Monthly Archives: August 2017

To Bell the Cat: Hellboy

I’ve been hiding this for months! At last it can be revealed! This is the illustration Mike Mignola did for my story in the new Hellboy prose anthology, An Assortment of Horrors.

Home!

I flew in this morning at 6.45am.

I know how neglected this poor blog is, but I promise I will have news just as soon as I stop wanting to nap.

The important thing is that the dogs got their first apple in
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Hellboy!!!

This bad boy is in stores very soon – go and pre-order!

For this, the fourth Hellboy prose anthology and the first in almost 10 years, editor Christopher Golden decided to recruit only authors who had never published
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The Sheep of Stenness

So, the tale of the sheep (ram, actually).

We walked into the Stenness enclosure and there are several sheep around the area. There’s this one large ram, which Dr Kim goes over to pat. I stand
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Conflux GoH Limited Edition Book!

Greetings from the poor neglected blog! I’m still travelling, but will try to catch up in the next few days.

So, the lovely Tehani of FableCroft is releasing a strictly limited edition chapbook of The Tallow-Wife novella especially for my Conflux
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New Fears has landed!

The new anthology edited by Mark Morris and published by Titan Books has landed in the Titan offices!

New Fears has stories from Alison Littlewood, Stephen Gallagher, Brady Golden, Nina Allan, Brian Keene, Chaz Brenchley, AK Benedict, Brian Lillie,
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Best New Horror #28

This is #27!

The delightful Mr Stephen Jones is once again producing (in concert with the equally delightful PS Publishing) Best New Horror #28.

I’m very happy to report that he’s taking two of my stories, “Pale Tree House” and “The Red
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Better Together – Collaboration as a Productivity Booster

Today, Dan Rabarts, a Most Excellent Writer, takes over the blog to talk about collaboration.

Better Together – Collaboration as a Productivity Booster

You’re a writer, you’re a creative. You wish you could produce more, but holy crap, there are only
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Welcome to Brisneyland! In Conversation with Angela Slatter

Tonight I’m down at the Logan North Library for a chat!

Fairy stories are part of childhood –but how does one go on from childish delight in princesses and magic to writing dark urban fantasy for adults? Angela will
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