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Behind the Book: The Unquiet House

The Unquiet House is published by Jo Fletcher Books, an imprint of Quercus, the same publisher as A Cold Season and Path of Needles. Paperback – 10th April 2014 – Jo Fletcher Books Ebook – 10th April 2014 – Jo Fletcher Read more…


Meet the agent: A. M. Heath

I now have a literary agent! Absolutely thrilled to have signed with Oli Munson at A. M. Heath. And somewhat awed that the same agency looks after stars like Hilary Mantel, Marina Lewycka, crimewriter David Mark, fellow Jo Fletcher Books Read more…


Behind the Book: Path of Needles

Path of Needles is published by Jo Fletcher Books, an imprint of Quercus. A signed limited edition hardback is available from PS Publishing. Reviews and Comments “Trails of corpses, not bread crumbs, lead to terror in this captivating, psychologically complex hybrid Read more…


4 a.m. When the Walls are Thinnest – now on audio

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…


A Cold Season hardback and other new arrivals

Copies of the special limited edition hardback of A Cold Season have landed . . . and they look stunning! I knew they would be lovely, coming from PS Publishing, but I was blown away by just how lovely they Read more…


Mammoth news

I was absolutely thrilled recently to hear that About the Dark, my short story that first appeared in Black Static magazine, has been picked by Stephen Jones for the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #23. I’ve got a stack Read more…


Richard and Judy featured book

A Cold Season is now the featured read in the Richard and Judy Book Club, in association with WH Smith. Yay! To celebrate, here is a photo of ‘that’ moment on the couch! New content has been released on the Read more…


Black Static featured author

It’s especially nice to be the featured author in Black Static magazine (issue 27) from TTA Press. I first picked up a copy of the magazine back when I was an aspiring writer of short genre fiction (though it was Read more…


Best Horror of the Year Volume 4

I was thrilled to hear that Black Feathers, a short story that was first published in issue 22 of Black Static magazine, has been selected for Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume 4. Really pleased too for Simon Read more…


BBC Radio Leeds

It was really nice to go in to Radio Leeds again last week, to talk about how A Cold Season has been picked for the Richard and Judy Book Club. The programme is available on Listen Again (but only for Read more…