My short story A Solace of Winter Rain, originally published in The Willows magazine in October 2007, is to be reprinted in FILTHY CREATIONS 6 edited by Rog Pile. As soon as I get the artwork and ordering information I’ll post it.

Colin Leslie, who runs the site Tales From the Black Abyss, has just posted the first review of The Sixth Black Book of Horror. It calls it “a very strong anthology” and says it “should be an essential purchase for lovers of the short horror story.” He even credits my tale, Room Above the Shop, as being one of the three standout stories. Click here to see the review. While you’re there, have a browse at some of the other reviews on the site. It’s easy to lose track of the time once you stand wandering its fascinating alleys.

On the forum of the British Fantasy Society, here, they have a section called Ask the Author. There are loads of subsections to different writers, with links to work forthcoming, etc. It’s a great way to find out things you wanted to know, or just to discover new writers you might never have heard of. I even have a section myself, so hopefully someone other than YOU, the only person that reads this, might learn my name…