Short stories about monsters! I grew up on a diet of monsters: vampires, zombies, big bad wolves, mummies and my own local monster, the Exmoor Beast. From late night Hammer horror to Gothic literature, I loved them all. No idea why. I was just that kind of child. When Black Shuck Books asked me if… Continue reading Stick your neck forward, fearsomely
October’s going to be a really busy month for me. There’s Greensmith, my overexcited take on space opera and plants, coming from Unsung Stories on October 12. Some writers I admire have already read it and said kind things about it over on the website. Phew. There’s The Secret Life of Fungi, a non-fiction smart… Continue reading An October Summer
If you look up you should see a new tab on the top bar for non-fiction works. I’ve been writing non-fiction articles for a few years, mainly about film or trivia but also about the writing process and literature that I love. Well, all that stepped up a gear at the beginning of the year… Continue reading Fungal Growth
Short and sweet. Well, with a slightly bitter aftertaste, perhaps – a piece of flash fiction I wrote about love, money and alien administration is up at Daily Science Fiction today. They deliver a piece of excellent SF flash every morning to my inbox, and I’ve long wanted to join their number. Lump Sum Love… Continue reading Daily lumping
Fogginess is such a great word. NewCon Press will be publishing an anthology of short stories about London in the future. That is, they’ll be publishing it in the future (27th October 2020, to be precise) and it’s about future London. Except my story, Fog and Pearls at the Kings Cross Junction isn’t really 100%… Continue reading Future Fogginess
It feels like 2021 is a very long way off, but something tells me we’ll trudge on, then pause, look up, and realise we’re already in it. Getting to show off the cover for Skyward Inn, which will be published in 2021, makes me, personally, feel that I’m drawing closer to something. I’m not sure… Continue reading Covering 2021 with skyward paper
Wow, my Greensmith cover is just so beautiful that I’m going to stare at it some more: Please feel welcome to stare at it too, particularly since the original publishing date has now, very wisely, been delayed until October. Please hold on to whatever thoughts/plans you had about it and we’ll reconvene with that cover… Continue reading Holding hexagonal patterns
Yesterday a collection of short stories went on sale as an e-book, with all the proceeds to go to the NHS, and today it’s sitting at the top of Amazon’s charts. I put that down to two things: the incredible generosity and empathy of readers, and the sheer amazingness of talent put together in one… Continue reading Collecting
Wait! Actually I can mention the inn. Here are all the details: Solaris are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley, a new and thoughtful speculative fiction novel set in the English moorlands. Skyward Inn will be published in spring 2021. Editor David Thomas Moore acquired World English rights in Whiteley’s new novel… Continue reading Don’t mention the inn
Ending what’s been a hugely exciting week for me for reasons I’m mainly not allowed to talk about yet* (but one of which was that it was my birthday and I received a huge pile of new books to read – I love book-heavy birthdays) is the publication of a short story of mine on… Continue reading Spoils for grabs
