You can now pre-order my collection, The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), from NewCon Press.
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The Boughs Withered Cover
I’m delighted to announce that the cover art for my forthcoming collection from NewCon Press is by artist Daniele Serra.
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The 70s & 80s Horror Mixtape
For Mark West’s 70s & 80s Horror Mixtape I picked ‘In The Squalus’ by Kit Reed, which was originally published in 1972 in The Transatlantic Review.
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Fantasycon 2018
Newly arrived in Chester, UK for the start of the always-fun Fantasycon weekend, I’m dressed appropriately. I’ll be on the following panels: 5 pm on Saturday, 20 October The Horror Writers Association Panel I’m moderating, and also attending is Marie O’Regan, Ramsey Campbell, CC Adams and Phil Sloman 6 pm on Saturday, 20 October Screenwriting…
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Outside anthology
I’m delighted to be part of the Outside comic book anthology, published by Ash Pure Press, which launched today in Topics Berlin in Berlin. My short story is called ‘Colours’ and is drawn and coloured by British artist John Riordan. Here’s a shot of the first page. And here’s an image of the Table of…
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World Fantasy Award Nomination for Cassilda’s Song
I’m pleased to hear that 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. Congratulations to Joe for assembling such a super line-up of writers, and I’m so glad to be part of the project.…
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I noticed that Poets & Writers magazine is making a case for the concept of May being National Short Story Month. Well, as someone who writes and reads short fiction I think it’s a fine idea. The Emerging Writers Network is behind the campaign, and is blogging all month with reviews of short fiction to…
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Sean Wallace has published the Table of Contents for the collection in which my story, “Bone Mother”, will appear. I’m in good company. “Goosegirl,” by Margaret Ronald, 3200 words “Zombie Lenin,” by Ekaterina Sedia, 3200 words “Sugar, by Cat Rambo, 3600 words “Bone Mother,” by Maura McHugh, 3800 words “The Salvation Game,” by Amanda Downum,…
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