The shrine to Beseda lay deep in the bowels of the Underground City. It could only be reached by a twisting staircase that cut its way through layers of black and grey rock, a staircase frequently blocked by the sheer number of supplicants trying to enter or leave the shrine. Its lack of natural light […]
Books
[Book Review] Outlaw
Anyone who knows me will know that I have a fondness for Westerns, and those written by Matthew Pizzolato are no exception. I welcomed him over to the Cabinet back in October for an interview in which Matt discusses the challenges of marketing Westerns, so to help with that marketing, I want to put up my […]
Published in the Deck the Halls anthology
I’m rather pleased to announce that I have a story in yet another anthology! In addition to my story, A Girl’s Best Friend, in Best of Friday Flash: Volume Two, and Anonymous in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special, I now have Apprentices to Time in Deck the Halls: Festive Tales of Fear and Cheer. The […]
The Joy of Reading
I wrote a post over on Write Anything about the joy of reading and I wanted to expand a little on my points and personalise my words, in part to contextualise them and also to explain where I’m coming from. In the post, I say that it’s vital that writers read in their genre in […]
Best of Friday Flash Vol 2
It’s not long since my last story appeared in an anthology (Anonymous in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special) but now I can announce that I have another story in a collection. This time round, it’s A Girl’s Best Friend, formerly a Friday Flash on my blog, that is now appearing in the Best of Friday […]
Halloween Anthology
It’s almost Halloween (oh I’m so excited already) and I’m happy to announce that I have a story in a new Halloween-themed anthology! My mummy-with-a-difference story, Anonymous, can be found in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special, which will be FREE on Amazon until Wednesday – how’s that for a Halloween treat? You can grab it […]
