Monthly Archives: July 2018

The Tommyknockers

High-pitched noises: @pspublishinguk is getting ready to send these babies out. The Tommyknockers by Mr Stephen King, artwork by the amazing @daniele_serra_art and an introduction written by me. ?Read more…

Suspended in Dusk II: Stephen Graham Jones

Today’s SiD2 guest is Mr Stephen Graham Jones.

1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story, “Love is a Cavity I Can’t Stop Touching”?

Being fourteen and in love, pretty much.? And then being fifteen and in love. And sixteen.
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Suspended in Dusk II: Alan Baxter

Today’s SiD2 guest at the blog is the inimitable Alan Baxter.

1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story, “Crying Demon”?

Two things. The first was that I wanted to address some aspects of bullying. I was relentlessly
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Book for the Restoration launch!

Okay, we’ll be launching Restoration, the last book in the Verity Fassbinder trilogy!

Kim Wilkins and I will talk, my parents will object to how much we swear, and then everyone will have cupcakes!

We’ll be at the
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Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror: 2018 ToC

Mermaid from one of Kathleen Jennings’ calendars

I’m delighted to announce that “The Little Mermaid, in Passing” has scored a berth in Paula Guran’s Year’s Best Dark Fantasy  & Horror 2018 from Prime Books!

The ToC is amazing …

“Sunflower
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Suspended in Dusk II: Ramsey Campbell

Since today is the official release day of Suspended in Dusk II, how about I let the legendary Ramsey Campbell take over the blog?

1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story?

“Above the World” has its roots in an acid trip
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Suspended in Dusk II: Nerine Dorman

Over at the blog today, Nerine Dorman talks Suspended in Dusk II.

1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story, “That Damned Cat”?

I’d been wanting to write horror for a while, but the concept for
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Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes

The fabulous Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer has reviewed Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes, edited by  J.R. Campbell & Charles Prepolec, published by  EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. I’m especially delighted as he says lovely things about my story,
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Suspended in Dusk II: Dan Rabarts

Today’s SiDII author is Dan Rabarts, talking about his story “Riptide”.

1. What was the inspiration for your SiD2 story?

Several years ago I was working on story fragments for an anthology called Regeneration, and one of those story threads started with the
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