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March 31, 2020
5 Star Review for Magic!
A lovely reader has given my short story, Magic, its first review, and I am absolutely delighted.
The [image error] [image error] [image error] [image error] star review says, Magic delivers a great dose of dark matter that nourishes the imagination.
This is a fantastic read for those who want a touch of well written menace without the blood & gore. The story engages immediately as the main character strives to put right the relationship with his young daughter, unexpectedly incorporating the darker side of his paranoia that would ordinarily be associated with night demons. But these demons come in wonderfully recognisable yet grotesque guises, some animal some pooka like, coming at him fast and furious in broad daylight.
An intriguing clever story that depicts images that will stay with you well after lights out and demands a second read.
Fancy giving it a go?
Paperback – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0851LL3QY
Kindle – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07R9X72QZ
If you’ve read Magic and enjoyed it, please also consider leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads. It makes all the difference.
Stay safe,
Nash
February 24, 2020
New Edition Magic
My chapbook, Magic, which pits Grange up against the shape-shifting terrors of the Wild Hunt, is now available in paperback at Amazon UK and Amazon US, courtesy of Demain Publishing.
February 13, 2020
April Showers
April Showers, an exploration into sibling rivalry and loss, is now available in Aggregate Vol 1 published by Writerfield.com.
As explained in the foreword, the last story, A Night And A Morning, is written in collaboration with a GPT-2 language model trained and released by OpenAI. Interesting concept, which hopefully doesn’t mean I’ll be out of a job soon!
Print version
Canada – https://www.amazon.ca/Aggregate-Stories-Intersection-Science-Fiction/dp/B084P21YSV/
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aggregate-Stories-Intersection-Science-Fiction/dp/B084P21YSV/
US – https://www.amazon.com/Aggregate-Stories-Intersection-Science-Fiction/dp/B084P21YSV/
Kindle version
Canada – https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B084NWB7KD/
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B084NWB7KD/
January 28, 2020
Sneak Preview
Ahead of the publication of the Aggregate anthology, the lovely people at Writerfield have made my story, April Showers, available on their website. AS is a story about sibling rivalry and puddles, while Aggregate is a collection of stories ‘at the intersection of science fiction and horror’ featuring a rather special author.
Here’s the link to my story if you fancy a five minute read, https://writerfield.com/april-showers/
December 27, 2019
Publication Review 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, I’d like to thank all my readers for taking a chance and reading my fiction, I hope it was worth it. I’d also like to thank all the editors that believed in my work enough to include it in their publications.
May this year saw the publication of my chapbook, Magic, as part of Demain Publishing’s Short Sharp Shocks! series. In Magic, ex-con Grange races against the shape-shifting terrors of the Wild Hunt for one last chance to see his daughter.
In October, when the veil between worlds thins, Horla Horror – the Home of Intelligent Horror published Jake. A tale of summer loving and a haunting from within. “Swimming helped Michael connect with the other person inside his body…” Carry on reading here.
And in December, Hellbound Books featured my 2014 story, The Red Spot Murders, in their Christmas anthology, Ghosts, Spirits and Specters. If you fancy a haunted house origin story and gruesome horror is your thing, click here.
And that’s 2019!
Happy New Year to you all!
December 16, 2019
The Red Spot Murders
Published today in time for the holiday season, the first volume of the Ghosts, Spirits, and Specters anthology series from Hellbound Books, which features my haunted house origin story, The Red Spot Murders. To find out what waits for you in Flat 314, Solent Heights buy the book here.
October 27, 2019
Jake
“Swimming helped Michael connect with the other person inside his body.”
I’m very pleased to announce that Jake, my new short fiction, is now LIVE on Horla: the home of intelligent horror in time for Halloween. You can read it here.
[image error] image source: Horla.org