The Angry Dead...

...is available for you to read online here.

What Dwells Below?

To learn the answer, you'll have to read the new anthology from Sirens Call Publications, which includes my tale, Taken, along with eleven other disturbing stories. It is available to order now from Amazon in paperback and on the Kindle.

Mrs Claus is a winner!

The Mrs Claus anthology was voted the sci-fi/fantasy book of the month poll winner at Long and Short Reviews and has received a 4.5 stars review!

It's Awesome!

It should be a crime for fiction to be this good!

It's certainly crime-themed.

Yes, a new issue of Awesome Tales is available now from Amazon and it includes my story, Doubt.

Mrs Claus Christmas Carol Sing-a-long

It's a month till Christmas and you can entertain yourselves with this carol parody to celebrate my story in the Mrs Claus anthology!

Behold the Madness!

Fellow contributor, Gregory L. Norris, has collated contributor notes on the story origins of the anthology The Mad Visions of al-Hazred. If you want to know where we get our inspiration from (other than mad visions!), you may find this intriguing...

Intervied at Gehenna and Hinnom

You can find an interview with me on the Gehenna and Hinnom website.

And, Repeat...

Catch the latest of my Black and Red Mythos stories to be published in the Ravenwood Halloween Special. Horrible Hallowe'en history repeats itself in my story Repeat as youths enter an abandoned flat in search of a thrill...

Other contributors to the issue include Diane Arrelle, Andrew Bell, K.A. Opperman and Ashley Dioses.

More Mythos horrors!

The latest issue of Tigershark ezine has a Mythos theme and I've contributed quite a bit to it, providing a strong Yellow Mythos showing with fiction, a poem and an introduction to it all. The current issue and all back issues are free to download here.

Welcome to Planet Scumm!

The second issue of this science fiction quarterly is now available in audio, digital and print formats from their website and contains my aquatic SF story, Light.

More Bizarro Than Bizarro

Fans of bizarro fiction are in for a treat with this volume of bizarre short stories. More Bizarro Than Bizarro is available to order on Kindle and in paperback from Amazon. Read the five-star review!

Corporate Cthulhu

Corporate Cthulhu kickstarter is live! I have a story amongst the various takes on the theme of the Mythos interacting with corporations. Full details of all the contents and stretch goals can be found here.

Hallowe'en at the Horrorzine

The latest issue of The Horrorzine is online and it not only has some great fiction and fascinating Hallowe'en facts, but it includes three of my poems (amongst others). There is also some wonderful artwork.

Here comes Mrs Claus, here comes Mrs Claus...

...ready to pre-order for your kindle now!

The anthology will be available in paperback and ebook on 28th November, ready for your Christmas stocking.

When you think of Mrs. Claus, do you imagine a quiet North Pole homebody who finds complete fulfillment in baking cookies, petting reindeer and crafting toys alongside elves? How about a magic-wielding ice goddess, or a tough-as-nails Valkyrie? Or maybe an ancient fae of dubious intentions, or a well-meaning witch? Could Mrs. Claus be a cigar-smoking Latina, or a crash-landed alien? Within these pages Mrs. Claus is a hero, a villain, a mother, a spacefarer, a monster hunter, and more. The only thing she decidedly is not, is a sidekick.

It’s Mrs. Claus’ turn to shine and she is stepping out of Santa’s shadow and into the spotlight in these fourteen spectacular stories that make her the star! Featuring original short stories by Laura VanArendonk Baugh, C.B. Calsing, DJ Tyrer, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Kristen Lee, Randi Perrin, Michael Leonberger, Andrew Wilson, Ross Van Dusen, MLD Curelas, Maren Matthias, Anne Luebke, Jeff Kuykendall, and Hayley Stone.

Space Adventures!

Two new issues of Space Adventures (Rainfall Books) have been released (5 and 6) and I have stories in both of them! Both issues also contain stories by Lee Clarke Zumpe and Jeremy Hayes, as well as poems by Steve Lines, while issue 5 also has a story from Andrew Darlington.

The Sirens Call of the Mythos...

Two stories and two poems with a Mythos theme, plus three additional dark poems, in the latest issue of Sirens Call. Download it free!

Final Contact...

...is the new kindle science-fiction anthology from Deadman's Tome, releasing on 1st September, and containing my Yellow Mythos story, Echoes Remain. Order it here.

Carillon to the end

British small press 'zine Carillon is coming to an end in 2018 with its fiftieth issue. It's a great 'zine and well worth checking out, especially its latest issue (number 48), which contains three of my poems in it.

It's all Strangely Funny...

It's here, Strangely Funny IV from Mystery and Horror, LLC, featuring my story Opossum Rex, about a giant... well, I'm sure you can guess! As the title may suggest, there are earlier installments in the series, including a volume 2.5 (I've contributed to II and III), all of which are available to order from Amazon. In fact, if you prefer to read things on the Kindle, there is the option to order all four full-number volumes as a bundle.

Equal Opportunity Madness is here!

EOM, the new anthology from Otter Libris is here with a varied assortment of characters from around the world experiencing the mind-shattering horrors of the Mythos! Includes my story, from The Horror of the Atoll.

The Eye of the Sun....

...is the title of my story in issue of Broadswords and Blasters, a pulp magazine with modern sensibilities. It's a sword-and-sorcery tale featuring a bounty-hunting swordswoman who stumbles upon an evil conspiracy involving the titular jewel. You can pick up a copy in paperback or on the Kindle from Amazon.

Tigershark 14!

Another free ezine for you to download! This issue is themed around Alien Sports, Alien Thoughts and includes a piece of flash fiction, a piece of micro-prose and a poem by a certain DJ Tyrer. Aeronwy Dafies, Andrew Darlington, and Neil K. Henderson are amongst the other contributors.

Sirens Call 33

A brand new issue of this wonderful horror ezine is available to download for free! It contains four poems and two stories by a certain DJ Tyrer. Other contributors include Jan Olson, Diane Arrelle, Jason Pere, Charles Rolan, and Sheri White, amongst others, plus the Horror Addicts poetry contest winner, Jonathin Fortin.

Strange Sorcery and Humorous SF Poetry

A new issue of Strange Sorcery has reached me containing my short medieval Mythos story Cat's Paw and a Yellow Mythos poem, Atlas Shrugged. Also contributing poetry and fiction to this fantastic issue are Lee Clark Zumpe and Matthew Wilson.

I've also had two humorous SF poems - Killing Grandpa and The Neptune Adventure - published on Grievous Angel - you can read them here.

More pulp adventure - coming soon!

Equal Opportunity Madness!

EOM: Equal Opportunity Madness - A Mythos Anthology by Otter Libris

In the depths of the cosmos there is madness to be found and there are stories to be told...

H.P. Lovecraft first unveiled his dark and twisted vision of human insignificance to a wide audience with the publication of his short stories beginning in the early 1920s. He became a significant influence on horror writers and readers around the world and left a profound imprint on the horror genre itself. But something was missing in his work, things like positive portrayals of people of color and strong women.

Lovecraft is one of those problematic authors who created astounding work, but carried personal attitudes that most modern audiences find repugnant, like racism and anti-Semitism. Whether or not he was also a misogynist is a topic of spirited debate, but there is no question that his work lacks female characters, and when they are present they portrayed as weak or evil.

And then a group of feisty writers and one plucky little independent press, Otter Libris, decided to fill in some of the gaps in the Mythos....

What began as a joking suggestion to write stories that would make Lovecraft roll in his grave grew into the little anthology that could - EOM: Equal Opportunity Madness. Why should straight, white men of Anglo-Saxon descent get to have all the maddening fun?

EOM includes stories from writers in America, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Greece, and the protagonists are male and female, straight and not, and come in a wide variety of skin tones. Come enjoy all the madness of the Mythos in a rainbow of colors with EOM: Equal Opportunity Madness from Otter Libris, soon to be available in trade paper edition and your favorite e-book flavor.

Visit our Kickstarter and make sure you're the first on your street to go mad!

Seeking adventure? Seek no more!

If you enjoy the clash of steel, you'll love these three recent releases from Rogue Planet Press: Swords Against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights, Sword and Planet, and The Devil's Armory III (as you may guess, there are earlier instalments there, if you need a further fix of adventure! You can also order all three from Lulu.com)

 Swords Against Cthulhu II: Hyperborean Nights reprints my Olbur of Rokol story, The Flame in the Ice; Sword and Planet includes my sword-and-planet romp, Against The Exarzi; and The Devil's Armory III includes a Yellow Mythos-influenced sword-and-planet adventure of resistance against malevolent technologically-advanced masters, Against The Overlords.

Awesome!

Awesome Tales #5 is here with my science-fiction horror story of Martian menace, Red Sands.

62 pages of awesome science-fiction adventure, available from
Amazom.com and Amazon.co.uk.

The Archers

No, I haven't written an episode of a certain long-running tale of country folk. The Archers is a multi-year tale of a world in which the Cold War went hot and Britain became a very different place. It appears in Altered Europa, an anthology of alternative European timeline tales - available now on Amazon (kindle and paperback).

What secret does the pit contain?

Read my flash story The Creature in the Pit and discover the dreadful answer!

Atlantean Secrets...

...is the title of my poem appearing in the April 2017 issue of Outposts of Beyond. The magazine is available in both print and digital to order now.

It's Night in New Orleans...

“There is but one New Orleans,” they say, bustling with joie de vivre, celebrating non-stop, but step closer, into the clinging, honeysuckle-scented air, and you will find a darker version of the Big Easy, depending on what you believe is true. Tales of vampires, werewolves, curses, and mysterious half-human bayou creatures are pervasive in New Orleans’ culture. Visitors may pass them off as folk tales and superstitions, but the locals know to never go into the deep swamp alone or into the cemetery at night. Tale or truth? In New Orleans, the line between them bleeds.

Night in New Orleans is the new anthology from Fundead Publications and features my Yellow Mythos mardi gras tale Momus. It is available in paperback and on the Kindle from Amazon.

Down to a Sunless Sea on Horror Tree

Read my short Yellow Mythos tale, Down to a Sunless Sea, which has been published in Horror Tree's regular Trembling With Fear fiction post.

Arctic Horror...

...in my story Blood of God in Weirdbook 34. Drilling for oil in the arctic, what could go wrong? Plenty...

Weirdbook 34 is available in paperback and on the Kindle. Also in this issue are:

• The Demon in the Doughnut Shop, by Bret McCormick
• A Kiss for the Mirrorman, by Adrian Cole
• Mukden, by Sean Patrick Hazlett
• In the Gallery, by J. Michael Major
• Excavation, by Franklyn Searight
• Bunnies of the Apocalypse, by Gregg Chamberlain
• Zhar’s Outré House, by Frederick J. Mayer
• The Devil Is Anonymous, by Frank Duffy
• Touched, by James D. Mabe
• The Singing Tree, by Lawrence Buentello
• Bum Fights and Blood Feuds, by Scott Harper
• Beauty Treatment, by Liam Hogan
• My Personal Dream, by James Ward Kirk
• Mischa in the Window, by Jason Rubis
• Thrill My Soul, by Greg Jenkins
• Trick, by Rish Outfield

Plus a selection of poetry by Steve Dilks, Ashley Dioses, Darrell Schweitzer, and Lucy A. Snyder.

Candlesticks and Daggers interview

DJ Tyrer is interviewed here.

It's Date Night...

...the new anthology from Zimbell House Publishing, which contains my story of an unusual date, Scared. Yes, I do occasionally stray from speculative fiction!

Available to order (pb/kindle) from Amazon.com (pb) / Amazon.com (kindle) and Amazon.co.uk (pb) / Amazon.co.uk (kindle).

Night in New Orleans book trailer...

...see it here.

Let's Meet The Neighbors...

Yes, the American spelling is correct: The Neighbors is the new anthology from Zimbell House Publishing and the theme is the folks who live next door with a variety of takes on what makes them odd. I've contributed two stories.

The first, Flawed, is about that problem that afflicts everyone who ever moves in beside you - they have a flaw. Only, this time, the new neighbours don't seem to have one. What dark secret are they hiding? It's a humorous short in the manner of the film The 'Burbs.

My second story in this collection is Over For Dinner and it brings in a certain yellow-hued Mythos as gaining new neighbours turns into a horrific experience.

You can order The Neighbors from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk in both paperback and on the Kindle.

Different Masks

My Yellow Mythos novella Different Masks is now available as issues six and seven of The Yellow Sign from Rainfall Books.

Winter's Grasp

A definite chill in the air, we're caught firmly in Winter's Grasp, which also happens to be the title of the new anthology from Fantasia Divinity. The book opens with my frozen fairy tale/Grail Myth, The Raven Princess. Available in paperback and on the Kindle from Amazon.

The Bone Lord and other horrors...

My flash fiction story The Bone Lord and five poems all appear in the December 2016 issue of Siren's Call ezine. Read the issue for free here.