R.A. Marno
Gothic Fiction & Literary Storytelling
Where history haunts the living
Author of What the Fog Conceals (Salt Publishing, 2026).
Literary gothic fiction exploring faith, guilt, and the ghosts that linger in memory.
R.A. Marno writes literary gothic fiction that reimagines the haunted past — stories where belief, guilt, and memory twist through human lives across centuries. An award-winning film director and writer based in Belfast, his work combines literary precision with a dark psychological undercurrent, exploring themes of loss, silence, and the quiet ruptures of ordinary life. What the Fog Conceals is his debut novel.
What The Fog Conceals
What the Fog Conceals is a haunting, beautifully controlled debut that explores the silences left by grief, the weight of buried memory, and the quiet horror of complicity. R.A. Marno weaves a gothic atmosphere with literary precision — a novel that lingers long after the last page is turned.
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“In What the Fog Conceals, R.A. Marno creates a deeply moving and quietly assured narrative of unstoppable resurfacing memory, the unexorcisable haunting of history, and the ultimate, unsuppressable power of a landscape – a heritage both natural and constructed – that is as inescapable as mortality. This debut is not only a wonderful addition to Northern Irish Gothic fiction, but a must-read for all those who love slowburn Gothic Horror.” – C.M. Rosens
“Marno’s debut novel imagines the land itself forcing Harriet and her son Edward—who is unaware of his mother’s actions—to confront the atrocities committed there. The result is a haunting and atmospheric story, deeply moving and eloquently written. The novel excels in its sense of place, with the fog becoming an especially powerful symbol: at once concealing and revealing the truth, embodying the slow, creeping realisation of the past before finally lifting as buried horrors come to light.” – Samantha Ward-Smith – Historical Novel Society