Category: Short Stories

I’m very proud, and indeed honoured, to be part of this mammoth anthology of short stories to benefit the NHS. STORIES OF HOPE AND WONDER – a treasury of stories from across the genres of fantasy and science fiction. 53 Read more…

Author copies of Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories have landed, and very beautiful they are too! Also – they’re HUGE! Nearly 800 pages of ghost story goodness lie within, curated by the amazing Ellen Datlow. Writers include Paul Tremblay, Read more…

I’m very happy to be in the forthcoming Ten Word Tragedies anthology, inspired by a song by Frank Turner. Stories were written in response to postcards provided by the editors. The full line-up is as follows: TEN WORD TRAGEDIES Nineteen Read more…

I’m very happy to announce that my short story, The Entertainment Arrives, has been picked by Stephen Jones for his annual anthology, Best New Horror #29. This will be the story’s second selection for a best of, having just appeared in Read more…

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…

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…

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collection of seventeen dark tales & novellas, in which some of today’s finest weird story writers provide previously unpublished work inspired by traditional murder ballads.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…

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…