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Twice Cursed Anthology

Twice Cursed is the newest anthology edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (out from Titan Books in April next year). You can pre-order it here.

There are stories from:

Joanne Harris
Neil Gaiman
Angela Slatter (that’s me!)
MR Carey
Sarah Pinborough
Mark Chadbourn
Laura Purcell
Christina Henry
Katherine
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Relics, Wrecks and Ruins

I’m delighted to have a story in this new anthology edited by Aiki Flinthart! Relics, Wrecks and Ruins has an amazing ToC and can be purchased here.

Futures and Pasts, Fearless and Frightening. This is a must-read collection for all fans
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Out of Water: Sarah Read

1. What do readers need to know about Sarah Read?

I love writing gothic and spooky fiction. I love reading all sorts of things from many different genres. I’m a history buff, a librarian, a knitter, a mom–I’m basically
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Cursed!

This lovely thing arrived in the mail the other day not long after I saw this review of it at Publishers Weekly. All in all, a good day.

Thanks to Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane for
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Repost: Your Writing is Not You – or How to Interpret/Deal with Writerly Rejections

I’ve written before about rejections and how to handle the dent they make in your self-esteem, and I think it’s advice that bears revisiting from time to time. One thing any writer needs to develop (apart from mad writing skills and the
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Awards Season

The art is by Kathleen Jennings and it’s here purely coz you should always look at at by Kathleen Jennings

Well, I guess it’s time to repost the post that upsets people: The Awards Don’t
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Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends

Very happy to say I’ve got a reprint in this anthology, “Seeds”, written with Lisa L. Hannett for our mosaic novel Midnight and Moonshine. Mythic Journeys has a gorgeous cover and a most excellent ToC:

“Lost Lake” – Emma Straub and
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How To Be A Writer

Art by Kathleen Jennings as always

So I was supposed to be answering interview questions, but for some reason I wrote this. Everyone’s experience and advice will be different, but this is mine.[1].

 

A writer
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Kirkus Review

Momentous occasion: my first mention in Kirkus Review!

Especially delightful as this story appears in the wonderful Marie O’Regan’s new Titan anthology, Phantoms.

Phantoms edited by Marie O’Regan is an anthology of (mostly) new ghost stories from the likes of M.R. Carey,
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The Teardrop Method: Simon Avery

Today, Mr Simon Avery takes over the blog to talk about writing in general and his TTA novella, The Teardrop Method.

1. How did you start out?

I worked at Andromeda bookshop in Birmingham from 1988 for ten years. For the
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