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New Story in VASTARIEN

 

 Happy New Year. As I'd mentioned in my last post, 2024 will have a fair amount of publication news, the first of which I can share today:
Vastarien: A Literary Journal has announced the Table of Contents for Volume 7, Issue 0. I am proud to have a new story, "Molly on the Stairhead", featured in this issue. 
Pre-orders are now open and can be placed here. The issue is expected to drop sometime in the next week or so. 
With the release of Volume 7, Issue 0 Vastarien will be on an indefinite hiatus. It's been a tremendous venue for weird Horror fiction and thoughtful scholarship. I extend my thanks to its team and wish them good tidings on their future endeavours. 

Winter Solstice

 

Bidding all of you a winsome Winter Solstice. Although 2023 has been relatively quiet in terms of publication announcements, there are new writings, both fiction and non-fiction, to be unveiled throughout the upcoming year. I look forward to sharing more details on these various projects in due course.

In the meantime, god jul!  

A Story for Samhain

 

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Bernhard Reicher as part of his Nimataion project. Bernhard asks a variety of esotericists, occultists, and magicians about stories that impacted them in their childhood. I had a great time discussing my selection, which can be viewed above. 

May this brief video serve as a treat for Hallowe'en. Wishing you all a spellbinding Samhain...

Haunted Houses & Primeval Woods Event

 

On Saturday, October 28th, I will be joining my good friend, author Ian Rogers in Peterborough, Ontario for a live event entitled Haunted Houses & Primeval Woods: A Haunting Hallow-Evening. 

Ian and I will be reading from our respective works, followed by a discussion, Q&A with the audience, and a book signing. Copies of our various books will be for sale at the venue, which is Take Cover Books, located at 59 Hunter Street East in Peterborough. The event will run from 7pm to 9pm. I hope to see many of you there. 

The Many Ways of Weird Fiction Bundle

 

StoryBundle has curated a new selection of e-books for the Halloween season. The Many Ways of Weird Fiction is now available for purchase. I'm proud to have had my 2020 Undertow Publications collection grotesquerie chosen for this bundle. It appears alongside titles by Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, Nancy A. Collins, Ramsey Campbell and more. It's a true honour to have my fiction appear in such notable talents. 

For more details, including purchasing info, click here. 

German language anthology WANDLER WEIRD now available

 

Wandler Verlag, the German-language publisher of my Horror fiction, has just released a beautiful, robust anthology entitled Wandler Weird. The book features the German translation of my story "Faint Baying from Afar: An Epistolary Trail After H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Hound.'", alongside many other excellent stories from Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Graham Jones, Philp Fracassi, Laird Barron and others. 

Wandler Weird may be ordered here.

Now Available - AZATHOTH: ORDO AB CHAO

JournalStone has just released Azathoth: Ordo ab Chao, a new anthology of Lovecraftian horror stories. Edited by Aaron J. French, the book features an array of terrific cosmic terror stories all dealing with HPL's dreaded god Azathoth. I'm proud to have my tale "Upon an Iron Bed, Under the Eyes of Chaos" included in the book. 

Details and ordering information can be found here.

Mycelium Signal podcast Part II: The Monstrous Soul

The second part of my conversation with Konstantin of the Mycelium Signal podcast is now available. We delve deeper into monsters, Theia Mania, the concept of anomaly, and much more. It is available for streaming on the above YouTube link, or via your podcast platform of choice. 

"Four Stages of Alchemy" in 13 POSSESSIONS

Weird House Press has announced the next installment in their excellent series of "13" anthologies: 13 Possessions. My story "Four Stages of Alchemy" will be published in this book, alongside tales by Brian Evenson, Tim Curran, and many other luminaries still TBA. 
More publication news on my Horror fiction will be shared in the very near future. I remain hopeful that my seventh collection of dark stories will be ready sometime next year. 

Mycelium Signal podcast

 

The esteemed Konstantin Tuonihovi and I recently sat down for part one of what is shaping up to be an epic conversation, encompassing Horror, ekstasis, creativity, the liminal, daemonic reality, and so much more. The first episode is now available by clicking the YouTube icon above. It is also streaming on your podcast platform of choice. Part II will be recorded in the near future. Thank you to Konstantin and to the esoteric community of Finland for the opportunity to engage in this discussion.

In other news, there are creative irons in the fire and I hope to have some announcements over the coming months on new Horror stories and essays of esotericism.