Monday, 10 August 2026

The End is Nigh!

No, don't worry, it's not the end of the world... However, the anthologies Us/Them and Crunchy With Ketchup from Wolfsinger Publications will be going out of print at the end of 2026. So, if you don't yet have a copy and would like one, now is the time to consider making a purchase!



Monday, 3 August 2026

Marching Toward Dystopia...

The new issue of Sublimation has arrived with a dystopian theme and includes two of my poems, As One and Emerald Lies. It is available in paperback and on the Kindle from Amazon.



Saturday, 25 July 2026

The future is... plastic!

My speculative poem, New World, is amongst those published in the Summer 2026 issue of Illumen. The magazine can be ordered directly from Hiraeth Publishing in print, epub, and pdf. It is also available in print from Amazon.



Friday, 24 July 2026

Going a little dadakuku...

Anyone who loves absurd short poems will love dadakuku, and I've now had two little bits of nonsense published on the site. Read them here.

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

Christmas has come early...

...with this Waterstones pre-order offer for Christmas Horror Short Stories from Flame Tree Publishing, available online from now till the 24th.



Sunday, 19 July 2026

The Arcanist to expand?!

You may have seen that I have had poems and a story in The Arcanist's Literary Fantasy Magazine. Well, The Arcanist has announced a Backerkit campaign starting on the 24th of July that, if successful, will allow them to pay contributors, expand their Literary Fantasy Magazine to a quarterly release schedule and start a Swords and Sorcery Magazine...

You can find out more and back the campaign here.

Friday, 17 July 2026

More Morphrog

Two of my longer poems are in the latest issue of Morphrog - read them here for free.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

Up in the North Slope!

My superhero tale Up in the North Slope has been reprinted in volume 5 of Gaslamp Pulp - available to order in paperback and on the Kindle.



Wednesday, 24 June 2026

The Stars Darken...

The new anthology of dark sf drabbles from Shacklebound Books, Darker Stars, is now available from Amazon and includes five of my drabbles.



Monday, 15 June 2026

Food and Fantasy!

A new story featuring Watch Sergeant Axel appears in the new anthology from Third Flatiron with a fantastic food theme. Baker's Dozen is just one of the stories in SciFi To Go: Food For Thought, out now on the Kindle. The paperback is now also available.



Monday, 1 June 2026

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Homely Horrors

The second volume of Home Sweet Horror is available to order now and reprints my ghostly tale, Marston House. I also contributed to the first volume, if you missed it.



Monday, 25 May 2026

Keltos Battles the Bog-Witches...

...in The Mighty Sons of Hercules volume II, a volume of stories dedicated to the Peplum genre of films (also known as Sword-and-Sandal). Keltos is one of the eponymous sons, finding himself fighting against an evil cult in ancient Europe in what, I hope, will be the first of a number of adventures featuring the hero!



Sunday, 24 May 2026

Two Years of Mystery... with Holmes!

There are two more volumes of Belanger Books' Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery series. A Year of Mystery - 1889 investigates The Salisbury Affair and A Year of Mystery -1890 uncovers The Mystery of the Last Van Gogh.


In addition, the Holmes adjacent Solar Pons: A Year of Mystery - 1919 is now also available on Kindle.

Sunday, 17 May 2026

Just Beneath Your Boat...

...is the new charity anthology of aquatic horror that has republished my story, Broken Bridge. It is available to order now.


Saturday, 9 May 2026

New Arrivals from the Island of Wak-Wak!

The new issue of Sublimation magazine is out now an contains three of my poems on the theme of "Walking the path to Utopia". Two of my poems have also been chosen to be reprinted in the second Sublimation Annual. And, if you want more, don't forget that my poetry collection, Madness Rides the Star-wind is also available.



Saturday, 25 April 2026

Urban Myth

The From The Yonder series features stories drawn from myths and folklore. My story, The Underpass, in From The Yonder Volume V is set in Southend-on-Sea and is inspired by the infamous local tale of the Ratman of Ratman Passage.


Friday, 17 April 2026

A Year of Mystery... but not Holmes...

Solar Pons was August Derleth's homage to Sherlock Holmes and, now, an anthology of stories featuring the detective in the first year of his investigative career is available from Belanger Books, which contains my story, The Adventure of the Abyndon Sapphire.