I first came across Laird Barron a dozen or so years ago when I was working my way through Ellen Datlow’s yearly horror collections. Since then he has become one of “my” authors, those whose next book I eagerly await. One of the best things that I ever read on Twitter was what I think […]
Well far out dude, what the hell is this? What just happened? I don’t generally have the patience or inclination to write book reviews, and this is not one. I read quite a bit of horror, because I like it, but you wouldn’t know what I was reading if you were there with me while […]
Not quite the 12 days of Christmas. Two rejections on 23 December, one on 27 December, one on 29 December. Opened the first rejection email of the year on 2 January, only to find it was an acceptance. An excellent way to start the year. Details to follow, but the outline is an “anthology about […]
Very happy to have had a story picked up for broadcast on Pseudopod in 2021. Details to follow once the contract is signed. It has been a bit of a dry run this year, so this news is good, and I am at work on a new batch of stories, including my first werewolf tale. […]
My third alternative universe Apollo story is now running free in the wilds of sf magazine land – “The Bride of the Blob” appears in the latest issue of Andromeda Spaceways Magazine. I’ve been aiming at that market for some time, very happy to have landed there. The story doesn’t have Sonny and Cher, but […]
The final hypotheses of Professor G is available for your free reading … pleasure? … at Silver Blade. Just click on the link. Unhappy in his retirement, Professor G turns his analytical gaze upon the world immediately about him, and discovers more than he would like. Due to international clamour, constant requests on social media, […]
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