There's an interview with me and the marvellous V.H. Leslie over at Grey Dog Tales for Women in Horror Month - it's such an honour to be approached (and recommended by Nina Allan! There's a boost for the ego.) My short story 'Obsidian' was published in January as part of NewCon Press' 10-year anniversary celebrations… Continue reading What I’m Up To Right Now
Celebrating Women In Horror
it's Women In Horror month, and since I am a Woman In Horror I thought I'd pick a few of my favourite tales by my fellow horror-writing women to share with you all. These are by no means the only stories I'd recommend - I could sit here all day and tell you about the… Continue reading Celebrating Women In Horror
Tidy house, tidy mind – but not for me
A recent study published in Psychological Science revealed that environmental disorder - aka 'mess and clutter' - could actually aid the creative process. Reading this was something of an epiphany for me. Modern wisdom is full of the idea that we ought to declutter our lives - that hanging on to possessions and memories and… Continue reading Tidy house, tidy mind – but not for me
But boy, could he play guitar.
I don't have an awful lot to say about the passing of David Bowie, one of my enduring childhood heroes. I was born in 1986, and some might say that's too late to have truly idolised Bowie, but I politely disagree. I was an awkward, skinny, snaggle-toothed weirdo from South London who didn't fit in… Continue reading But boy, could he play guitar.
2015 is on the way out, and 2016 is fast approaching
I don't have a coherent retrospective planned out this year. It's been an all-over-the-place kind of year; if I were to try to map it out, it'd come out looking like a spider's web post-caffeine hit. (which, by the way, looks like this:) What happened this year, then? I moved house in August, attended my… Continue reading 2015 is on the way out, and 2016 is fast approaching
Suddenly remembered I have a blog
early new year's resolution: actually utilise this blog. In a bid to save money, I've been re-reading some of my old favourite books instead of bulk buying a load of new books I have no room for. I'm currently re-reading 'The Scar' by China Mieville, with whom I have a love-hate relationship. I love his… Continue reading Suddenly remembered I have a blog
Fantasy Con for Beginners and the Socially Awkward
Everyone else is doing a Fantasy Con retrospective so while the bandwagon is rolling, I thought I'd hop briefly on. Let the storm of name-dropping commence... Work commitments meant I sadly had to miss the Friday, and apparently public transport was in on the grand conspiracy because, thanks to a raft of train delays, I… Continue reading Fantasy Con for Beginners and the Socially Awkward
What I read in September
Having been a fan of V.H. Leslie's since reading 'Senbazuru' in Shadows And Tall Trees, I was very excited to pick this collection up. It's a truly beautiful volume, elegant as befitting the fluid, flowing prose Leslie writes. Thematically, it's quite wonderful - precious little gore and violence but an abundance of horrors all the… Continue reading What I read in September
“Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders”
So. That Hannibal finale, eh? The title quote is from the inimitable Alfred Hitchcock and I feel like it sums up not only that gut-wrenching final episode, but Hannibal as an entire TV series. Never before has gratuitous blood and gore been so beautiful: the metronomic drip-splash of scarlet blood from the nose of a… Continue reading “Film your murders like love scenes, and film your love scenes like murders”
Things I Read In July
The Bureau Of Them by Cate Gardner The gorgeously hallucinogenic cover art is highly appropriate for this story - a vivid nightmare of a tale in which the world of the living and the world of the dead begin to bleed at the edges, merging into one but only for those who seek out the… Continue reading Things I Read In July
Dispatches from the Sinister Room 