Category Archives: stories

Terror Tales of London – full ToC

Just a quick line to let you know that the latest anthology in Gray Friar Press’s acclaimed ‘Terror Tales’ series, Terror Tales of London, is now available for preorder, shipping in June. The anthology features stories by Nicholas Royle, Rosalie … Continue reading

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On and off the rails

In the run-up to the publication of the slipstream railway anthology Rustblind and Silverbright, the Eibonvale Press blog will be running a series of guest posts by some of the contributing authors, talking about their stories and how they came … Continue reading

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101 #womentoread

Unlikely though it may seem, it’s still not at all uncommon to hear people insisting that there is no issue around the representation of women in F&SF, that a theoretically level playing field means there is no industry bias and … Continue reading

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Black Static #34

Andy Cox of TTA Press has just shown me the artwork that Ben Baldwin has created to illustrate my new story ‘The Nightingale’, which will feature in Black Static #34. I can’t resist sharing this, because it’s superb. Ben has … Continue reading

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Locus recommends Spin

Lois Tilton says: Thus the mythological elements, while quite interesting in its own right, are not the critical element. The story is Layla’s journey, from the moment she leaves her childhood until she confronts her god. And this is why … Continue reading

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Cave & Julia

Readers of this blog might remember my recent mention of a story by M. John Harrison called ‘In Autotelia’, an exquisite piece of writing that hasn’t garnered nearly as much attention as it deserves. I’m hoping that ‘Cave & Julia’, … Continue reading

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BSFA Short Fiction shortlist

It being the very eve of Eastercon, I’d been thinking about writing a blog post on the six stories that are up for this year’s BSFA Award, because awards shortlists are always interesting (if not always for the right reasons) … Continue reading

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Three bits of book news

A few things just in. Firstly, my collection from NewCon Press, Microcosmos, is now available for pre-order. This book, with beautiful cover art (as always) from Ben Baldwin, collects together seven stories written since the publication of my first collection … Continue reading

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Thought for the day

I didn’t read anything that I would have considered to be horror until I started working for ChiZine Publications because I’m very susceptible to it. I will spend nights up, awake and terrified. At the same time, because of that genuinely visceral response … Continue reading

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Bellony at Lightspeed

I’m thrilled to announce that my novella Bellony, which originally appeared in the Eibonvale Press anthology Blind Swimmer, will be reprinted in the April issue of the very wonderful Lightspeed magazine. Lightspeed publishes some of the best shortform fantasy and … Continue reading

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