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SoA Award Shortlisted

It’s an absolute honour to have been shortlisted for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, supported by the Society of Authors. The shortlisting is for my short story, Swanskin, which was published in the After Sundown anthology edited by Mark Morris. The full Read more…


Two top fives and one top three

I’ve recently been asked to write a couple of guest blog posts with a ‘Top five’ theme. Here they are . . . Five Dark Tales of the Good Folk – a round-up of some darkly mysterious fairy fiction at Read more…


14th April – Cuckoo Day!

So The Cottingley Cuckoo flew off into the wild on 14th April. And because Team Titan are very clever peeps, that wasn’t any old day – it was in fact St. Tiburtius Day, which is traditionally when the first cuckoo Read more…


Behind the Book – The Cottingley Cuckoo

The Cottingley Cuckoo – April 2021. From the cover: Captivated by books and stories, Rose dreams of a life away from the confines of the Sunnyside Care Home she works in, until elderly resident Charlotte Favell offers an unexpected glimpse Read more…


Reviews and a round-up

Thank you so much for including my stories in these new reviews and features! A Cold Season has been reviewed by Debbie at My Random Musings. She says: “Well written, spooky and with plenty of tension and suspense, this book Read more…


A brief blog with some nice things

Happy New Year! Here are some lovely recent reviews of anthologies that include my stories. A big thank you to the reviewers, editors, cover artists, publishers and of course readers who are the life blood of this genre! The Blue Read more…


A wander around my Library

The lovely Priya Sharma, author of All the Fabulous Beasts, just invited me to have a wander around my library and share some Shelfies. Hop on over to her blog here, if you’d like to partake in my wanderings and ramblings! Read more…


Short Stories for the NHS

I’m very proud, and indeed honoured, to be part of this mammoth anthology of short stories to benefit the NHS. STORIES OF HOPE AND WONDER – a treasury of stories from across the genres of fantasy and science fiction. 53 Read more…


Escape Room!

No, not one of *those* escape rooms – this is all about my writing space! The lovely Georgina Bruce (of the splendid hair and amazing leggings fame, not to mention the author of wonderful short story collection This House of Read more…


Behind the Book – Mistletoe

Short-listed for the British Fantasy Society’s August Derleth Award. Published in hardback in October 2019 by Jo Fletcher Books, an imprint of Quercus, and in paperback in September 2020. Signed hardbacks are available from Forbidden Planet. Mistletoe – a ghost Read more…