Just finished reading Simon Avery's superb first novel, PoppyHarp and I urge you all to read it. Avery is an incredible writer whose...

The following is an article I wrote for the seminal UK slipstream/horror magazine, The 3rd Alternative. Over the course of its run...

(with apologies to all non-cyclists for the lack of genre content). If you're not a cyclist or have absolutely no interest in cycle...

My review of Brian Howell's new collection, The Study of Sleep & Other Stories is live now at Everybody's Reviewing. Howell's fiction is...

'Unbecoming' is a story about pseudonyms. More specifically, it's a horror story that explores the reasons why writers might be drawn to...

Weird Horror #9, the Fall 2024 issue, is out now from Undertow Publications. It contains my latest story, 'All the Devils are Here,'...

My apologies for not having posted here since early June. In the interim I've spent the best part of a month cycling Eurovelo #17, one...

I have a new story, 'All the Devils are Here', appearing in the autumn issue, #9, of the always excellent Weird Horror Magazine, edited...

A couple of weeks ago I read Lynda Rucker's latest Substack piece on her love affair with 1970s American cinema. It's a relatively brief,...

It’s easy to forget now, how mysterious and magical photography must have appeared to its earliest proponents. Something of that mystery...

A review (part 0ne). 2023 saw the final issue of Black Static, a magazine that, since I appeared in the first issue of its earlier...

Alan Moore turned 70 on the 18th November. Hard to believe that the creator of Watchmen, V for Vendetta, Miracleman, From Hell and so...

I've reviewed two new books for Interzone Digital. Both are short story collections published by Black Shuck Books under their 'Shadows'...

I've just returned from the Dolomites in Northern Italy, where myself and Yvonne hiked the 120 kilometre Alta Via 1 route from Lago di...

Recently finished this SF novel by Alice Thompson, the first time I've encountered her work. I had high expectations for this book,...

My review of R.B. Russell's Fifty Forgotten Books is now live at Interzone Digital, here.

I've been reading this recent book by R.B. Russell, founder and co-owner of the indpendent publisher Tartarus Press. It's a fascinating...

My latest story, 'Hunger', appears live today at Litro Magazine, my first appearance there. Both the print magazine and the online site...

Just posted at Interzone Digital, the online presence of Interzone magazine, are my reviews of Stephen Graham Jones' latest, Dont Fear...

Mario Guslandi has posted the first review of Bang! An Anthology of Modern Noir Fiction, at Black Gate horror and fanatasy website. He...