I realise I've been relatively inactive on this old blog for a while now. Part of that is the sheer busyness (business?) of Being - which I will get to in a few - and part of it the ennui and apathy of existing in this weird, quasi-apocalyptic era, in which days and months don't… Continue reading well that was a year
Tag: short stories
La hija del devoradolor
Marcheto at the blog Cuentos para Algernon has very graciously translated my short story The Pain-Eater's Daughter into Spanish. This is the first time my work has appeared in translation, which I'm delighted about - it's always been my dream to appear in translation - and I am very grateful to Marcheto for all the… Continue reading La hija del devoradolor
Ptichka, read by Daniel Pietersen
Daniel Pietersen wonderfully reads my short story Ptichka as part of his ongoing series of readings. You can hear the reading over on SoundCloud, and read his accompanying commentary here. Of Ptichka, Daniel says: Ptichka, which means “little bird” in Russian, is not an easy story to read. It talks powerfully about the structural violence… Continue reading Ptichka, read by Daniel Pietersen
The Pain-Eater’s Daughter makes Best Horror of the Year vol. 12
Very pleased to announced that my short story "The Pain-Eater's Daughter" has been chosen for Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year volume 12. The full TOC is below: Ice Cold Lemonade 25ȼ Haunted House Tour: 1 Per Person by Paul Tremblay A Song For Wounded Mouths by Kristi DeMeester Birds of Passage by Gordon… Continue reading The Pain-Eater’s Daughter makes Best Horror of the Year vol. 12
Spooky Stories for Samhain and Halloween
Tomorrow marks the arrival of both Halloween and Samhain, two similar but disparate festivals which celebrate the dark, the supernatural, the thinning of the veil between our world and the next. The perfect time of year, then, to settle down with a suitably spooky read. Whether it’s a crisp, cold day, a grey, rainy afternoon… Continue reading Spooky Stories for Samhain and Halloween
And even more reviews for Sing Your Sadness Deep
Even more people have been saying incredibly kind things about Sing Your Sadness Deep and I'm honestly slightly overwhelmed by it all, and expecting it all to come crashing down at any moment. A vardo, which may or may not belong to Sara's grandmother in 'The Pain-Eater's Daughter' The venerable John Linwood Grant over… Continue reading And even more reviews for Sing Your Sadness Deep
Even more reviews for Sing Your Sadness Deep
Attention is scary. Being a writer* is embodying a strange paradox in that on one hand, you would like people to read your writing - that's why we submit it to anthologies and magazines. But on the other hand, knowing that people are actually reading your writing is a deeply unnerving experience. It feels like… Continue reading Even more reviews for Sing Your Sadness Deep
Reviews coming in for Sing Your Sadness Deep…
...the inimitable Des Lewis has real-time reviewed Sing Your Sadness Deep, which is always a joy. Des has a knack of unearthing previously unrealised themes and motifs, which - if you're a seat-of-your-pants writer like I am - is a process of discovery. He also finds fascinating links between works he is reading and reviewing… Continue reading Reviews coming in for Sing Your Sadness Deep…
Sing Your Sadness Deep is now available to pre-order!
Absolutely thrilled (and slightly terrified) to say that you can now pre-order my debut short story collection, "Sing Your Sadness Deep", published by Undertow Publications. It's available via Amazon, where it will be released on 6th August, and via Undertow Publications themselves, where it will be released towards the beginning of July. The table of… Continue reading Sing Your Sadness Deep is now available to pre-order!
Down the rabbit hole…
Very excited to be a part of this upcoming anthology - "Wonderland" is a collection of short stories inspired by Lewis Carrol's 'Alice in Wonderland', and my short story "The Night Parade" has made the ToC. My take on the Wonderland mythos is set in Osaka, Japan, and finds a world of folkloric demons and… Continue reading Down the rabbit hole…
Dispatches from the Sinister Room 