Rounding off an incredibly exciting year for me is the news that my debut short story collection has been picked up by the wonderful Undertow Publications, and will be published in autumn 2019. It's titled "Sing Your Sadness Deep" and I hope you will enjoy it. An Undertow collection has been a dream of mine… Continue reading Sing Your Sadness Deep
Thank you, Laika
I think there is probably a limit to the number of times I'm permitted to mention That Thing That Happened before I become incredibly annoying, so let me get it out of the way: I only went and won a bloody British Fantasy Award, didn't I? The award-winning (!?) story in question is "Looking… Continue reading Thank you, Laika
Where You Can Find Me At Fantasycon 2018 (if you want to)
Due to the often ad-hoc nature of Fantasycon I can't guarantee I'll be in any one place at any given time, except for those panels and so forth that I've signed up to do. So, I'll list those below. But if you happen to be at Fantasycon and you'd like to say hello - please… Continue reading Where You Can Find Me At Fantasycon 2018 (if you want to)
人間
Very excited to announce that my short story '人間' ('Ningen') is available to preorder as a standalone short for Kindle, published by the excellent Darker Worlds Publishing: "Tragedy has befallen the Russian submarine, Ussuri. Without explanation, the vessel has been lost to the depths of the ocean, all hands aboard presumed lost. A team of… Continue reading 人間
It’s that time of year again
FantasyCon is almost upon us. Every year it sneaks up on me - one day, it's months away, then all of a sudden it's a matter of weeks and I'm signing up for panels and readings and wondering when I'm going to have time to do the important stuff: buying books, and propping up the… Continue reading It’s that time of year again
“Twisted Tales of Hybridity”
I was a guest last weekend at the Gothic Manchester Festival, appearing as part of the Twisted Tales of Hybridity event alongside rising star of the weird fiction scene Dr. Helen Marshall, and legitimate rockstar Rosie Garland. All three of us have been guests at previous Gothic Manchester Festival events, and were returning to discuss… Continue reading “Twisted Tales of Hybridity”
New article up at Pro Wrestling Journal
I wrote about the history of WWE's women's division, how their so-called 'Women's Revolution' ignores WWE's singularly awful track record of taking women's wrestling seriously, and why - despite all of this - their upcoming all-women's 'Evolution' event is a good thing. Check it out at Pro Wrestling Journal. I’m old enough to remember –… Continue reading New article up at Pro Wrestling Journal
More Exciting Times…
Following the shortlisting of my short story 'Sun Dogs' for the Shirley Jackson Awards, I have been informed of the exciting (and slightly terrifying!) news that my work has been nominated for not one, but two British Fantasy Awards. My short story 'Looking for Laika', which appeared in Interzone #273, has been nominated in the… Continue reading More Exciting Times…
Just in case the fiction writing thing doesn’t work out…
...I'm very excited to be writing for Pro Wrestling Journal, covering British promotions Revolution Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling EVE. I've been a huge wrestling fan since I was a teenager, and so having the opportunity to combine my love of writing with my love for sweaty men in pants throwing men at other sweaty… Continue reading Just in case the fiction writing thing doesn’t work out…
Twisted Tales of Hybridity
The yearly Gothic Manchester Festival is almost upon us, courtesy of Manchester Metropolitan University, and I'm very pleased to be taking part once again. I was at the Festival in 2014 as part of the 'Twisted Tales of Austerity' event - a reading/panel discussion in which myself, Rosanne Rabinowitz and Tom Johnstone read our respective… Continue reading Twisted Tales of Hybridity
Dispatches from the Sinister Room 