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Interview at Geek Retro-Spective

A new interview with the author by Shaun McClure is up now. Unearthing treasures, blending genres, 70s information films, the problems with history and many bookish things! See the Geek Retro-Spective Youtube channel.


ParSec – and a Cottingley Cuckoo review

It’s lovely to see PS Publishing’s new ParSec magazine heading out into the world, with the ever-capable Ian Whates in the editor’s seat. There’s a terrific line-up of fiction between the covers, which I’m most looking forward to reading – 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…


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…


Behind the Book – The Crow Garden

The Crow Garden – published by Jo Fletcher Books on 5th October 2017. Available in hardback, paperback, trade paperback (in some territories), and in audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh. Reviews “Excellent . . . she creates a chilling atmosphere of Read more…


Evil Eyes, Black Feathers – Birds in Dark Fiction

Here’s a reprise of a blog I wrote recently for Short, Scary Tales, publisher of Five Feathered Tales: Time and time again, I find I’m working on something new, only to discover that birds have somehow fluttered their way into Read more…


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previous post, I have contacted the Dragon Awards administrators to request that my nomination for The Hidden People be withdrawn.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…