Author Archives: Steve Bacon

I’m delighted to report that my story ‘Room Above the Shop’ has been accepted to appear in the next edition of the Black Book series of anthologies, edited by the inimitable Charles Black. This is set to be released in … Continue reading →

My story, The Strangled Garden, will feature in the TTA PRESS Christmas advent calender for 2009. If you haven’t already read it, you can do so by clicking here. My slot is December 9th. There’s a whole host of great … Continue reading →

My story ‘The Strangled Garden‘ has been reprinted in the first issue of ‘Dead Lines’, a FREE webzine edited by Drew LeClercq, available by clicking here. It features fiction by TM Wright, Monica O’Rourke, David T Wilbanks, Lisa Morton, Harry Shannon … Continue reading →

No, not just by the police this time! I’ve been interviewed for an online magazine called The Black Glove. You can read the details on the website Shadows & Illusions, run by Steve Jensen here.

Peter Tennant, contributing editor of Black Static, who happens to be an excellent writer himself, has posted his thoughts on the nominees for the British Fantasy Society’s forthcoming awards. The anthology CONE ZERO, in which my eponymous story appeared, is … Continue reading →

Writer Matthew Fryer has reviewed Tales From the Smoking Room on his blog, The Hellforge. He says some very nice things about the stories, commenting on The Strangled Garden as “the baleful atmosphere and period language are faultless – the work of a … Continue reading →

Des Lewis has come up with a great competition for his annual ‘guess-which-writer-wrote-which-Nemonymous-story’, with help from Bob Lock. The winner – who correctly assigns the most stories to their true bylines – will have their name used as a character in ALL … Continue reading →

Just received my contributor’s copies of CERN ZOO, otherwise known as Nemonymous 9, edited by D F Lewis. It’s a gorgeous book, boasting 24 tales of strangeness and fantastic storytelling (well, at least 23 of them do – I can’t … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to say that my story ‘The Strangled Garden’ is appearing in a zine called ‘Tales From the Smoking Room’, available for just £2 plus 50p postage by clicking here. Edited by Benedict J Jones, it features 7 stories, … Continue reading →

It looks like the artwork for the cover of Cern Zoo has been unveiled by the esteemed editor, Des Lewis. I think it’s a cracker. What an unsettling statue… More information on the publish date when I get it.  I’m delighted … Continue reading →