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Suffer the Little Children now available

I’m pleased to announce that Cruentus Libri’s ‘Suffer the Little Children’ anthology, featuring my story ‘Play Ball’ is now available to buy online.

Girls and boys, are come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep, And face the demons from the deep… Cruentus Libri Press brings you sixteen tales of horror and the macabre featuring children facing their fears face on. From old myths to new gods; from bloodthirsty trolls beneath the bridge to the...

Book review: For All Eternity – Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins

For All Eternity, from Dark Opus Press, featuring my story ‘Hearts of Gold’ is themed around the seven deadly sins. I was even more pleased than usual to have a story accepted into this anthology as the book only contains seven stories – one story per sin, which makes for intriguing reading.

I really like the concept of this book and when I received my hard copy I was pleasantly surprised to find the interior beautifully formatted and with a fantastic illustration for each story, drawn by the...

How to write more happy stories in 2013 – my writerly new year’s resolutions!

So, the project I’m embarking upon in 2013 and have so far been quite quiet about (due to deciding whether or not I’m going to be dumb enough to undertake it) is to write one flash fiction every day for the duration of 2013.

Yes, this is a new year’s resolution of sorts – the kind of ‘write something every day’ one that most writers make every year. However this one isn’t just write something every day, it’s write and finish something cohesive and readable every day and even now it feels like...

Happy Christmas – win a copy of Crying Just Like Anybody just by being the first to comment!

Well, it’s that time of year again, the nights are dark, there’s… rain… upon the ground (lots of it) and I’d like to wish everyone reading this a happy Christmas. I hope you have a wonderful time and that 2013 is a good ‘un! Now, seeing as it’s Christmas and I’ve just finished reading it, here’s my little review of The Fiction Desk’s latest publication, ‘Crying Just Like Anybody’ – and your chance to win a free iTunes copy.

‘Crying Just Like Anybody’ is the fourth volume anthology from The Fic...

Why I’m Crying Just Like Anybody

Well, far from it, actually – this year has been fantastic for me as a writer! I’ve been delighted to have several stories picked up for publication in anthologies and the lastest one is due for release on November 20.

My short story ‘Phantoms’ will appear in The Fiction Desk’s fourth anthology, ‘Crying Just Like Anybody’. I’m a big fan of The Fiction Desk anthologies and I’m thrilled that my work will be appearing in one beside such talented authors as The Fiction Desk publishes.

The running o...

Prime’s new anthology is Bloody Fabulous

I’m very pleased to announce that Prime’s ‘Bloody Fabulous’ anthology is now available to buy. A fashion-themed horror collection edited by Ekaterina Sedia, ‘Bloody Fabulous’ features my story ‘Waifs’.

Available now in both print and ebook from a number of online retailers, the contents are:

“Coat of Stars” by Holly Black

“Savage Design” by Richard Bowes

“Bespoke” by Genevieve Valentine

“Dress Code” by Sandra McDonald

“The Anadem” by Sharon Mock

“The First Witch of Damansara” by Zen Cho

“The Faery Ha...

(Re-) Vamp-Bite-Size at lunchtime

Last Wednesday 17 October, as part of the Chester Literature Festival, I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to deliver a Bitesize at Lunchtime talk on my experiences co-publishing Re-Vamp with LC Hu.

The Bitesize at Lunchtime slots are a popular annual feature of the festival, providing lunch-hour-timed talks by local writers. This year, the talks are being held in the lovely surroundings of the Magistrate’s Court at Chester Town Hall and I can confirm that the acoustics were very go...

Serving up the words at the Poetry Takeaway

Yesterday I took a break from being a prose writer to moonlight for the day as a poetry chef at The Poetry Takeaway.

The Poetry Takeaway is a burger van that serves as the world’s first mobile poetry emporium, staffed by poets who serve up free bespoke poems on any subject to members of the public in 15 minutes or so. It’s run by super talented poetry powerhouse Head Poetry Chef Tim Clare, who came up with the idea. The Takeaway marked the start of the 2012 Chester Literature Festival which ru...

Breaking Literature Festival news! The Poetry Takeaway Van

This Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 October 2012, 11am to 4pm, will see the Poetry Takeaway van open for business outside Chester Town Hall, as part of the 2012 Literature Festival events, and me and the illustrious Catherine Marseille will be moonlighting (daylighting?!) as poetry chefs. Between 12 and 2pm on Saturday, me and Catherine will be serving up tasty bites of poetry on demand – what this means is, you come along and order your takeaway poem on any subject you like and within ten minutes...

Re-Vamping the Chester Literature Festival

It’s nearly October and that means it’s nearly time again for the annual Chester Literature Festival.

This year, as well as attending some of the fantastic events planned (particularly looking forward to David Crystal and Sandi Toskvig), I’ll be hosting my own Bitesize at Lunchtime event which will involve me sharing some tips on self publishing. I’m hoping that the fact that I’m pretty much self-taught in writing and publishing will actually be a benefit, as all my tips come from personal exp...