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About Macfarlane Lantern Publishing

MACFARLANE LANTERN PUBLISHING is a Scottish independent publishing house based in Glasgow. In 1590 the Macfarlanes used to raid cattle from rival clans under the light of the moon which then became known as Macfarlane’s Lantern. Our founder, Hayley Louise Macfarlane, loved this piece of family history so much she decided to name her company after it! It is in such a way that Macfarlane Lantern Publishing was born.


We focus on publishing small but talented voices here at Macfarlane Lantern, with our particular interests being fairy tales, folklore and horror, and any genre set in Scotland or written by a Scottish author.

About H. L. Macfarlane

Hayley Louise Macfarlane hails from the very tiny hamlet of Balmaha on the shores of Loch Lomond in Scotland. After graduating with a PhD in molecular genetics she did a complete 180 and moved into writing fiction. Though she loves writing multiple genres (fantasy, romance, sci-fi, psychological fiction and horror so far!) she is most widely known for her enemies-to-lovers STEM rom-com, The Unbalanced Equation, and her Gothic, Scottish fairy tale, Prince of Foxes – book one of the Bright Spear trilogy.

Check out her books on Amazon