What’s next . . .

There are a few lovely projects in the pipeline, so I thought I’d have a quick round-up and let you know what’s coming soon!

First, I was delighted to be asked to take part in a new anthology from Solaris, called Magic, edited by Jonathan Oliver. It also contains stories by Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveller’s Wife, Dan Abnett, Christopher Fowler, Storm Constantine and Rob Shearman, among others. The publication date is November 2012.

 

I’ve also penned a steampunk story for an anthology from Snowbooks, called Resurrection Engines: 16 Tales of Extraordinary Scientific Romance, edited by Scott Harrison. It’ll be released in June.

Well underway is an anthology from Eibonvale, which takes the premise that the world we live in is still something of an unknown planet, with spectacular encounters, mysteries and adventures still very much possible. Edited by Allen Ashley, the book will be launched at the British Fantasy Society Open Night in London on 2nd March. My story is called ‘The Discord of Being’ and Where Are We Going? is the title of the anthology. A sneak peak of the cover has been released:

 

 

Next up – my first ever translation! My short story About the Dark, first published in Black Static magazine, is being translated into French for publication in Tenebres 2012.

I’m thrilled that another Black Static story, Black Feathers, has been selected for Ellen Datlow’s annual round-up, Best Horror of the Year volume 4.

A short story called Soul Food is going to appear in an anthology of alternative zombie tales called Alt.Zombie, from Hersham, who published the Fogbound From Five anthology. Alt.Zombie will be edited by Peter Mark May.

I’ll also be in the anthology simply called BOOK, coming soon from the Inkermen. I’ve seen the signing pages for the special edition, which look very intriguing indeed! The publication date is running a little behind that stated in the link.

Time is flying by, and the chapbook of my story The Eyes of Water will no doubt soon be upon us! It’s set in Mexico, and the mysterious flooded caves called cenotes. I had the pleasure of swimming in several of these on holiday last year, though I’m not sure I’d delve as deep as my protagonist. It’ll be out in June 2012 from Spectral Press. (Much of the limited edition print run is already pre-sold – there were four remaining, at last count!)

Lastly but not leastly, but certainly most recently, my story The Swarm was accepted this morning for the forthcoming Screaming Book of Horror, an anthology from Screaming Dreams edited by Johnny Mains.

I’m looking forward to them all, and of course I’m working hard on the next novel!

A Cold Silence

A Cold Silence

Acapulcalypse Now

Acapulcalypse Now

The Unquiet House

The Unquiet House

Path of Needles

Path of Needles

A Cold Season

A Cold Season