More information on this one as I get it.

Issue 3 of Shadows & Tall Trees is now available. It looks terrific. Gorgeous Eric Lacombe cover art. Great John Oakey cover design. 55lb cream, forest-friendly paper. Perfect bound. 128 pages.

Our fiction is:

The Elephant Girl by Nina Allan

L’Anneau de Verre by Don Tumasonis

The Quickening by Andrew Hook

Night Fishing by Ray Cluley

Kill All Monsters by Gary McMahon

The Sick Mannes Salve by George Berguño

None So Blind by Stephen Bacon

Field Notes From the End of the World by Kirsty Logan

Within Canada – $12

Within the U. S. — $14

Overseas, RoW — $17

Please send payment, in Canadian funds, via PayPal, to: undertowbooks (at) gmail (dot)com

The editors of this forthcoming anthology have now announced the table of contents -

A Message from the HWA President ~ Rocky Wood

The Journey of Horror For Good ~ Mark C. Scioneaux

Autumn as Metaphor ~ G.N. Braun

On a Dark… October ~ Joe R. Lansdale

Mouth ~ Nate Southard

Blood for the American People ~ Lisa Morton

Reception ~ Ray Garton

The Long Hunt ~ Ian Harding

The Apocalypse Ain’t so Bad ~ Jeff Strand

The Gift ~ Monica O’Rourke

The Silent Ones ~ Taylor Grant

Sky of Brass, Land of Iron ~ Joe McKinney

Consanguinity ~ Lorne Dixon

Dead Letters ~ Ramsey Campbell

The Monster in the Drawer ~ Wrath James White

Baptism ~ Tracie McBride

Atlantis Purging ~ Boyd E. Harris

Returns ~ Jack Ketchum

The Other Patrick ~ Brad C. Hodson

A Question of Morality ~ Shaun Hutson

The Meat Man ~ Jonathan Templar

A Man in Shape Alone ~ Lee Thomas

Solution ~ Benjamin Kane Ethridge

To and Fro ~ Richard Salter

Please Don’t Hurt Me ~ F. Paul Wilson

The Depravity of Inanimate Things ~ John F.D. Taff

The Lift ~ G.R. Yeates

The Eyes Have It ~ Rena Mason

Road Flowers ~ Gary McMahon

The Widows Laveau ~ Steven W. Booth & Norman L. Rubenstein

This Thing That Clawed Itself Inside Me ~ John Mantooth

Somewhere on Sebastian Street ~ Stephen Bacon

June Decay ~ Danica Green

Shiva, Open Your Eye ~ Laird Barron

It will be published by Cutting Block Press on March 30th 2012. This is a charitable anthology. All revenues, less direct costs for production, marketing and distribution (net profits of each purchase, estimated to be at least 10% to 15%) will be donated to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. For more information on amfAR, please visit:  www.amfar.org

My story, Somewhere On Sebastian Street, is a homage to my friend and fellow writer Gary McMahon, and was directly inspired by a story called The Row which appeared in his collection It Knows Where You Live. I’ve been a fan of Gary’s writing for many years, and have seen him blossom into a major literary force. As well as being both generous and genuine, he’s an incredibly lovely bloke. I’m deeply honoured to be appearing alongside him in this book, as well as with loads of other greats from the genre.

Michael Kelly, the editor of Shadows & Tall Trees, has announced the table of contents for issue 3 which is due to be published in next month by Undertow Publications -

The Elephant Girl by Nina Allan

None So Blind by Stephen Bacon

The Sick Mannes Salve by George Berguno

Night Fishing by Ray Cluley

The Quickening by Andrew Hook

Field Notes From the End of the World by Kirsty Logan

Kill All Monsters by Gary McMahon

L’Anneau de Verre by Don Tumasonis

There will also be the usual fiction and film reviews. The superb cover is by Eric Lacombe. I’ll post ordering/purchasing information as soon as possible.

Just heard that issue 27 of Black Static will begin shipping in the next week or so. It features my story CUCKOO SPIT, alongside tales by such writers as Simon Bestwick, Gord Sellar, Jacob Ruby and VH Leslie. There will be the usual brilliant columns by Stephen Volk, Mike O’Driscoll and Christopher Fowler, and reviews and interviews by Peter Tennant and Tony Lee. The artwork by Mark Pexton that accompanies my story is quite brilliant, and also features on the cover. Below is an early prelim of the art. You can purchase copies or subscribe to Black Static here. There are also options to take out a lifetime subscription.

In the last 24 hours I’ve received welcome news. Two of my stories have been accepted for publication later in the year.

The first is called Somewhere On Sebastian Street, and is inspired by the work of my friend and fellow writer, Gary McMahon. It is due to appear in a charity anthology called HORROR FOR GOOD, and will be published in March by Cutting Block Press. The book will also contain stories by such writers as Ramsey Campbell, Joe Lansdale, F Paul Wilson, Laird Barron, Gary McMahon, Lisa Morton, and loads of others. More info as I get it.

The second acceptance is for a short story called None So Blind, will which appear in either issue 3 or 4 of Shadows & Tall Trees, the Canadian literary horror journal published by Michael Kelly. The previous editions have included some of my favourite writers, so I’m highly thrilled to be gracing its pages myself. Again, my info as I receive it.

Writer and editor, Terry Grimwood, of the Exaggerated Press has launched a free ezine called Wordland. It contains a new story of mine called Inertia. You can read it here. The first issue’s theme is twilight. The stunning cover image is by Clive Nolan.

On the off chance that you received a Kindle (or other eReader) for Christmas, I’d just like to point out that Two Ravens Press has released Murmurations in an electronic format. You can get it from their website here for £3.99 or from Amazon for £4.99.

Terry Grimwood, editor of The Monster Book For Girls, in which my story THE TRAUMA BOOK appears, has announced that it is now available to order. You can click here to visit the Exaggerated Press website and purchase a copy for £8.99. Boasting a stunning cover by Steve Upham, here’s a list of the contents in case you need any other reason to snag one.

Introduction
Young Ladies, Beware by Allen Ashley
Real Celebrity by Rachel Kendall
Escaping the Mirror by Farah Ghuznavi
Mother’s Pride by Gary Fry
A Story of Love by Marc Lyth
Dancing the Skies by Ian Sales
Frustrated Fran by Kat Fullerton
Take Me Home by Kat Fullerton
Turning by Shay Darrach
Sarah’s “to do” List by Samantha Porter
She lives in the deep by Rosanne Robinowitz
Breaking the Spell by Stuart Young
Razor Voices by Kelly Rose Pflug-Black
Botched by Lorraine Slater
Monster Girl by Andrew Hook
Monster by Nicole Papaioannou
My New Pony by Derek John
Getting Warm by Gary McMahon
The Woman by Tony Lovell
Think Belsen by Terry Grimwood
The Trauma Book by Stephen Bacon
Don’t give me that face by Sarah Hillary
The Spirit Level by Sarah Hillary
Rosemary by Mark Howard Jones
Young Woman, Menaced by Spider by Jamie Rosen
Tequila Mockingbird by John Travis
Alison, Alone by John Forth
Sacrament by Regina de Burca
Spiral by David Rix