In her late teens, Meredith Berg-Olsen had all the makings of a runway model. Now in her late forties, after everything she had been through – including horrors that John could only guess at – she looked bloodless instead of pale, skeletal instead of slender, more dead than alive.

John Penrose has two secrets. One is the flatmate he keeps hidden from the world: his high-school sweetheart, Meredith. His other secret is the reason he feels compelled to look after her.

Contrition is a horror story with noir undertones and an atmosphere of mounting dread.

• Contrition
• Author: Deborah Sheldon
• Australian English
• ISBN:  978-1-925759-52-5
• RRP: UK £17.99 AU$27.95 US$14.99 EU €12.99
• Publisher: IFWG Publishing Australia (SQ Mag)
• Mature Readers
• 244 pages
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm
• eBook Formats: Amazon AU, Nook Book, iBook, Amazon US, Kobo
• Key Words: Horror, Noir
• Publication Date: September 2018
• Distribution: (Australia/NZ) Novella Distributors; (North America) SPU/IPG; (UK/Europe) Gazelle; (elsewhere) Neilsen/Ingram