Tue, 01 February 2011 recognising women in horror
February is Women in Horror Recognition Month, an event started last year to boost the profile of women who work in all facets of the horror industry.
Check out the web site and the Facebook page for loads of blog posts and events promoting the contribution of women to horror.
To kick it off here I’d like [...]
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 [...]
Sat, 08 January 2011 toy n joy
This is one of those delightful, slightly macabre, images you can chance upon occasionally. I snapped it during my last trip to London.
I often think dolls are rather grotesque, with their fake smiles and staring eyes. Especially when they are stripped down so their human mockery is made evident. This jumble contains potential winners [...]
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 [...]
Mon, 15 November 2010 is this seat taken?
Today I’m guest reviewing for Peter Tennant on Black Static’s Case Notes Blog.
I discuss the new audio drama ‘Is This Seat Taken?’, written by award-winning horror writer Sarah Langan (Audrey’s Door, The Keeper), which is part of a new series of horror audio drama by Tales from Beyond the Pale.
I’d also like to highlight Peter’s [...]
Mon, 08 November 2010 women in horror recognition month 2011
February this year saw the inaugural Women in Horror Recognition Month, which was an initiative started by Hannah Nuerotica out of frustration because of a perceived lack of women working in the horror industry (literature, cinema, television, comics, etc.). Of course, there are a lot of women working in the industry, but there has been [...]
Sun, 31 October 2010 non-horrid Halloween news
The picture on the right is another delightful shop window decoration from Galway city this weekend.
Last night the clock went back by an hour, so this evening descended with the swift snick of the guillotine blade. On my way home in the early darkness I had to drive through patches of dense fog in the [...]
Sat, 30 October 2010 Samhain Abu
I caught this cheeky chappie tangled up in a net in a café door in Galway today. I love this time of the year, with all the ghoulish decorations.
There’s even a festival going on in the city this weekend called ‘Galway Aboo‘ – which is a play upon the common Irish phrase Gaillimh Abú, [...]
Fri, 29 October 2010 All Hallow’s Read
A new tradition for Halloween evolved this week via an idea Neil Gaiman proposed called ‘All Hallow’s Read‘.
It’s a simple concept: give a friend/colleague/family member a scary book to read for Halloween.
It’s not only to promote book-giving and reading, but also to remind us that the tradition of telling scary stories on his holiday [...]
Thu, 28 October 2010 Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010
World Fantasy Convention is happening this weekend in the USA, and in conjunction with that event I’ve received word from editor Paula Guran that Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010 is now available.
Here is the Table of Contents:
THE HORRID GLORY OF ITS WINGS, Elizabeth Bear
LOWLAND SEA, Suzy McKee Charnas
COPPING SQUID, Michael Shea
MONSTERS, Stewart O’Nan
THE BRINK OF ETERNITY, Barbara Roden
FROST [...]
