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The Hersham Horror Books anthology 'The Woods' was released last weekend at Edge Lit - Yay! - and contains my story 'The Iron Curve of Thorns'. I'm going to be doing a serious of small reviews on my blog to entice you to buy the anthology because it totally rocks. Trust me! I'm in it. :)

James Everington’s ‘A Short Walk Round The Woods’

“…the movement of hunting bats became visible, scouting the border where the turf ended and the shadows began.”

The woods are getting bigger.

New to the village, our protagonist, a man haunted by loss, develops a nightly routine of visiting the local pub and talking with a man who is obsessed with the woods.

An unnerving tale tinged with sadness and of how sorrow can trap us in many ways.

Check it out in The Woods, a new anthology from Hersham Horror Books.

A Small Convention (for Small People)

It's Edge-Lit 8 weekend and we are, as I type, on our way to sunny Derby. Please be sunny, Derby. As I type is a wee lie as I'm actually typing this the day before in the dis-comfort of my office chair at work. Shush! Don't tell the boss.

 

 

It's going to be a busy weekend (for some - small husband in particular).

 

Here's my schedule (it is also small):

 

 

 

16:00 Cinema One - Multi Publisher Launch

 

Hersham Horror is releasing THE WOODS an anthology containing stories by me, Phil Sloman, Penny Jones, James Everington and Mark West. Also released in the same slot are A LOVE LIKE BLOOD by Simon Bestwick (small husband), which is published by Dark Minds Press, and Cannibal Nuns from Outer Space by Duncan P. Bradshaw, published by Sinister Horror Company.

 

My story is 'The Iron Curve of Thorns'.

 

I'm led to believe that wine and nibbles with be available. I actually fancy a Pina Colada, but that's another story, one that usually involves virgins.

 

 



Scary Children

Suffer Little Children by Penny Jones is part of Black Shuck Books Shadows series - a continuing series of mini collections from some of the hottest, upcoming and established names working in horror fiction today.

And in the tradition of small things (my hubby* is five-one if he's lucky), here is a mini review of the collection:

Penny Jones’ “Suffer Little Children” is a collection of six stories centered around children, the horrors of childhood, and the horrors that are children.

It is very well written, engaging, and sometimes twisty, from the traumatic “Beneath Still Waters” through to the heartbreaking “Waxing”. Coincidentally, they were my favourite stories in a collection that has no duds.

I look forward to reading a longer collection of Penny’s stories in the near-future.

*cheated and put a link in for my hubby's Black Shuck Books** mini-collection (sorry, Penny).

**did it again

Into The Woods with Hersham Horror

I am delighted to announce that my story, The Iron Curve of Thorns, will be appearing in The Woods, an anthology from Hersham Horror. The anthology also includes stories by James Everington, Mark West, Penny Jones and Phil Sloman (who is also the editor of this awesome little book) and is volume 6 in the PentAnth series.


The paperback anthology will be released at Edge-Lit in Derby on 13th July 2019. The kindle edition is already available from Amazon.