Cynthia Murphy

Cynthia Murphy is an author from the North-West of England. She has always enjoyed writing and when her English teacher accused her of plagiarism in Year 8, she thought she might actually be quite good at it. She has a long-standing love affair with all things scary, reading Point Horrors at primary school before graduating to Stephen King in her misguided teens. Classic 90s and 00s horror movies are definitely her pub quiz strong point and her first love may well have been Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Studying for a degree in Art History and Archaeology meant that she developed a thirst for anything old, beautiful and very often dead. She tries to combine this with contemporary settings in her writing to make unique and chilling modern stories. Cynthia is married to her best friend and they have a Romanian rescue dog, Loli, who you will see a lot of on Instagram @CynthiaMurphyYA.

Urban Legends and Folie-à-deux with Cynthia Murphy, author of The Midnight Game

By Cynthia Murphy

July 30, 2024

When I was younger, I loved all of the urban legends that were told on the playground. In fact, I specifically remember being the ringleader of these macabre story times, often scaring the other children with tales of babysitters getting creepy phone calls, being licked from beneath the bed (still the real reason why I,…