You can now pre-order the anthology Best New Horror #31, edited by Stephen Jones, and published by PS Publishing, which includes my story ‘Wake the Dead’.
I’ve written a story for ‘Teddy Scare’ in the reboot of Monster Fun, with art by Steve May and letters by Ferre Schutz.
I am beaming into Octocon again this year – it’s taking place virtually, from 1-3 October, and all events are free, but you must register to attend.
Be Psi-ing you’, my Anderson: PSI Division story, is in 2000 AD Prog 2250, with art by Lee Carter.
My short story ‘Gravedirt Mouth’ is in The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror, edited by Stephen Jones and published by Skyhorse Publishing.
My story, ‘The Light at the Centre’, has been translated into Japanese by Ottogiro Machikane and appears in the journal, Night Land Quarterly, volume 25.
My novella, Psyche – set during the emergence of the Judges system that underpins the 2000 AD universe – has been nominated for a European Science Fiction Society 2021 Achievements Award for Best Written Work of Fiction.
Michael Carroll and I have co-written the overall narrative for the 2000 AD Summer Special, now available for pre-order, and published on 7 July 2021.
In the ICN Awards 2020 I’ve been nominated in the Best Irish Writer (Major Publisher) and Best Irish Writer (Non-Fiction) categories.
My flash horror story, ‘Pay the Toll‘, is the 29th of December entry in the Sinister Horror Company’s creepy Advent Calendar.
From 9-11 October I’ll be attending Octocon 2020, which is taking place online. Here is my schedule of panels.
Rebellion organised a podcast with many of the writers of the Misty & Scream! Special 2020, including me, which is available to listen to online now.
In the 30th Anniversary issue of Judge Dredd Megazine, I’ve an Anderson: PSI Division story called ‘No Country for Old PSIs’ with art by Steven Austin, colours by Barbara Nosenzo and letters by Simon Bowland.
I’ve been nominated for the ESFS 2020 Hall Of Fame Awards in the Best Author category.
I’ve a story in the forthcoming Misty & Scream 2020 Special called ‘The Thief of Senses’. The art and colouring is by Robin Henley with lettering by Annie Parkhouse.
The 50th issue of fanzine Journey Planet is out, and I’ve a review in it of ‘Hellman: At the Twilight of the Reich’, a Garth Ennis story, drawn by Mike Dorey and lettered by Rob Steen, which appeared in the recent Action 2020 Special published by Rebellion.
The Wom@rts roaming exhibition, titled ‘Women (RI)visible‘, is opening at 19:00 on 8 July in Tower Center Rijeka, in Croatia. My piece, ‘Interview with a Sphinx‘, is part of the exhibition.
There’s now an Audible edition of the Judges: Volume Two omnibus, which contains my novella set in the 2000 AD Judges series – Psyche – along with Michael Carroll’s Golgotha and Joseph Elliott-Coleman’s The Patriots.
My novella set in the 2000 AD Judges series – Psyche – has been released in an omnibus edition with Michael Carroll’s Golgotha and Joseph Elliott-Coleman’s The Patriots.
The SMASH! 2020 Specialis out now, which includes my story, ‘King for a Day’, drawn by Andreas Butzbach.
On Sunday, 7 June 2020 at 6 pm I’ll be discussing the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, 2000 AD, and related works in a Zoom panel discussion moderated by Joe Gordon, with my fellow panellists, Michael Carroll and Joseph Elliott-Coleman, during the online Cymera Festival.
I’ve written a Cursitor Doom story, drawn by artist Andreas Butzbach, which will appear in a new Smash! special, which will be published by Rebellion on 10 June 2020.
I’ll be a guest at Enniskillen Comic Fest, taking place from 1-2 May 2020 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
I’ve been nominated for an Irish Comic News Award in the Best Irish Writer (Major Publisher) category, for my Judge Anderson: Psi-Division story ‘The Dead Run’, which appeared in the Judge Dredd Megazine.
I’ll be at a signing for the editors and authors in the Cursed anthology at Forbidden Planet Megastore in London on Saturday, 7 March 2020 from 13:00 to 14:00.
Listen to part two of the discussion of Nigel Kneale’s BBC TV series Quatermass and the Pit (1958-1959) with Jon Dear and Howard David Ingham on the Bergcast podcast.
The Judges: Psyche novella has been published. You can now buy the ebook or the special limited edition paperback (signed by me).
I’ve written a novella for Rebellion Publishing’s Judges series called Psyche, which is available for pre-order now, and will be shipping on 15 January 2020.
I was on the arts/culture show Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, presented by Sean Rocks, reviewing The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.
You can listen to part one of our discussion of Nigel Kneale’s BBC TV series Quatermass and the Pit (1958) with Jon Dear and Howard David Ingham on the Bergcast podcast.
Judge Dredd Megazine #414is out, and it contains the final issue of my Anderson Psi-Division story, The Dead Run.
The Wom@rts roaming exhibition, titled I̶N̶ ̶VISIBLE, was opened by Compostela Cultura in Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago. My piece, ‘Interview with a Sphinx’, was part of the exhibition.
I’ll be doing a talk and a workshop during the Urgency Intensive symposium and related events at The Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht from 5-6 November. It’s theme is ‘on the role of art and design in times of urgency’.
I was on the arts/culture show Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, presented by Kay Sheehy, reviewing Cilka’s Journey, a loose sequel to Heather Morris’s book The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
My short story ‘Y’ will be in the anthology, Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People, edited by Scott Gable and C. Dombrowski, and published by Broken Eye Books on 17 December.
I’ll have a story in the forthcoming Cursed anthology, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan, coming from Titan Books in March 2020.
I had brunch with Scott Edelman during Dublin Worldcon and he recorded it for his Eating the Fantastic podcast.
Check out Judge Dredd Megazine #413 which contains the fourth issue of my Anderson Psi-Division story, The Dead Run.
I’m on the Rebellion Thrill-Cast podcast discussing the world of Scarlet Traces with co-creator and anthology editor Ian Edginton, Rebellion commissioning editor David Thomas Moore, and 2000 AD publicity droid Michael Molcher..
Judge Dredd Megazine #412 is out, and includes the third issue of my Anderson Psi-Division story, The Dead Run.
My short story ‘The Mechanical Marionette Mob’ appears in Ian Edginton’s Scarlet Traces anthology, which is out in ebook and hardback from Rebellion Publishing.
During FrightFest I’ll be appearing on a panel organised by the Den Of Geek, called ‘From Page To Scream‘, from 1pm – 2pm on Sunday, 25 August at the Prince Charles cinema, Leicester Square, London.
Judge Dredd Megazine #411 is out and includes the second issue of my Anderson Psi-Division story, The Dead Run.
I interviewed George RR Martin at the GPO in Dublin after he received the An Post Special Recognition Award for his contribution to science fiction and fantasy, which is part of the annual An Post Book Awards.
My schedule of events for Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, which is taking place from 15-19 August 2019 in the CCD, Dublin.
My collection, The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), will be part of a launch at Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon of a number of NewCon Press titles, from 17.30 to 18.30 on Saturday, 17 August. It’s taking place at the Point Square Dublin, Warehouse 2 performance space. All members of Worldcon are welcome
George R.R. Martin will be attending a screening of the classic sf film, Forbidden Planet, at the IFI in Dublin in association with Dublin 2019: An Irish WorldCon. I’ll be in conversation with him about the film after the screening.
You can now pre-order my collection, The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), from NewCon Press.
The radio adaptation of my short science fiction play, The Love of Small Appliances, will be broadcast on NearFM at 6pm on Friday, 28 June 2019. It’s a story about AI, love, and the evolution of ‘helpful’ devices all connected to the Internet, directed by Nicola Murphy.
I’ll be writing a new five-issue arc of Judge Anderson for 2000 AD starting in Judge Dredd Megazine issue #410 in July 2019, and super talented Patrick Goddard is doing the art.
I’ll be a guest at Celtic Con, Ireland’s Midland Comic Convention, at the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Church Street Portlaoise, Co. Laois on 1 June 2019.
I’ll be a guest at the Enniskillen Comic Book Festival which is taking place at McArthur Hall in Darling Street in Enniskillen on 11 May 2019.
I was on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena discussing the final season of the award-winning TV series Game of Thrones with host Sean Rocks and the other panellists – Arlene Hunt, Daragh Downes and Dave Rudden.
I took part on the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast with author Laurel Sills, editor David Moore, and Mike Molcher discussing 2000 AD‘s legendary PSI-Judge, Judge Anderson.
I was on RTÉ Radio 1’s cultural show Arena discussing the life and career of American writer Ursula K. Le Guin on the first anniversary of her death.
NewCon Press in the UK will be publishing the first collection of my original short stories. It will contain a mixture of previously published work along with new stories, with an introduction by Kim Newman. The collection is called The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them my Dreams), and is scheduled to be launched at Worldcon in Dublin in August 2019.
The comic book narrative I created at the Womarts Illustrators & Comics Residency in Angoulême, France is part of a roaming international exhibition, and its first showing will be in Maribor, Slovenia from 26 April – 1 June 2019.
I was on Arena, RTÉ Radio 1’s culture show, talking about George R.R. Martin‘s latest book: the 700-page Goliath called Fire and Blood, Volume 1.
I’ve written a story for the comic book anthology, Mansion Of Madness, which is edited by Lee Robson and Dan Hill, called ‘Words Are Not Real’, with art by Alex Patterson, and lettering by Bolt-01. You can buy it on ComiXology now.
I’m attending the Fantasycon weekend in Chester, England from 19-21 October 2018. My schedule of panels is online.
I wrote a piece about Enniscrone and surrounding locations in Co. Sligo – an area I’ve repeatedly returned to since I was a child – for the Touring Tuesdays section of the Dublin 2019 Worldcon blog.
I’ll be a guest at the inaugural Omagh Comic Fest, taking place in the Strule Arts Centre, Townhall Square in Omagh on 8 September 2018.
I’ll be conducting Q&As after the screenings of three films at the Galway Film Fleadh this year: Possum, Holiday, and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure.Details here.
I’m interviewed on The Thin Air by Loreana Rushe, where I discuss comics, influences, and in particular my forthcoming work for 2000 AD.
I’ll be writing a strip for the 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, which will be published on 20 June 2018.
The inaugural episode of the Hammered podcast is now available for listening. The host of the series, JG Byrne, and I talk about The Quatermass Xperiment(1955).
I’ll be one of the regular guests in an on-going podcast called Hammered, dedicated to examining the more ghoulish output of the British Hammer Film Productions studio, hosted by J G Byrne.
My short story ‘Y’ is appearing in issue 1 of Eyedolon (‘Toward a Weirder Tomorrow’), a new online anthology series from Broken Eye Books, edited by Scott Gable.
I was on a segment of The Kitchen Table show on 103.2 Dublin City FM on 26 October, discussing Supergirl and Mindhunter, as well as the forthcoming Slayers and their Vampires panel at the Bram Stoker Festival.
You can listen online to me on RTÉ Radio 1’s arts show, Arena, talking about Philip Pullman’s work, and his new book in His Dark Materials series: The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage.
As part of the Bram Stoker Festival in Dublin (27-30 Oct), I’ll be taking part in the Slayers and their Vampires panel from 1 pm – 2.30 pm on 28 October, in the Albert Lecture Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
My short story ‘Impossible to Feign’ will appear in the Walk on the Weird Side anthology, edited by Joe Pulver, which will be launched at NecronomiCon in Providence.
I’ve written a Midnight Movie Monograph on the cult film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, for Electric Dreamhouse Press, an imprint of PS Publishing, under the management of editor Neil Snowdon. The book will be released in June 2017.
My story ‘Colours’, drawn by John Riordan, is in the Outside comic book anthology, published by Pure Ash Press.
I’ll be part of a panel discussing ‘The Power of Superheroes‘ at the Galway International Arts Festival, at 4pm on 22 July in the O’Donoghue Theatre in NUIG.
I reviewed the graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler’s classic novel, Kindred for RTÉ Radio 1’s programme Arena.
I’ll be attending FantasyCon by the Sea in Scarborough and participating in two panels and an anthology book lauch on 24 September 2016.
My short story ‘The Fruit of the Tree’ will be in the Ten Tall Tales anthology, edited by Ian Whates, published by NewCon Press. It will be launched at Fantasycon in Scarborough on 24 September 2016.
I’ll be writing the script for the Jennifer Wilde computer game, developed by Outsider Games in partnership with Atomic Diner Comics and Northern Ireland Screen, and is based on the original comic book series I wrote for Atomic Diner.
My short story ‘A Rebellious House’ will be in The Madness of Dr. Caligari anthology, edited by Joe S. Pulver, and published by Fedogan and Bremer, due out autumn 2016.
I’ll be giving a lecture for the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies in London from 7pm – 10pm on 8 December 2016, in the Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1JD. The title of the talk is: ‘Working the ‘Blue Rose Case: Signs, Codes, and Mysteries in David Lynch’s Fire Walk With Me‘.
Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers King in Yellow Mythos, edited by Joe S. Pulver, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award in the Anthology category. My story ‘Family’ is in the volume.
I’ll be a guest at the inaugural Horror Expo Ireland event, which is taking place at the Freemasons Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin on Sunday, 30 October 2016.
I’ll be speaking at the two hundred and forty sixth Inaugural meeting of The Hist in Trinity College Dublin, on the subject of ‘Making the Modern Heroine’.
My short story ‘Spooky Girl’ will be appearing in a forthcoming anthology from Fox Spirit Books, called Respectable Horror, which is edited by Kate Laity.
My short near-future play, The Love of Small Appliances, has been selected by the Waking the Feminists West team, to be part of their New Play Reading, taking place on 6 May in the Town Hall Theatre, studio, in Galway.
I appeared on Arena – RTÉ Radio 1’s Arts & Culture show – during its 1 March broadcast, discussing the Fête de la Bande Dessinée, the Irish / French Comic Book Festival in Dublin.
‘Territory’, a story written by Julie Steinbacher, is on Podcastle – I read the story, along with Kim Jones, for the podcast.
My short story ‘Moments on the Cliff’ will appear in issue 41 of the Galway literary magazine Crannóg. I’ll be at its launch at 6.30 pm on Friday, 26 February at the Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway.
I’ve been nominated for the Best Irish Writer Published Outside Ireland Award in the ICN Awards 2015.
I’ve written a script for a short comic that will detail the origin story for Lola Vita, a character from Wailing Heights, a new video game forthcoming from Outsider Games. It’s being drawn by Ron Salas (Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, DC Comics).
Delcourt has published a French translation of Witchfinder Volume 3: Les Mystères d’Unland.
My short story ‘Family’ is in Cassilda’s Song, an anthology of stories inspired by Robert W Chambers The King in Yellow mythology, and edited by Joe S. Pulver. The book will be published by Chaosium Inc. in time for the 2015 NecronomiCon Providence convention in August.
I edited the Song of the Sea picture book, which is written by Will Collins, based on his screenplay of the animated film, which was directed by Tomm Moore for Cartoon Saloon. It’s available from the web site, and suitable for ages about 7 and up.
I’ll be a guest at the ComicCity Festival of Comics, Illustration, and Storytelling, in the Millennium Forum, Derry/Lononderry from 12-13 September, 2015.
I’ll be discussing Neil Gaiman’s latest short story collection, Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, on RTÉ Radio 1’s culture show, Arena, this Monday, 9 March, at some point between 7pm – 8pm.
My short story ‘Bone Mother’ is being adapted as a short stop-motion animated film by Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward (See Creature animation company), and produced for the National Film Board of Canada by Jelena Popovic.
I’ll be giving a talk to members of the Writers Guild of Ireland on Thursday, 6 November, on Writing for Comic Books
For the Think of a City exquisite corpse storytelling project I’ll be collaborating with artist Marguerite Sauvage. Our contribution will be out in late 2015.
I’ll be doing a signing at the Dark Horse Comics Booth (1636) at New York Comic Con on Sunday, 12 October, from 12pm – 12.50pm if you want any comics signed.
I’ve been nominated for a British Fantasy Award in the Best Comic/Graphic Novel category for my writing on the Jennifer Wilde mini-series Unlikely Revolutionaries, along with artist Stephen Downey, and writer Karen Mahoney (who wrote the stand-alone JW story The Wilde Hunt). The comics were published by Atomic Diner Comics in Dublin.
My short story ‘Bone Mother’ has been optioned by the National Film Board of Canada’s Animation Studio with the view to make a short stop-motion animated film, which will be adapted and directed by Sylvie Trouvé and Dale Hayward, and produced for the NFB by Jelena Popovic.
I recently appeared on RTÉ Radio 1’s arts show, Arena, offering a preview of the inaugural MCM Ireland Comic Con in Dublin.
I’ll be a guest at an event called Irish Comics Chat, which will take place at the Rua Red arts centre in Tallaght in Dublin from 12.30pm – 6pm on Saturday, 29 March.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’m co-writing a comic book mini-series with Kim Newman which is part of the Hellboy universe created by Mike Mignola, and published by Dark Horse Comics.
My short story ‘Valerie’ will appear in the anthology La Femme, edited by Ian Whates from NewCon Press, due out in April.
I’ve written a new Jennifer Wilde short comic book story that is being drawn by Leeann Hamilton. It will be in full colour, and posted online during the summer.
Issue 1 of Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries is now available to buy on ComiXology.
My collection Twisted Myths was published in the USA by Barron’s Educational Series on 1 October, 2013. It’s a 144 page large-size hardback, containing twenty myths from around the world with illustrations by Jane Laurie. It’s available to buy on Amazon.com.
I’ve written a short piece called ‘From Fan to Con-runner to Writer – different experiences of conventions’ for issue 15 of the fanzine, Journey Planet.
I’ve been asked to be one of the Special Guests at ArcadeCon 2013, which is taking place from 5 – 7 July in the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.
On 1 February, 2013Twisted Fairy Tales was published in the USA by Barron’s Educational Series. It’s a 144 page large-size hardback, containing twenty classic fairy tales retold with a dark slant, accompanied by lavish illustrations by Jane Laurie. It’s available for order on Amazon.com.
I contributed to Paul Cornell’s Twelve Blogs of Christmas, and wrote about Twelve Drummers Drumming, in which I give a brief overview of the history of women drummers.
At noon on Thursday, 8 November, 2012 I’ll be on the jury of the Script Pitching Competition, for the Galway Junior Film Fleadh, in the Town Hall Theatre. Best of luck to the short-listed candidates!
After the closing performance of The Hallowe’en Sessions on November 3rd in London, there will be a Q&A with all the writers. Two nights are sold out already so get your tickets while you can.
At the Octocon science fiction convention I’ll be on the jury of The Golden Blasters Short Film Competition.
I’m attending FantasyCon in Brighton (27 -30 September), and will be co-presenting the Comic Book/Graphic Novel Award at the BFS Awards ceremony.
My short story collection, Twisted Fairy Tales, will be published by Barron’s in the USA in Spring 2013, featuring lavish illustrations by Jane Laurie.
Issue 2 of Jennifer Wilde, is now on sale, and can be purchased via the Atomic Diner web site.
Jennifer Wilde, the comic book I write for Atomic Diner, has been short-listed for an Eagle Award in the Favourite European Comic Book category. Voting is open now.
I’m at guest at Octocon, the Irish national science fiction convention, in the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin, from 15-16 October, 2011. I’ll also be on the jury of the Golden Blasters Short Film Awards.
My review of Lucille, the graphic novel by the artist/writer/singer Ludovic Debeurme, appeared on the Forbidden Planet International blog.
My short script, ‘The Nail’, will appear in the Womanthology comic book anthology, which is due from IDW Publishing in December. Star St. Germain is the artist assigned to the script.
I reviewed of the first deluxe edition of the post-apocalyptic comic book series Y: The Last Man for the UK Feminist web site The F-Word.
Voices from the Past is a new e-anthology of flash fiction edited by Scott Harrison and Lee Harris from their fledging imprint H&H Books. My short story ‘Mustn’t Grumble’ is part of the Table of Contents. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
A story of mine will appear in an anthology of flash fiction, entitled Voices from the Past. The anthology will be sold through all major eBook outlets, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. There is more information about the project on my blog.
I’m guest reviewing for Peter Tennant on Black Static‘s Case Notes Blog, where 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.
Congratulations to Emma Finnerty, whose pitch for ‘Web of Lies’, won the Script Pitching Competition at this year’s Galway Junior Film Fleadh. I was part of the jury, and blogged about the event.
My short story ‘Involuntary Muscle’ will appear in issue 35 of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction, which is due out at the end of November.
I’ll be a guest at the 2010 Octocon convention in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin, from 16-17 October, where I’ll be on the Jury for the Golden Blaster Awards for best sf short film.
I’ll be a member of the jury for the pitching competition for the 16th Galway Junior Film Fleadh (3 – 6 of November 2010). The deadline for entries is Wednesday 13th October 2010. There are more details about the competition and how to enter on my blog.
My photograph, entitled “Soho Ghost”, is a top ten finalist in theCities of Night contest, being run by ChiZine Publications. You can read my blog post about the competition.
I’ve launched a new design of my web site with more up-to-date information about my projects, past and present.
Christopher Fowler and I have announced the top twenty winners, and seven Honourable Mentions, in the Campaign for Real Fear Competition we organised. The first batch of ten stories will be published in the June issue (#17) of Black Static followed by the second group of ten stories in the August issue (#18), and they will be podcast by Action Audio. Chris and I will publish feedback and analysis on the competition in the June issue of Black Static, and afterwards on our blogs.
I received four honourable mentions from Ellen Datlow (for 3 stories and 1 poem) during her reading for her Best Horror of the Year, Volume two.
During February through to April 2010 I was interviewed weekly for “Arts Brew”, on the Internet Radio Z103, about cultural events in Ireland.
This year’s Eastercon, Odyssey 2010, is going on in Heathrow, London from 2-5 April 2010, and I will be at the convention and moderating a number of panels. Please check out my schedule on my blog.
I’m attending the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK from March 25-26, 2010 and I’ll be moderating a panel discussion on Women in Horror.
My short story “Vic”, published in Black Static #10, is on the long list for The British Fantasy Society’s Awards in the “Best Short Story” category.
I’ve launched a web site for Róisín Dubh, the graphic novel I’ve worked on with Rob Curley and Stephen Day. It’s due out in Autumn 2010 from Atomic Diner.
Author Christopher Fowler and I are running a horror story story competition called the Campaign for Real Fear. We’re looking for 500-word stories that convey the fears and diversity of 21st century life – all are welcome to enter. The deadline for entries is 5pm GMT on the 16th of April 2010.
I’ll be a guest the Irish sf convention P-Con from 5-7 March 2010 in the Central Hotel in Dublin.
The podcast of my short story “The Tamga” is now available as issue 178 on Pseudopod, read by the talented Cheyenne Wright.
Issue 12 of M-Brane SF, which was guest-edited by Rick Novy, has been released. It contains my sf story “The Secret Names of Buildings”.
Pseudopod, the horror fiction podcast, has bought the audio rights to my short story “The Tamga”, which was first published in Shroud Magazine last year.
Issue 9 of M-Brane SF has been released. It contains my horror sf story “Empty Mind Came Back with the Pearl”.
“The Secret Names of Buildings”, my near-future sf short story has sold to M-Brane SF magazine, and will appear in issue 12, which is being guest edited by Rick Novy.
I was part of the jury for the Film Pitching Competition at the Galway Junior Film Fleadh, on November 12, 2009.
My short weird script, “Training Room”, is being shot as part of the Hotel Darklight anthology film, in conjunction with the Darklight Festival. It’s being directed by Conor McMahon. The entire collection of ten films, which are themed around the location of a hotel, will be premiered on Saturday, October 10, at 9.30pm at the Light House Cinema, in Dublin.
Irish sf convention Octocon (10-11 October 2009) has launched the First National Irish Science Fiction Film Awards, called The Golden Blasters. Filmmaker John Vaughan is putting together the programme of short sf-themed films from around the world. Guest of honour Mike Carey and I will be the judges for the award.
I’m co-writing a three-issue comic book, called Róisín Dubh, with Rob Curley of Atomic Diner publications.
“Empty Mind Came Back With the Pearl”, my horror/sf tale featuring a multiverse war, has sold to M-Brane SF, and will appear in issue 9.
My story “The Garden of Death”, inspired by the painting of the same name by Finnish artist Hugo Simberg, has been chosen as a top ten finalist in Fantasy Magazine‘s Micro-Fiction Contest. A readers’ poll will decide three winners, which will be podcast.
Issue three of the electronic magazine Arkham Tales has been published, and it contains my short story “The Diet” – a story in the Lovecraftian tradition. It’s available for download in two formats: .pdf for web viewing or .pdf for printing.
Issue 13 of Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction is now available. It contains my short story “Beautiful Calamity”.
Another one of my twitter stories has been published on Thaumatrope.
Issue 10 of British horror magazine Black Static is now on sale, and contains my short story “Vic”.
On April 19th I will be in conversation with Kim Newman in front of a public audience at the IFI in Dublin, discussing the variety of screen adaptations of Dracula, as part of the IFI’s weekend season of Dracula films.
You can read my twitter stories here and here on Thaumatrope, as well as my pico story on Outshine.
I’ll be attending the 60th British National Science Fiction Convention Eastercon LX from April 10-13 2009 in Bradford, Leeds. I’ve posted my schedule on my blog.
I’m a Guest at P-Con in Dublin from March 27-29th, and I’ve posted my schedule on my blog.
My poem “The Solace of Dark Places” has sold to Goblin Fruit for its Spring 2010 issue.
Tim Deal, the editor of Shroud Magazine, is buying my short story “The Tamga” for issue number six. It will be the first edition of Shroud to be distributed throughout the USA via the Barnes and Noble bookstores.
Jetse de Vries bought one of my pieces of twitterfic for his picowebzine Outshine. It will be twittered in April.
Thaumatrope, a new market that twitters stories that are less than 140 characters long, has bought six of my teeny stories. They will be twittered throughout 2009.
My short story, “Beautiful Calamity”, will appear in issue #13 of Paradox Magazine.
Pseudopod, the horror story podcast, is buying the audio rights of “Bone Mother”—my short story originally published in the Fantasy anthology edited by Sean Wallace and Paul Tremblay.
On November 25th in Dublin I’ll be participating in a conference, organised by the Irish Arts Council, entitled New Media, New Audience? The event is designed to discuss how new social networking technologies can help promote the arts, and I’ll be on the 11.30am panel entitled New Media in Practice.
“Bone Mother”—my short story published in the Fantasy anthology—received an honourable mention in the The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: 21st Annual Collection.
My poem “Exchange” will appear in the Spring 2009 issue of Goblin Fruit.
A new online magazine, Arkham Tales, has bought my short story “The Diet”.
My poem, “Grave Taster”, placed second in the Doorways Magazine annual poetry competition. It will appear in Doorways Magazine #8.
Doorways Magazine has accepted my short story “Water” for publication in a forthcoming issue.
My story “Moments on the Cliff” will appear in a forthcoming edition of All Hallows, the journal of the Ghost Story Society.
UK horror magazine, Black Static, is buying my short story “Vic”.
Fantasy & Science Fiction columnist Dave Trusedale compiled a Recommended Reading List of short stories from original anthologies published in 2007, and placed my short story “Bone Mother” among the shortlist.
Shroud Magazine is buying my short story “Home”. It will appear in the second issue.
My poem, “Tattoo Destiny”, has sold to the Jabberwocky 3 anthology, ed by Sean Wallace.
Publishers Weekly reviewed the Fantasy collection, and said of my story: “.. while Maura McHugh’s “Bone Mother” brilliantly blends Slavic folklore with the vampire mythos to create a speculative gem of a tale.”
My short story, “Bone Mother”, appears in the anthology entitled Fantasy edited by Sean Wallace and Paul Tremblay, July 2007.
On the weekend of 5-7 November I’ll be beaming in for two panels at World Fantasy Con 2021 in Montréal, Canada.
Michael Carroll and I have co-written the overall narrative for the 2000 AD Summer Special, now available for pre-order, and published on 7 July 2021.
I’ve a story in the forthcoming Misty & Scream 2020 Special called ‘The Thief of Senses’. The art and colouring is by Robin Henley with lettering by Annie Parkhouse.
Galway County Council’s Arts Office has selected my work for an award under the Artist Support Scheme 2020.
The Judges: Psyche novella has been published. You can now buy the ebook or the special limited edition paperback (signed by me).
Judge Dredd Megazine #414 is out, and it contains the final issue of my Anderson Psi-Division story, The Dead Run.
ditor David Thomas Moore, and 2000 AD publicity droid Michael Molcher..
My schedule of events for Dublin 2019: An Irish Worldcon, the 77th World Science Fiction Convention, which is taking place from 15-19 August 2019 in the CCD, Dublin.
The radio adaptation of my short science fiction play, The Love of Small Appliances, will be broadcast on NearFM at 6pm on Friday, 28 June 2019. It’s a story about AI, love, and the evolution of ‘helpful’ devices all connected to the Internet, directed by Nicola Murphy.
I took part on the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast with author Laurel Sills, editor David Moore, and Mike Molcher discussing 2000 AD‘s legendary PSI-Judge, Judge Anderson.
I’ve written a story for the comic book anthology, Mansion Of Madness, which is edited by Lee Robson and Dan Hill, called ‘Words Are Not Real’, with art by Alex Patterson, and lettering by Bolt-01. You can buy it on ComiXology now.
My book about David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me has been nominated for a BFS British Fantasy Award in the Best Non-Fiction category.
I’ll be one of the regular guests in an on-going podcast called Hammered, dedicated to examining the more ghoulish output of the British Hammer Film Productions studio, hosted by J G Byrne.
The Jennifer Wilde point & click adventure game, based on the comic book series I wrote which was published by Atomic Diner Comics, is now up on Kickstarter.
I’ve written a Midnight Movie Monograph on the cult film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, for Electric Dreamhouse Press, an imprint of PS Publishing, under the management of editor Neil Snowdon. The book will be released in June 2017.
Cassilda’s Song: Tales Inspired by Robert W. Chambers King in Yellow Mythos, edited by Joe S. Pulver, has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award in the Anthology category. My story ‘Family’ is in the volume.
I’ve written a script for a short comic that will detail the origin story for Lola Vita, a character from Wailing Heights, a new video game forthcoming from Outsider Games. It’s being drawn by Ron Salas (Marvel Comics, Dark Horse, DC Comics).
I edited the Song of the Sea picture book, which is written by Will Collins, based on his screenplay of the animated film, which was directed by Tomm Moore for Cartoon Saloon. It’s available from the web site, and suitable for ages about 7 and up.
The next Laydeez do Comics meeting is taking place on Saturday, 29 November in the Odessa Club in Dublin. Our speakers are: C.E. Murphy, Philip Barrett, me, and Paul Bolger.
I’ll be signing issue 1 of Witchfinder: The Mysteries of Unland at Sub-City Comics at its new location at 62 Dame Street, Dublin, Ireland 2, on Saturday, 21 June from noon – 4pm.
I’m very pleased to announce that I’m co-writing a comic book mini-series with Kim Newman which is part of the Hellboy universe created by Mike Mignola, and published by Dark Horse Comics.
The next meeting of Laydeez do Comics – Dublin will happen from 2.30pm – 5pm on Saturday, 30 November, 2013, and will feature guests Leeann Hamilton, Michael Carroll, and Gareth Gowran & Sadhbh Lawlor.
Issue 3 of Jennifer Wilde has been published by Atomic Diner, and it can be ordered ordered online.
On 1 February, 2013 Twisted Fairy Tales was published in the USA by Barron’s Educational Series. It’s a 144 page large-size hardback, containing twenty classic fairy tales retold with a dark slant, accompanied by lavish illustrations by Jane Laurie. It’s available for order on Amazon.com.
Issue 2 of Jennifer Wilde, is now on sale, and can be purchased via the Atomic Diner web site.
Issue 2 of Róisín Dubh, the comic book series I’ve written for Atomic Diner Comics, is on the shelves of comic book shops now.
Issue 1 of my comic book series, Jennifer Wilde, is on sale in Sub-City Comics in Dublin and Galway, as well as other shops in Ireland and the UK, and can be purchased online.
Issue 1 of my horror comic book series, Róisín Dubh, is now on sale in Sub-City Comics in Dublin, and can also be purchased online.
A story of mine will appear in an anthology of flash fiction, entitled Voices from the Past. The anthology will be sold through all major eBook outlets, with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital. There is more information about the project on my blog.
I’ll be a guest at the 2010 Octocon convention in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin, from 16-17 October, where I’ll be on the Jury for the Golden Blaster Awards for best sf short film.
My photograph, entitled “Soho Ghost”, is a top ten finalist in the Cities of Night contest, being run by ChiZine Publications. You can read my blog post about the competition.
My poem, “The Solace of Dark Places”, is now live on Goblin Fruit. The issue features an audio recording of me reading the poem.
I’ve launched a web site for Róisín Dubh, the graphic novel I’ve worked on with Rob Curley and Stephen Day. It’s due out in Autumn 2010 from Atomic Diner.
Issue 9 of M-Brane SF has been released. It contains my horror sf story “Empty Mind Came Back with the Pearl”.
My story “The Garden of Death”, inspired by the painting of the same name by Finnish artist Hugo Simberg, has been chosen as a top ten finalist in Fantasy Magazine‘s Micro-Fiction Contest. A readers’ poll will decide three winners, which will be podcast.
Issue 10 of British horror magazine Black Static is now on sale, and contains my short story “Vic”.
Tim Deal, the editor of Shroud Magazine, is buying my short story “The Tamga” for issue number six. It will be the first edition of Shroud to be distributed throughout the USA via the Barnes and Noble bookstores.
My poem, “Grave Taster”, placed second in the Doorways Magazine annual poetry competition. It will appear in Doorways Magazine #8.
My short story, “Bone Mother”, appears in the anthology entitled Fantasy edited by Sean Wallace and Paul Tremblay, July 2007.
