Another great little tale of romance for February is The Banshee’s Gift. Available via this page.
(image: Banshee ©Jana Heidersdorf)
Another great little tale of romance for February is The Banshee’s Gift. Available via this page.
(image: Banshee ©Jana Heidersdorf)
Read my short story, What You Wish For. A perfect tale for Valentine’s Day. Available via here.
(image: The Absinthe Drinker and the Hostile Silence ©Pamela Wilson)
It’s that time of year again, friends. The This Is Horror Awards 2016 are now open. Please send your votes to awards@thisishorror.co.uk with the subject line ‘Awards 2016’. To cast a vote simply wr…
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There has always been Night, then Man came with his fear and Darkness was born. Hypnos is one of the stories found in the anthology, Monsters Amongst Us, published by … Continue reading Monsters Amongst Us anthology (2017)

My short story, Hypnos, is one of the slices of the very sickly cake above. Monsters Among Us is the first anthology by Australian publisher, Oscillate Wildly Press, and will be available to gorge on shortly.
Get 33% discount off the Changes anthology price featuring my short story, Bruce, Wayne, and Mike with the checkout code, ‘BFRIDAY33’. Valid until tomorrow. Order via my link or follow the link below to browse the other Horrified Press titles available.
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More on the special MUP Hallowe’en offer. To get your 30% discount on their gothic list simply go to the MUP website and enter Halloween16 at the checkout. Offer expires at midnight on 31st October……don’t wait for the witching hour get spooky book shopping now!! Halloween Special Offer
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I’m reworking The Red Spot Murders tonight. It’s a Pourquoi story exploring the haunted house phenomenon, and features a delightful antagonist by the name of Maeve. It was by researching this character that I learned that there are such things as Mother Trees. I had hoped there were. In fact I typed that exact term into my Google search to see what would come up, and was rewarded with this wonderful TED talk with Suzanne Simard, a Canadian ecologist. Damn, the woods have just got a whole load creepier.

If you have a bit of horror flash fiction or poetry you would like to see published on this blog, go to my submissions page for guidelines. I would … Continue reading Slattery’s Art of Horror Now Takes Submissions and Announcements
Another story is brewing with the help of some uninvited guests.