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My Personal Reading List

The Reading Lists is a terrific website which interviews people from many walks of life about the books that are important to them. Writers are included of course, and you can find my own interview here. It’s been great fun delving deep 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…


A month away . . . New Fears

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…


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previous post, I have contacted the Dragon Awards administrators to request that my nomination for The Hidden People be withdrawn.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collection of seventeen dark tales & novellas, in which some of today’s finest weird story writers provide previously unpublished work inspired by traditional murder ballads.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…