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Pre-order Ormeshadow

Ormeshadow, my first novella, will be released by Tor on 15th October 2019.

This story has been a long time in its evolution and I’m grateful to Ellen Datlow for her steely gaze.

Acclaimed author Priya Sharma transports readers back in time with Ormeshadow, a coming-of-age story as dark and rich as good soil.

Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder whether myths and legends are real enough to an...

Horror Round-Up 2018 by Ellen Datlow

I am eternally grateful to Ellen Datlow for her support of my work and for including my collection in her summary of horror for 2018, published by Locus.

[image error]There were a number of notable collections published, including All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma (Undertow), the long overdue debut of this talented author’s work, featuring 16 stories published since 2006, two of them original. Sharma makes a graceful shift between the fantastic and horror genres, and many of her stories have been in...

All the Fabulous Beasts arrives in Edinburgh

 

A big thank you to Mike Calder of Transreal Fiction, 46 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1 2QE for stocking my book.

Graham Sleight for Locus

Thanks to Graham Sleight for including me in Firsts and Lasts, his round-up of the year for Locus magazine:

All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma (Undertow) was a debut collection: strange, powerful, ambitious, and direct.

Read the full article.

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Year in Review: 2018 by Paula Guran

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Paula Guran

Thanks to Paula Guran for mentioning  “All the Fabulous Beasts” in her review of the year for Locus magazine.

Read full article here.

Pen Recycling

TerraCycle is a global company that’s become a leader in recycling typically hard-to-recycle waste.  I am a passionate fountain pen user but have my fair share of disposable pens, so am excited by their Writing Instruments Recycling Programme.

They offers free recycling programmes funded by brands, manufacturers, and retailers around the world to help collect and recycle waste. They have programmes for pens, crisp packets, cigarette waste, to name just a few. You can even become a drop-off po...

Transreal Fiction

I recently visited writer-extraordinaire Georgina Bruce in Edinburgh and saw the sights. She took me to a bookshop called Transreal Fiction in Candlemaker Row.

[image error]It’s a marvellous subspecies of independent bookshop specialising in science-fiction and fantasy. Yes, science-fiction and fantasy. It’s a breath of fresh air to find wonderfully curated stock that includes books from smaller presses as well as the mainstream titles. An added bonus is Mike Calder, who is clearly lovely as well as knowl...

Mark West’s 70s & 80s Horror Mixtape

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I’ve been involved in this lovely project by Mark West from the onset. So far he’s compiled mixtapes on Brit Horror, American Horror, Women In Horror and Stephen King. This time I got to pick a story from the 70s/80s.

I love it because I always discover stories and writers that I previously knew nothing about.

This time Mark’s chosen the 70s/80s. Check it out to see if your favourites are in there.

 

 

 

The Monsters are Due in Madison Square Garden

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Published by Bram Stoker Award winning press Omnium Gatherum, the story, set in 1934, focuses on investigative reporter Herb Fry who moves to New York to escape the vengeful Ku Klux Klan. Finding safer work writing on the paranormal, he’s in for a shock, the Big Apple’s crawling with German American Bund Nazis, jumpy because a horror movie buff with supernatural powers and a taste for elaborate set-piece murders is picking them off one by one. Will Herb ever find out who murdered the love of...

Mythic Journeys

I am a huge lover of myths and legends, so am a very happy bunny to be included in “Mythic Journeys: Myths & Legends Retold” from Night Shade Books, edited by Paula Guran.

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Table of Contents:

Introduction: A Map or Maybe Not

“Lost Lake” – Emma Straub and Peter Straub
“White Lines on a Green Field” – Catherynne M. Valente
“Trickster” – Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
“Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies” – Brooke Bolander
“A Memory of Wind” – Rachel Swirsky
“Leda” – M. Rickert
“Chivalry” – Neil Gai...