In some cases, very soon! This Saturday I’ll be at Leicester Comic Con on Saturday with the lovely Adele, supporting the Fox Spirit Books skulk and signing books and what not. Drop by and say hello. I will be the one stroking the lovely covers of my books. A weekend of fun, running down to…
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British Fantasy Awards/On the Radio
More reasons to celebrate this weekend: Fox Spirit Books got not just one but two spots on the short lists for the 2014 British Fantasy Awards. Woot! I am so chuffed for Adele and the whole skulk, because it represents a group effort — though none of it would have happened without Adele’s vision, persistence…
Happy Birthday, Fox Spirit Books!
A big happy birthday to Fox Spirit Books! Two years old already and so many many books out there, including several I wrote, edited or contributed to in some way. Under the insightful guidance of the fearless Adele Wearing, the Muse who Kicks You in the Face®, the collection that kicked things off — Tales…
White Rabbit Hops
I’ve been a bit off kilter of late, but slowly catching up with things. Here are some links to places I have been flogging my latest book with all my puny might (have to work on that upper body strength). Guest Posts I’m over at Richard Godwin’s for a Quick Fire at the Slaugherhouse where…
Switzerland: Gruyères, Giger & Fondue
Argh, as I prepare this post I hear the news that H.R. Giger has died. How very sad! The lovely anomaly of this medieval town high in the mountains is that it is also home to the museum & museum bar of Giger. I couldn’t take photos in the museum, but it was quite a…
Switzerland: To Lausanne
I’ll have to do a proper write up of Lear, which was wonderful of course. Anon!
Switzerland: Fribourg
Thanks to the fabulous and generous Yateses, I had a most splendid time in Switzerland! This is the view from the balcony of their lovely flat, chock full of wonderful art and books books books — so you know I felt right at home. The thing with all the fabulous mountains is that it’s hard…
Building Interest
I really do like the blue walls and ceiling and bookshelves in my office. Suddenly it’s a whole new world. More places for books and media, but also a whole different feel to the place as well. Even once I took the blue paint masking tape off the windows and it no longer looked like…
Women in Horror Month
Oh, the bonanza of Women in Horror Month! So many riches — Maura McHugh’s Water Helen S. Grant’s reading of Lilith’s Story and her co-production with her son, A Playmobil Warning to the Curious Lynda E. Rucker’s The House on Cobb Street A quartet of ladies from The Dark Magazine Peg Aloi on the remake…