Fiction...
The 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.
Scairt 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.
Sarkless 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.
Curse 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.
Stone Heart is in Potter's Field 3, an anthology from Sam's Dot Publishing. Also available from Genre Mall.
The 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.
The Moon Only appeared in Worlds of Wonder magazine, summer 2008.
The Eagle and Child is in the British Fantasy Society magazine, Dark Horizons.
Between Mist and Cloud is in the September 2008 issue of Ballista magazine.
So this is Mi is in Murky Depths #5, accompanied by an illustration by Nancy Farmer.
The Read by Dawn 3 anthology, which includes my story The Devil's Tavern, is now available from Amazon and Waterstones.
The Colour of Blood - Strange Stories of Sand and Sea, an anthology from Fine Tooth Press.
Bound Beaks and Broken Bones, along with an illustration by me, is in December 2007's issue of Aoife's Kiss magazine.
I have a haiku in the November print issue of Scifaikuest magazine.
To Sleep a Dreamless Sleep is available in Midnight Lullabies, an illustrated volume of fairy tales for adults from The Harrow. All proceeds to charity.
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The Sporty Spec anthology from Ravenelectrick, featuring The Drop Zone, is available from Amazon.
An Ill Deed - first published in Alien Skin, January 2007, and again in the Lightning Journal.
The 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.
A Tale from the Fifteenth Memory - see Scifantastic issue 5.
Pretty Much Damn Near Perfect – Whispers of Wickedness #13.
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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.
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Pretend That We're Dead – first published in Whispers of Wickedness #11. Now reprinted in the Memento Mori issue of Sein und Werden.
Live 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 Becoming – The Harrow.
In the Twenty-Fourth Hour - Winter 2007 issue of Midnight in Hell.
The Punishment of Eve – Dark Fire Fiction.
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