I live, love and loathe my characters. They stole my mind…

“Please, never tell me what 'horror erotica' is. Real #art is being lost in a bizarre swamp of over-processed, sexually exploitative garbage.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Creativity is as much about order against freedom; control versus rebellion; organisation against disorder as it is about straightforward imagination.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.”

— Amaya Ellman

“You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.”

— Amaya Ellman

“One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.”

— Amaya Ellman

“If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.”

— Amaya Ellman

“To cut a long story short, I'm a writer.”

— Amaya Ellman

“My best writing happens when I’m fighting to produce it.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Sure thing, Kris. A man’s gotta get a wage.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Where’s your dog?’ I ask quickly. ‘Dawn said you had a dog. Let’s take the dog out.’ ‘There ain’t no dog,’ replies Janis.”

— Amaya Ellman

“Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my boots off.…

— Amaya Ellman