Today’s the day! Lore & Disorder: thirteen tales of mutated folklore by some of my favourite authors, plus some fae weirdness from me. Pay what you can, all in aid of FareShare UK.
I’ll be at MCM Comic Con on Friday the 22nd of October, talking ghost stories with Tiffani Angus, R.A. Williams, and Kim Newman! Come and say hi. We’ll be signing books at the Forbidden Planet stand afterwards.
Throughout October, I’ll be posting spooky shorts on Patreon for my $1 patrons. Patreon is the main way I make money from my writing, so if you’ve ever wanted to check out my patron-only archives, $1 a month is a wonderful way to support me. You’ll also get a signed bookmark.
Happy Halloween! In book 14 of The Ghastling, you’ll find my tale of haunted sailors: The Fireman.
The Anvil has been anchored off Majorca for a week and a day. None may go ashore and none may board us...
Games of cards that usher in cloven-footed strangers. Runic inscriptions that conjure up demons. A communal warning uttered every Bonfire Night.
I’m thrilled as always to contribute to Hellebore, particularly in time for Halloween. My piece, Conjuring The Cunning Man, follows the strange afterlife of an Essex folk hero known to his neighbours as ‘The Old Bastard’.
The Summoning Issue is available for pre-order now.
God, I love a good pun.
Coming soon! Very soon. A new anthology of mutated folklore fiction, courtesy of editors Magda Knight and Rym Kechacha, featuring my story Something Borrowed.
I can promise it’s going to be a wyrd ride. Look at that author lineup.
It’s here! Thank you to everyone who backed the Kickstarter. Unsung Stories raised a fine sum for Together For Mental Wellbeing. All royalties will continue to go to the charity, so if you missed the fundraising campaign, there’s still time to grab a paperback or an ebook.
Join me and the rest of the Unsung Stories gang at r/Fantasy. Ask us anything.
Unsung Stories are back with another superb anthology of modern speculative fiction. Get behind the Kickstarter for paperbacks, ebooks, and exclusive extras including professional manuscript evaluations. Out Of The Darkness is published in partnership with Together for Mental Wellbeing, a cause close to my own heart, and all the more important in the wake of the pandemic. ‘Together’ was founded in 1979, and aims to help people with mental health issues lead independent, fulfilling lives as part of their communities.
I’ve donated a story to the collection. The Forlorn Hope follows Matilda Cross, a solider all too keen to be sent far from her home. Fighting a war against supernatural creatures is far easier than dwelling on her mother’s paranoia and eventual disappearance, and the mounting fear that her mother’s destiny will be her own. All the while Matilda is rallying her troops and keeping her rifle clean, she isn’t thinking about the letters piling up from Lady Amelia Fitzmichael, the old flame who watches her from afar ‘with a million eyes’.
Pledge £20 and get a paperback of both Out Of The Darkness and my novel Pseudotooth.
Join me and Chikodili Emelumadu on the 23rd of March for the online launch of Disturbing The Body. We’ll be talking disrupted bodies, subverting genre, and lots more.
Pre-order your copy here and make us all very happy.
