August 19, 2017
I received an author copy of New Fears today and it looks absolutely splendid – a credit to its editor, Mark Morris, and to Titan Books. Here’s the official blurb: FEAR COMES IN MANY FORMS The horror genre’s greatest living Read more…
April 10, 2017
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…
March 3, 2017
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…
February 28, 2017
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collection of seventeen dark tales & novellas, in which some of today’s finest weird story writers provide previously unpublished work inspired by traditional murder ballads.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…
February 19, 2017
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…
August 5, 2015
Those lovely folks at Nightmare Magazine have just run another one of my stories – this time a tale set in the wild Croatian forests, called Wolves and Witches and Bears. They’ve also produced it in audio and run an Read more…
I was recently contacted by Meagan Meehan, a lovely lady who asked if I’d like to be featured in an author spotlight in The Examiner. Meagan had read my short story Black Feathers, which was featured in Ellen Datlow’s The Read more…
July 15, 2015
I’m absolutely thrilled and delighted to have won a Shirley Jackson Award for short fiction! The awards were presented on Sunday alongside Readercon. The award was given for The Dog’s Home, which appeared in The Spectral Book of Horror Stories, Read more…
March 18, 2015
A while back, the very lovely Simon Clark approached me to ask if I’d contribute a story to a new anthology of Sherlock Holmes tales – The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad. I must admit, I took a very Read more…
May 29, 2012
Those clever people at Tales to Terrify have included one of my short stories in their latest podcast – number 20. You can listen here: http://talestoterrify.com/ ‘4 a.m. When the Walls are Thinnest’ was first published in the Ghosts issue Read more…