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Black StaticThe Empty Spaces is in issue 16 of Black Static.

"Black Static - the progressive and very classy dark fiction stablemate of veteran SF mag Interzone." The Guardian.

 

 


 

Not One Of UsScairt is in issue 43 of Not One Of Us.

 

“A reliable source for interesting dark prose and poetry.” Ellen Datlow, Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror.

 

 


First Flower is in the second issue of Title Goes Here.

 

 

 

 


 

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Day of the Bromeliads is in Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #31. Read it free online or buy the print version.

 

 

 


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On Execution Dock was my contribution to the TTA Press advent calendar 2009.


Dark HorizonsSarkless Kitty is in Dark Horizons 55, from the British Fantasy Society. It is based on a regional ghost story.

 

 

 

 


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The Bone Fire is in the 'sketchbook' issue of Estronomicon, with an illustration by me.


 

SandCurse of the Lazarenes is in the Sand Year Two anthology.

It was also in Sand Magazine issue 4.

 

 

 


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Yellow John is free online in issue 3 of New Fairy Tales. It has also been included in their audio collection, performed by Gemma Parker.


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The Colour of Falling Leaves is online at Nossa Morte.


 

Potter's Field 3Stone Heart is in Potter's Field 3, an anthology from Sam's Dot Publishing. Also available from Genre Mall.

 

 

 

 


 

Black Static #7The Deep Walker is in Black Static magazine #7 from TTA Press.

 

 

 

 


***FREE ONLINE*** Hair and Hearts - Electric Spec.


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The Hundred Faces of the Sea - The Harrow.


WoWThe Moon Only appeared in Worlds of Wonder magazine, summer 2008.

 

 

 

 


 

Dark HorizonsThe Eagle and Child is in the British Fantasy Society magazine, Dark Horizons.

 

 

 

 


 

BallistaBetween Mist and Cloud is in the September 2008 issue of Ballista magazine.

 

 

 

 


 

Murky DepthsSo this is Mi is in Murky Depths #5, accompanied by an illustration by Nancy Farmer.

 

 

 

 


Read by Dawn 3The Read by Dawn 3 anthology, which includes my story The Devil's Tavern, is now available from Amazon and Waterstones.

 

 

 


Sand and SeaThe Colour of Blood - Strange Stories of Sand and Sea, an anthology from Fine Tooth Press.

 

 

 


Aoife'sBound Beaks and Broken Bones, along with an illustration by me, is in December 2007's issue of Aoife's Kiss magazine.

 

 

 


ScifaikuestI have a haiku in the November print issue of Scifaikuest magazine.

 

 

 

 


 

 

MidnightTo Sleep a Dreamless Sleep is available in Midnight Lullabies, an illustrated volume of fairy tales for adults from The Harrow. All proceeds to charity.

See Amazon for details.

 

 


 

Sporty SpecThe Sporty Spec anthology from Ravenelectrick, featuring The Drop Zone, is available from Amazon.

 

 

 


Lightning JournalAn Ill Deed - first published in Alien Skin, January 2007, and again in the Lightning Journal.

 

 

 


 

Thou Shalt NotThe Method Coach is in the Thou Shalt Not... anthology of dark crime and horror from US publisher Dark Cloud Press. Alternatively, you can purchase it from Amazon.

 

 


 

Scifantastic #5A Tale from the Fifteenth Memory - see Scifantastic issue 5.

 

 

 

 


 

Whispers #13Pretty Much Damn Near Perfect – Whispers of Wickedness #13.

 

 

 

 


 

Static Movement***FREE ONLINE***

In Bluebeard's Castle - mystery, mayhem and, of course, murder. No colourful facial hair as such. See it online at Static Movement, or buy the print version.

 

 


 

Whispers #11***FREE ONLINE***

Pretend That We're Dead – first published in Whispers of Wickedness #11. Now reprinted in the Memento Mori issue of Sein und Werden.

 

 

 


 

BBC AnthologyLive Fast, Die Young... – published in the BBC Passion for the Art of Taxidermy anthology, edited by Muriel Gray.

 

 

 


***THE FOLLOWING ARE ALL FREE ONLINE***


Always Look on the Bright Side (Nudge, Nudge, Wink Wink competition winner) - Future Fire.


Where No One Can Follow - Niteblade.


Time of the Witch - online at Serendipity.

The Colourman -  published at Dark Fire.


The Art of BecomingThe Harrow.


In the Twenty-Fourth Hour - Winter 2007 issue of Midnight in Hell.


The Punishment of EveDark Fire Fiction.


 

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