In November 2018 Titan Books will be publishing The Arrival of Missives in the US, and they recently revealed the new cover, along with an excerpt, on Tor.com. You can go there and see it, or you can just look down now. It’s far too beautiful not to have it on my blog too. Also,… Continue reading A new envelope for Missives
Although I’d be tempted to call myself a weird writer rather than a writer of the Weird, I’m very happy to be involved in the business of writing a story for Boudicca Press‘ upcoming anthology Disturbing the Beast. Submissions are currently being accepted and there’ll be crowdfunding to come. I’m really looking forward to seeing… Continue reading The weird, the cold, and the pointy
Although hiding is my default state, I will be breaking cover and can be found in the Scullery for a live reading event to celebrate the launch of Tales From the Shadow Booth vol 2. July 5th, in the evening, along with some brilliant writers that I’m excited to hear read aloud – it should… Continue reading Hiding in the Scullery
Holt House is here, and I love the way it looks. A last minute cover design change moved everything from white to black, but the malevolent eye of the house inside a rusty trap remains. And the handy pocket size means I want to carry it around all day. It’s menacing and it has… Continue reading Holt House in the Hand
I remember borrowing a copy of Roald Dahl’s short story collection Kiss Kiss from the library at an impressionable age and sinking fully into its black humour, to emerge never quite the same ever again. So I’m really glad Tales From the Shadow Booth exists. The first volume reminded me of Dahl in places, and… Continue reading Entering the Shadow Booth
There are six covers by Darren Hopes in the Eden Book Society project, and they make an eerie and stylish collection. I helped to prepare* one of the novellas in this series (although I’m not allowed to say which one) and I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on the entire set. The other… Continue reading A Pick of Six
Here’s a bit more information about my new novel, The Loosening Skin, that will be published by Unsung Stories in October – we have a blurb! When people shed their skin every seven years, it’s just a fact of life that we will cast off all the attachments of our old life. And when our… Continue reading More Loosenings
