Ghosts at Xmas

As I haunt my home town in the mauve misty snow, I have no new ghost story for Fox Spirit which has been a tradition of recent years. Things are just too… 2021, I guess. What excuse will there be next year? So here’s an ebook of the trilogy of ghost stories written in past…

A Christmas Story: Soot

Fox Spirit revives the Christmas ghost story tradition with my tale ‘Soot’ today. Pop on over and give it a read. Have a spooky holiday!

Hard-Boiled Witch 4: FREE!

Don’t forget all my Tirgearr titles are half off all month! And today only — to get ready for Friday’s release of Hard-Boiled Witch 5 — pick up HBW4 ABRA CADAVRA for free! Click the picture or just here (change to your country’s platform – it defaults to US). You can see where this is…

Hard-Boiled Witch 3: FREE!

Don’t forget all my Tirgearr titles are half off all month! And today only — to get ready for Friday’s release of Hard-Boiled Witch 5 — pick up HBW3 CHARMS O’ERTHROWN for free! Click the picture or just here (change to your country’s platform – it defaults to US). You can see where this is…

Hard-Boiled Witch 2: FREE!

Don’t forget all my Tirgearr titles are half off all month!   And today only — to get ready for Friday’s release of Hard-Boiled Witch 5 — pick up HBW2 TOIL AND TROUBLE for free! Click the picture or just here (change to your country’s platform – it defaults to US). You can see where…

Free – Hard-Boiled Witch: Abra Cadavra!

Free now through Saturday on your local Amazon while I’m working on episode 5: When a new burlesque club opens in Dundee, the owner calls on Hecate Sidlaw to deal with some strange attacks — by a skeleton! She and her familiar Henry need to get to the bottom of the magical threats, if she…

Walpurgisnacht Freebie

As usual, I’m giving away my much reprinted story ‘Walpurgisnacht’; click the link on the name if you’ve not read it yet and you can download a PDF of the tale. And watch out for witches flying off to the mountains tonight!

#FolkloreThursday & Freebie

Hey, I’m a guest host over at the #FolkloreThursday twitter account today from 5pm-6:30pm UK/noon-1:30pm US eastern time. I’ll be seeking out stories to share with everyone and asking questions about the lore out there. Join us! Also, today only you can get the third Hecate Sidlaw adventure for FREE! Hard-Boiled Witch: Charms O’erthrown spins…

Story for a Sunday: Fluorescence

Here’s my bit of urban spookiness called “Fluorescence.” This short story appeared in The Harrow back in July 2008 (appearing now thanks to the Way Back Machine). If you like it, you might want to check out the others in Unquiet Dreams.