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Another statement regarding the Dragon Awards

As stated in my previous post, I have contacted the Dragon Awards administrators to request that my nomination for The Hidden People be withdrawn. The book has been selected as part of a voting slate by a member of the ‘Rabid Read more…


A statement regarding the Dragon Awards

It has just been announced that The Hidden People has been nominated for a Dragon Award. While this would normally be a great pleasure, it has also been brought to my notice that my book has been selected by a Read more…


Edge Hill University Short Story Prize

My collection, Quieter Paths from PS Publishing, has just been longlisted for Edge Hill’s prestigious Short Story Prize. The full press announcement is as follows: Organisers of Edge Hill University’s 11th annual Short Story Prize are delighted to announce the Read more…


New Fears

I’m delighted to have a story accepted for New Fears 1, an anthology of dark fiction. The news was announced over at Ginger Nuts of Horror, who rather delightfully said: “Featuring a stellar lineup of genre favourites and rising stars Read more…


Murder Ballads

Egaeus Press has published Murder Ballads, a beautiful collection of seventeen dark tales & novellas, in which some of today’s finest weird story writers provide previously unpublished work inspired by traditional murder ballads. The results are sometimes enigmatic, sometimes witty, sometimes Read more…


New story in a bird-themed anthology

A new short story, The Orphan Bird, has just been published in this new anthology of avian tales edited by Ellen Datlow. The full table of contents is: O Terrible Bird by Sandra Kasturi The Obscure Bird by Nicholas Royle (reprint) Read more…


Changeling lore and the little folk

I’ve been chatting to the wonderful Phil Rickman over at Phil the Shelf on BBC Radio Wales, about the more wicked incarnations of the fairies. Their Producer, Geoff Ballinger, lent his talents as a voice artist to create some audio extracts Read more…


Behind the book: The Hidden People

The Hidden People was published by Jo Fletcher Books in hardback and ebook formats on 6th October 2016. Now also available in paperback. The audio version is narrated by Paul Mclaughlin. Reviews “Meticulously researched, beautifully written and elegantly structured.” Mark Morris, author Read more…


Fairy tales and horror

I have written an article for Nightmare Magazine’s H Word column, titled Fairy Tales: The Original Horror Stories? It’s online now, as part of their March 2016 issue.


In the media

A couple of lengthy Q&As have recently come out in the media: This is Horror podcast part one – concerns A Cold Season, Jo Fletcher Books and the zombie apocalypse. This is Horror podcast part two – concerns A Cold Read more…