a newsletter and more

I've started a newsletter over at Substack, Letter From Somewhere. Originally conceived as being largely about travel (with side trips into my many other interests), life circumstances -- that you can read about over there -- have morphed it into something different and probably ultimately more interesting. There will still be lots of travel, just …

Join me for an online folk horror workshop

On Sunday, June 25, I'll be teaching a workshop called Keeping it Real: Developing Setting in Folk Horror online as part of the Darkness in the Fields: Midsummer folk horror festival. You can get tickets to the entire event, workshops, interviews, or single days. My workshop runs from 4-5:30 pm BST/11 am -12:30 pm EST/ …

Great reviews for NOW IT’S DARK and more

A couple more excellent reviews for Now It's Dark have appeared. The first is by Alexander Glass at IZ Digital and among other things observes that: The long shadow that lies over the ten pieces assembled here is perhaps that of Robert Aickman: they are stories not of overt horror but of deep and abiding …

interviews with me!

I've done a couple of interviews recently to promote Now It's Dark and also just because people asked me and I like to talk. My fellow writer Steve Duffy interviewed me at the Swan River Press website. As it happens, Steve has a new collection out at the moment too from Sarob Press. There are …

a book cover and a review

A few years ago, I wrote a story for a book called The Far Tower: Stories for W.B. Yeats. It quickly sold out, so you can't buy it, but take a look at that gorgeous cover! I adored John Coulthart's work on it, so during a discussion of the cover for my new collection, I …

Book Day: NOW IT’S DARK

Book day! Contributor copies of my third short story collection, Now It's Dark, have arrived, and they are absolute beauties. I can't thank cover artist John Coulthart and the Swan River Press team enough for making my stories into such a beautiful physical object. The terrific writer Robert Shearman also penned a wonderful introduction. The …

Edge-Lit Appearance

I'm going to be a participating author at Edge-Lit this summer! Edge-Lit is a one day event held in Derby, UK, a festival celebrating horror, fantasy, science fiction and thriller writing, and it offers panels, workshops and readings. There's plenty of lively conversation and fun to be had outside of the official schedule as well. …

Guest Critiquer at Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop

I will be a guest critiquer at the 2023 Odyssey Writing Workshop, which I attended in person myself waaaay back in the previous century. During the pandemic, this six-week in-person workshop transitioned into an online workshop of varying lengths, tailored to what writers specifically want to work on. This is a wonderful, flexible opportunity wherever …

Writing news from 2022

A quick dash through the top writing news of 2022 to bring us up to date: -My story "The Dead Ways" appeared in the debut issue of the new magazine Nightmare Abbey, edited by Tom English. It's available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble online. It's a terrific magazine, and if you miss the small …

Let the Cat In and a paperback reprint

First news of 2022, I am interviewed on this podcast, Let The Cat In, by Australian writers Kaaron Warren, Aaron Dries and Joseph Ashley-Smith. We had a ridiculously good time chatting, I could have gone on for hours, and it has reinforced my determination to get back to Australia at some point, see more of …