Very pleased to learn that Shadows & Tall Trees has made the British Fantasy Society Awards shortlist in the Magazine/Periodical category. Thank you to all my contributors.

Yes, I used an exclamation point in the subject field. Why? Because "Apparitions," the anthology I edited last year has been voted a 2009 Shirley Jackson Awards nominee in the category of Edited Anthology. What?! I must be dreaming. It is a tremendous honour to be in such august company, and to also even be mentioned alongside the late, great ( Read more... )

Why not pop over to Horror World and read Simon Strantzas' Pinholes in Black Muslin. Or you can read an extract from Tim Lebbon's next book. As well, they've put up my story The Kraken, long-listed for a British Fantasy Society Award.

All of this is brought to you from the fine folks at Humdrumming.

If you're a voting member of the British Fantasy Society, or just someone who likes free reads, please check out this site:

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Good times!!

Those kind folks at Humdrumming, who are publishing my collaborative novel Ouroboros, (and I don't think I've mentioned that in a while, so excuse me), have seen fit to make available my BFS Award-nominated short story The Kraken for your reading pleasure. It has a, um, Kraken, references to Norwegian black metal, and is about, ultimately, ( Read more... )