Christmas is coming…

It’s never too early to start shopping for Christmas presents. For those who love reading, here are a couple of new books from the Whittlesey Wordsmiths to consider for your stocking fillers. If you’re an adult and like dark stories, we have a collection of dark,...

“Retsyo”

“Retsyo”, another of my short stories, will be appearing in the following anthology on the 27th of August, 2021. It will be available at the following links, but you can already pre-order it: Paperback US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B098WBJ7XH Paperback UK:...

Finding My Voice

This is just a quick post that has nothing to do with me. For all lovers of poetry out there, I’ve just purchased a copy of a book of poetry from a friend of mine. On occasion, when the Whittlesey Wordsmiths get together, we challenge ourselves. We select a theme and...

The Long and the Short of it

I complained to my mother the other day because I had just received another raft of rejections and was being ignored by a whole load of other agents and publishers. I’m “only” selling short stories, despite having sent out queries for my dark urban fantasy anthology...

Anthologies & Genres

I’ve decided to talk about two different subjects this time, although they are connected. Anthologies Here’s a strange situation. I’ve written, revised and edited an episodic novel and three anthologies of dark urban fantasy, science fiction and horror, with more than...