July 31, 2023
Tales of dark lore, inescapable hauntings, peculiar beasts, strange birds and mysterious happenings from across the known world and beyond… The twenty stories in A Curious Cartography not only chart a writer’s journey but range across the globe: from Vietnam to Sweden, Read more…
January 9, 2023
The Flowering is a micro-collection, published as one of Black Shuck’s popular Shadows series. It features six short stories, all set in the Victorian era: The Zoetrope, The Marvellous Talking Machine, Meet Me at the Frost Fair, The Ballad Box, The Winter Read more…
March 30, 2022
Two lovely bits of writing news! My story ‘In the Wabe’ has been selected for the upcoming Flame Tree Press anthology Close to Midnight, edited by Mark Morris. There’s a terrific line-up, so it’s lovely to be involved! It’s a Read more…
August 25, 2021
It’s lovely to see PS Publishing’s new ParSec magazine heading out into the world, with the ever-capable Ian Whates in the editor’s seat. There’s a terrific line-up of fiction between the covers, which I’m most looking forward to reading – Read more…
June 28, 2021
Join us at Midsummer Macabre for story readings by the authors! This video showcase features stories by me, Simon Clark, Paul Finch and host Joseph Freeman. My story is an abridged version of The July Girls, which was first published Read more…
June 16, 2021
There’s a really interesting analysis of my short story, The Headland of Black Rock, in this article – Endangered Shorelines and Absent Solastalgia In Recent English, Irish and Northern Irish Short Fiction. It’s by Katharina Andrea Kalthoff and LeonieWindt-Wetzel and Read more…
May 28, 2021
It’s an absolute honour to have been shortlisted for the ALCS Tom-Gallon Trust Award, supported by the Society of Authors. The shortlisting is for my short story, Swanskin, which was published in the After Sundown anthology edited by Mark Morris. The full Read more…
May 10, 2021
I’ve recently been asked to write a couple of guest blog posts with a ‘Top five’ theme. Here they are . . . Five Dark Tales of the Good Folk – a round-up of some darkly mysterious fairy fiction at Read more…
May 6, 2021
So The Cottingley Cuckoo flew off into the wild on 14th April. And because Team Titan are very clever peeps, that wasn’t any old day – it was in fact St. Tiburtius Day, which is traditionally when the first cuckoo Read more…
February 22, 2021
Thank you so much for including my stories in these new reviews and features! A Cold Season has been reviewed by Debbie at My Random Musings. She says: “Well written, spooky and with plenty of tension and suspense, this book Read more…