{"id":727093,"date":"2026-08-04T10:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727093\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:28:11","slug":"the-haunted-bookshop-in-bristol-in-fight-to-stay-open-amid-cost-rises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727093\/","title":{"rendered":"The Haunted Bookshop in Bristol in fight to stay open amid cost rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An independent bookshop says a drop in footfall and cost-of-living pressures mean the business is now &#8220;impossible to manage alone&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Haunted Bookshop opened in Bristol two years ago for &#8220;anyone who has ever felt a little different&#8221; and specialises in horror, fantasy, folklore and the occult.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Owner, Monika Killer, said he business has fallen behind on essential bills. Killer has started a crowd fundraiser, which has so far seen more than 450 supporters pledge over \u00a37,500 to save the shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Customer Sarina Maloy said the space gives people a chance to connect, and &#8220;it would be a severe loss if the shop shuts down&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An independent bookshop says a drop in footfall and cost-of-living pressures mean the business is now &#8220;impossible to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-727093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}