About

Mandika Turudic is a horror writer whose stories explore the uneasy space where folklore meets fear, and where the familiar turns quietly sinister. Born in Hanau, Germany, the birthplace of the Brothers Grimm, Mandika grew up surrounded by eerie fairytales and whispered legends. These early encounters with the darker side of storytelling sparked a lifelong fascination with the unsettling truths that hide beneath the surface of everyday life.

At eight, she immigrated to Canada and was suddenly immersed in three new languages: English, French, and Croatian, learning them all within a year. That experience lit a fire for language and narrative, showing her how words can shape perception, reveal character, and summon emotion.

Influenced by real-world horrors and otherworldly encounters, Mandika’s writing delves deep into the places most fear to tread. Whether she is peeling back the layers of true crime, conjuring chilling ghost stories, or exploring paranormal mysteries, her work is grounded in psychological insight and a fascination with what lies beneath the surface. Like her literary hero Stephen King, she is captivated by the subtle invasion of horror into the everyday. The way fear seeps into the cracks of the ordinary and just lingers in the air.

Her tales are slow burns: rich with atmospheric dread, populated by complex characters, and built around the kind of tension that lingers long after the final page. At the core of her storytelling is a deep belief in the enduring power of myth, and in the strange beauty that emerges when the supernatural, the macabre, and the real collide. Mandika Turudic writes to unsettle, to provoke, and to invite readers into the dark; not just to visit, but to stay a while.