Arcane II

Arcane II, an anthology of horror, dark fantasy and weird fiction, edited by Nathan Shumate of Cold Fusion Media, is out on Monday 21st January 2013. It contains my story, “The Beatification of Thomas Small”.  The ebook will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords.  The print book (which will follow in a couple of weeks) will be on CreateSpace and Amazon.

The cover art is by a French artist, Nihil.

Table of Contents

• Libby Cudmore and Matthew Quinn Martin, “Convention of Ekphrasis”
• Michael Haynes, “In the Paint”
• Milo James Fowler, “Beneath the Surface”
• Andrew Bourelle, “What It Means to Love”
• Priya Sharma, “The Beatification of Thomas Small”
• Craig Pay, “His City”
• Patrick McGinnity, “The Dubious Apotheosis of Baskin Gough”
• Adele Gardner, “Triptych”
• Jean Graham, “Nightcrawlers”
• Nicole M. Taylor, “The Pianist’s Wife”
• Suzanne Sykora, “Palace of Rats”
• Michael R. Fletcher, “Fire and Flesh”
• Steve Toase, “Fate’s Mask”
• Miranda Ciccone, “Orpheus and Eurydice”
• Joanna Parypinski, “Lakeshore Drive”
• Harry Markov, “Hurricane Drunk”
• Brooke Miller, “The Last Laugh”
• Gef Fox, “Tree Hugger”
• Philip Roberts, “90 Day Notice”
• Eric Dimbleby, “The House That Wept Puddin’”

Black Static 32 Now Out

 I am very excited about the new issue of Black Static. It  contains all the usual features by Stephen Volk, Christopher Fowler, Peter Tennant, Mike O’Driscoll and Tony Lee, as well as a clutch of fiction. I’m lucky enough to have a story in here (“The Anatomist’s Mnemonic”), alongside work by wonderful TTA veteran Ray Cluley and other great writers like Tim Casson, Drew Rhys White, Lavie Tidhar, Steve Rasnic Tem and a fantastic story by my fellow conspirator, Ilan Lerman.

The cover artwork is by Richard Wagner and the illustration for “The Anatomist’s Mnemonic” is by David Gentry.