Living After Midnight (which contains my novella “Iron Maiden”) received a glowing review from Kent Allard at Dead In The South and also Jim Mcleod at Ginger Nuts of Horror.There’s also a featured interview with stalwart editor David T Wilbanks here at the Indie Books Blog.

If you haven’t sampled this delightful e-tome yet, it’s available at Smashwords, Amazon, Amazon UK, Diesel, Barnes and Noble… whether you want pdf, Kindle, Nook… so you’ve no excuse but to rock your hard and heavy soul over there and bag one.

As a couple of folks have asked, these stories aren’t about the bands, or even necessarily about music (although you will meet a few fictional rockers, of course). They’re just dark tales inspired by the music that the authors love. So you’re more into country, techno, hip-hop or reggae? Matters not a jot. Just don’t expect too much sunshine…

Just a couple of things to mention. I was very pleased to hear that my story “The Narcslaag” has not only been accepted by the good people at Necrotic Tissue, but that it will also be editor’s pick for issue 14. Set in the Red Light District of Amsterdam, it’s a story that was an unpleasant experience to write, though I’m very pleased with the results.

Secondly, here’s David Lange‘s artwork for Dead Bait 2, an upcoming anthology from Severed Press that will contain my story “Ternskull Point”. And it’s quite lovely…

The current issue of Dead Lines e-zine contains my story Beneath Blackhorn Pier as well as tales by Graham Masterton, Andy Weeks, John Everson, Kevin Sheehan, J.F. Gonzales, Matthew F. Riley, Randy Chandler and EK Zimmerman.

It’s interesting to see this tale again; it was written a few years ago and appeared in a very small press publication called Scorched Wings, under the original title of “The Miracle”. It’s a deliberately bleak story, and I don’t know if I could – or would want to – write with that mind-set again. Hope you enjoy it.

The October 2010 issue of speculative digest Bards and Sages Quarterly, with a cool annoyed-looking maroon dragon on the cover, contains my story “Psi-mage for Hire”. It’s available in print, pdf or Kindle format

My story “Beneath Blackhorn Pier” will be appearing in Issue 4 of Dead Lines, due in October. Also, “Dead Meat Cradle” will be appearing in the “Night of the Giving Dead” charity anthology. More news on these when I have it. Cheers!

Just received a copy of this new anthology from Pill Hill Press, which contains my story “The Stoner Bride”. You can bag one on Amazon.I absolutely love that cover. In fact, I have to admit that it was purely the presence of this artwork in the submission guidelines that inspired me to write a story for the anthology.

Skeletons rock.