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I'm afraid I've been a bit remiss in updating this blog! But the good news is... Last year I was chuffed to find a home for two horror stories in anthologies edited by Matthew Cash. The first, Death By Chocolate, was published in March 2016 by KnightWatch Press. Here's the blurb: Chocolate. Some people crave it, some people hate it. It is given on many occasions, and used for many reasons. For celebration and for comfort, in good times and bad. This selection box brings you 1

This collection of three short stories features as its centrepiece a Gothic city named Marcheval and the book is sheer fantastic Gothic splendour, with Splashes of Fantasy. Marcheval has elements of the modern and many more elements of the past, of slums and unscrupulous chaps and great fortunes gone to rot. It is atmospheric of a time while being out of time and has a grand sense of place. The windy streets and fantastical elements (including strange and new fantasy variants

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It's a bit early for new year but I think celebrations are still in order! Today I checked my twitter feed, only to find I have been listed on James Everington's website. He has listed me as one of his favourite 93 odd short stories of 2014. These are stories which "impress [...him] enough to make a note of it in the first place, and then still seem as impressive when [...he] whittled the list down for this post." I am so honoured to be included and am happy to see that two o