folk.com/spiritus-mundi-posts/the-magician-by-sophia-adamowicz
Nonfiction
'Harmonies of Solitude: How to Unplug from the World and Tune into the Cosmos,' Cunning Folk Magazine (forthcoming)
‘Crossing the boundaries: An exploration of Anglo-Saxon superstition,’ Salt & Mirrors & Cats 1 (2023)
'Places of Deceit: A Descent into the Devil's Lair,' Cunning Folk 5, The Earth Issue (2022)
‘“Always On, Always Suffering”: Replication, Repetition and Recursion in Black Mirror,’ Horrified Magazine
https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/television/replication-repetition-recursion-black-mirror/
‘Local Gothicism: the everyday horrors of Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith,’ Horrified Magazine
https://www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk/television/steve-pemberton-and-reece-shearsmith/