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The Ghost of a Flea

I have made the Flea my business since that first night with John Varley.

I searched out Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Enquiries. Micrographia. Small drawings.

Hooke’s work is an exquisite endeavour but his rendering of the flea is larger than any other creature therein. So much so that the page folds out as if Hooke is trying to communicate something. Why else would he elevate the flea so?

Hooke made h...

Screams From The Dark

I love a good monster story, so am thrilled to be in Ellen Datlow’s new anthology with a story called “The Ghost of a Flea”.

Contributers list: Ian Rogers, Fran Wilde, Gemma Files, Daryl Gregory, Priya Sharma, Brian Hodge, Joyce Carol Oates, Indrapramit Das, Siobhan Carroll, Richard Kadrey, Norman Partridge, Garry Kilworth, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Chikodili Emelumadu, Glen Hirshberg, A. C. Wise, Stephen Graham Jones, Kaaron Warren, Livia Llewellyn, Carole Johnstone, Margo Lanagan, Joe R. Lan...

Fantasticon 2022

Breaking the Glass Slipper

Thanks to Charlotte Bond, Lucy Hounsom (who writes as Times Bestseller author Lucy Holland), and Megan Leigh, the team at Breaking the Glass Slipper for having me on their show. We talked about families in horror fiction and my new story (“The Ghost of a Flea”) which appears in Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, edited by Ellen Datlow, out from Tor Nightfire on June 7th.

Dan Hillier’s Dreams

Find out more about Dan Hillier’s work here.

Une Heure-Lumière

Une Heure-Lumière (“a light hour”) is a range from Éditions du Bélial’. These short books are designed to be read in one sitting and have featured the work of writers such as Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Vernor Vinge, Thomas Day, Greg Egan, and Ken Liu.

« Une Heure-Lumière » est une collection des éditions du Bélial’. Il s’agit de courts romans conçus pour être lus d’une traite, et cette collection a accueilli des auteurs tels que Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Vernor Vinge, Thomas Day, Greg...

2022 Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire Winners

My very hearty congratulations to all the winners and nominees. It was wonderful to be on the list!

French Novel

WINNER: Vivonne, Jérôme Leroy (La Table ronde)Citadins de demain, Claire Duvivier (Aux forges de Vulcain)Nous sommes les chasseurs, Jérémy Fel (Rivages)La Nuit du faune, Romain Lucazeau (Albin Michel)Feminicid, Christophe Siébert (Au diable vauvert)

Foreign Novel

WINNER: Notre part de nuit, Mariana Enriquez (Le Sous-sol)Les Maîtres enlumineurs tomes 1 & 2 [Foundryside and...

Virtual Event with John F.D. Taff

Thanks to Copper Dog Books and John F.D. Taff for inviting me for a chat to part of a series of events celebrating the launch of Dark Stars, a horror short story anthology featuring 12 original works, with an introduction by bestselling author Josh Malerman (Bird Box) and an afterword by Ramsey Campbell. 

1pm ET/6pm GMT

Register here.

HWA Interview

Thanks to Sumiko Saulson for including me in Asian Heritage of Horror- a series of interviews for the Horror Writers Association.

Read it here.

Coming soon….