Short Fiction, Writing

Forthcoming: Reimagined Fairytales Anthology

Pleased to announce I will be joining a wonderful lineup of authors for New Tales of Old, Volume 1 to be published in 2021 by Raven and Drake Publishing! All stories and flash fiction in this anthology were inspired by the retelling and reimagining of fairytales. My story โ€œA Trail of Corpselightsโ€ is inspired by… Continue reading Forthcoming: Reimagined Fairytales Anthology

Short Fiction, Writing

Forthcoming: Paranormal Anthology

Bones (Five Hundred Fiction, #4) Pleased to announce my flash fiction story "The Bones of a Dead God" will feature in Bones (Five Hundred Fiction, #4) to be published in 2021 by Black Hare Press! All flash fiction in this anthology is inspired by dark pagan themes. My story โ€œThe Bones of a Dead Godโ€… Continue reading Forthcoming: Paranormal Anthology

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Forthcoming: Supernatural Anthology

Haunt (Five Hundred Fiction, #6) Pleased to announce my flash fiction story "The Haunted Ones" will feature in Haunt (Five Hundred Fiction, #6) to be published in 2021 by Black Hare Press! All flash fiction in this anthology is inspired by the theme of hauntings. Release dates and how to purchase a copy of the… Continue reading Forthcoming: Supernatural Anthology

Short Fiction, Writing

Forthcoming: Horror Microfiction

Very pleased to announce the acceptance of two Horror microfictions into April Horrors anthology to be published by Raven and Drake Publishing. If youโ€™re curious about the folklore I have researched for my microfiction pieces โ€œNeropantsโ€and โ€œThe Devlโ€™s Fool.โ€, you can find out more here! More details will follow soon on the release date for… Continue reading Forthcoming: Horror Microfiction

Short Fiction

Horror, History & Folklore

While itโ€™s Women in Horror Month, Iโ€™ve been researching gothic and dark folklore themes. Hereโ€™s a few of the diverse research topics I encountered including the history of witchcraft and an Icelandic folklore sure to make your skin crawl. Witchcraft: the Devilโ€™s Influence Accusations of witchcraft have a long history. The era of associated with… Continue reading Horror, History & Folklore

events, Writing

Women in Horror Month

February is Women in Horror Month! What began, and essentially still is, a movement to celebrate and highlight female creators in the horror genre. There has been a tradition of women writing horror long before Mary Shelleyโ€™s Frankenstein but female horror writers continue to remain in the shadows compared to their male counterparts. There are… Continue reading Women in Horror Month

Short Fiction, stories, Writing

Phantom 3 Anthology Release

December 2020 is proving a busy month. Excited to announce, the release of Paranormal anthology Phantom 3 (Lockdown Fiction Series, #14) published by Black Hare Press on 23rd December, 2020. This paranormal anthology features my short story โ€œHunting Shadowsโ€, in an eternal battle between good and evil, a poltergeist makes an unlikely union with the… Continue reading Phantom 3 Anthology Release

Short Fiction, stories, Writing

Greed Anthology Release

Iโ€™m excited to announce the release on December 27th, 2020 of Greed (Seven Deadly Sins, #5) published by Black Hare Press featuring my story โ€œA Handful of Dead Leaves.โ€ This dark speculative fiction anthology on the theme of greed, a desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. Featuring my short… Continue reading Greed Anthology Release

Short Fiction

Magicians, Curses and Egyptology

Iโ€™ve become fascinated by the Gaslamp fantasy subgenre lately and decided to explore it a little further in another short fiction piece, this time set in an alternate Victorian-era Dublin. The Victorian era saw the expansion of the British Empire into more countries and with it, an expansion of the arts and sciences. Coinciding with… Continue reading Magicians, Curses and Egyptology

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Mexican Gothic

From the Blurb: โ€œAfter receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemรญ Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. Sheโ€™s not sure what she will findโ€”her cousinโ€™s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemรญ knows little about… Continue reading Mexican Gothic