In October last year I was completely absorbed in working on a new story for a forthcoming anthology – for details of that one, watch this space – when I received an email from Paul Finch, asking if I’d like to write something for his new anthology, Terror Tales of London.
The piece I was already working on was turning out to be about twice as long as I’d originally envisaged, and the thought of another impending deadline made me panic a bit. But Terror Tales of London?? – how could I refuse? I would have felt like I was letting the old place down.
I’m happy to say that I accepted the challenge and wrote the story. It’s called ‘The Tiger’, and I would count it as one of the scariest pieces I’ve written to date (must have been the thought of that deadline). It’s also turned out to be one of my favourites – it’s set in SE12, after all. The anthology will be published by Gray Friar Press around Easter time. Paul has just released the full list of contributors, which you can find here. This is an impressive line-up, and I’m thrilled to be included in it.
The thing that makes Gray Friar’s Terror Tales series especially fascinating and original is that they come with ‘true’ stories of ghosts, hauntings and other dark happenings interspersed with the fiction, something which I think gives added depth and lustre to the sense of place that is these anthologies’ defining characteristic.
To get a taste of what I’m talking about, you can find details of previous releases in the series here, here, and here.
Fantastic covers, too – I can’t wait to see what the artwork for Terror Tales of London is going to look like!