Mon, 07 May 2012 British Fantasy Awards 2012 – nominees
The short-lists have been announced for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards:
Novel
11.22.63 by Stephen King (Scribner)
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor Books)
Cyber Circus by Kim Lakin-Smith (NewCon Press)
A Dance with Dragons by George R R Martin (Bantam)
The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
The Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan)
There will be two awards in the best Novel [...]
Mon, 23 April 2012 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards Short-list
For the past six months I’ve been serving on the jury of the Shirley Jackson Awards. It’s been time-consuming and far more work than I anticipated, but it’s also been richly rewarding. I’ve enjoyed reading extensively across the fields of dark fantasy and horror, I’ve discovered new authors, and developed a deeper appreciation for firm [...]
Tue, 28 February 2012 BFS Awards juror
It’s been officially announced: I’m a member of the inaugural jury for the 2012 British Fantasy Awards.
My fellow jurors are:
James Barclay
Hal Duncan
Esther Sherman
Damien G. Walter
So I’m in excellent company.
I’m currently in the last throes of reading for the Shirley Jackson Awards, so I’ll be keeping the momentum going into the BFS Awards.
I will enjoy being [...]
Thu, 29 September 2011 recent round-up
I’ve been remiss at pointing toward reviews of issue 1 of Róisín Dubh and Jennifer Wilde, the two comic book series I’ve written.
Liam Geraghty and Craig O’Connor, the men behind the Irish comic book podcast, The Comic Cast, gave both issues the thumbs up.
Lee Grice at the British podcast Small Press Big Mouth gave Jennifer [...]
Wed, 21 September 2011 The Shirley Jackson Awards 2011
I’m pleased to be able to announce that I’ve been asked to be a member of the jury for The Shirley Jackson Awards 2011.
The Shirley Jackson Awards were established in 2007 to recognise outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror and the dark fantastic.
Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) wrote such classic novels as The Haunting [...]
Mon, 21 March 2011 genre for Japan
Floor to Ceiling Books reviewer Amanda Rutter, Solaris editor Jenni Hill, BFS reviewer Louise Morgan, blogger Ro Smith and Hub editor Alasdair Stuart have formed Genre for Japan, an SF/F/horror-themed auction to benefit the British Red Cross Japanese Appeal.
Following the example of Authors for Japan, where bids are now closed, we’d like to introduce Genre for Japan, [...]
Tue, 22 February 2011 interview files
Black Static has been featuring articles about and by women horror writers on its Case Notes Blog during February as part of Women in Horror Month.
Today you can read my interview with Canadian horror writer Gemma Files. Thanks to non fiction editor Peter Tennant for the suggestion, and to Gemma for her lively and thoughtful [...]
Fri, 11 February 2011 Water in Black Static 21
My flash short story, ‘Water’, is appearing in Black Static 21. Thanks to editor Andy Cox for taking the story. A shout-out is also needed for non-fiction editor Peter Tennant, who has devoted the Black Static’s Case Notes blog to the subject of women in horror for the month of February.
At the moment you can [...]
Sun, 09 January 2011 Involuntary Muscle
Issue 35 of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction is now out and it includes my short story ‘Involuntary Muscle’.
Thanks to editors Stephen Theaker and John Greenwood for choosing to include my story in this issue.
It also features work by Matthew Amundsen, Douglas Ogurek, reviews by John Greenwood, Stephen Theaker and Howard Watts, with cover art also supplied [...]
Tue, 04 January 2011 Vic podcast
Just before the dawn of 2011 I received word that my short story ‘Vic’, which recently appeared in the Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010, will be podcast in the April edition of Dark Fiction Magazine.
DFM is a relative newcomer to the horror podcasting scene, since it launched just last October, but it’s already [...]
