Queer Indie Awards 2023

6 Feb 20236 Feb 2023

I keep forgetting to mention that I've been nominated in two categories by Queer Indie - Queer Lit Speculative, and Queer Lit Romance - for their 2023 awards. These awards…

January newsletter – ghosts galore!

21 Jan 2022

My regular monthly newsletter is due out in the next couple of days and this month it includes lots and lots of ghosts. For starters there's a snippet from the…

October newsletter due tomorrow

26 Oct 2021

My first ever monthly newsletter is slated to go out tomorrow (Wednesday) just in time for Halloween. As a nod to the spooky time of year it'll include an excerpt…

Lancashire ghosts…

25 Oct 202119 Nov 2021

Lancaster place name linked to the local gallows. Pic courtesy of Salem Congregational Church, Martin Top I picked up a copy of a local news/advertising magazine (Lancaster District) the other…

Christmas ghosts

23 Jan 2020

There were two adaptations of ghost stories on TV over Christmas - Martin's Close, from an MR James story adapted by Mark Gatiss, and a version of Susan Hill's The…

Can’t Fool Me

8 Dec 2019

Just what would happen if a cynical special effects expert took on the Greystones ghosts? Could she be the first to win the £1,000 prize on offer for staying overnight…

The Shadows Call review

14 Aug 201814 Aug 2018

These days the good old fashioned ghost story seems a bit overlooked, so it's always nice to find new examples, especially by well-thought of authors. And The Shadows Call is…