Tuesday, 10 February 2026

The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror Stories of David A. Riley - Volume One 1970-2010

 

The first of the planned two-volumes of The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror Stories of David A. Riley will be published in the next few weeks.

Coinciding with Mr Riley's 75th birthday this May, volume one will include all of his stories published between 1970 and 2010. Measuring 9.5 inches x 6.3 inches (24 cm x 16 cm), this 500-page collection of over 200,000 words includes 32 stories. Published in hardcover, this will cost £25.00 per copy. At the same time an e-book version will be available for £5.00. 

Stories included are:

 The Lurkers in the Abyss was first published in The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories, 1970

The Farmhouse was first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural, 1971

Corpse-Maker was first published in Weird Window 2, 1971

After Nightfall was first published in Year’s Best Horror 1, 1971

The Urn was first published in Whispers #1, 1972

A Bottle of Spirits was first published in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural 2, 1972

A Sense of Movement was first published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway, 1972

Terror on the Moors was first published in World of Horror, 1974

The Shade of Apollyon was first published in World of Horror, 1974

The Satyr’s Head was first published in The Satyr’s Head & Other Tales of Terror, 1975

Prickly was first published was first published in Death, 1982

Writer’s Cramp was first published in Fantasy Tales, 1988

Winter on Aubarch 6 was first published in Fear Magazine, 1989

Retribution was first published in Peeping Tom, 1991

The Shadow by the Altar was first published in Peeping Tom, 1992

Out of Corruption was first published in The Mammoth Book of Zombies, 1993

A New Lease was first published in The Anthology of Fantasy & The Supernatural, 1994

Gwargens was first published in Beyond Magazine, 1995

No Reason in Being Hungry, She Thought was first published in Peeping Tom, 1996

Help-Plants was first published in Aboriginal Science Fiction, 1998 

Inside the Labyrinth was first published in Alone on the Darkside, Roc Books, 2006

Hoody was first published in When Graveyards Yawn, 2006

Lock-In was first published in The Black Book of Horror, 2007

The Bequest was first published in Dark Horizons, 2008

Now and Forever More was first published in The Second Black Book of Horror, 2008

Soft Little Fingers was first published in Shades of Darkness, Ash Tree Press, 2008

The Worst of All Possible Places was first published in Houses on the Borderland, BFS, 2008

The Fragile Mask on His Face was first published in Dark Discoveries Magazine, 2009

Their Own Mad Demons was first published in The Fifth Black Book of Horror, 2009

Their Cramped Dark World was first published in The Sixth Black Book of Horror, 2010

The True Spirit was first published in Back From The Dead, 2010

Romero’s Children was first published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror, 2010

 

Volume Two, covering the period 2011-2026 will also be 500-pages long, containing 200,000 words and 34 stories.  This will be published later this year, along with an e-book.

Saturday, 7 February 2026

The Collected SF, Fantasy & Horror Stories of David A. Riley

 In a few months time I intend to replace my earlier collections of stories with two hard cover mammoth volumes divided between my stories published between 1970 and 2010, and between 2011 and 2026. 

Below are the covers that will be used for them, which include details of all the stories included in the books. These do not include any of my Welgar, Horbeck or Ossani the Healer stories and quite a few other fantasy stories that have yet to find a market.




Thursday, 22 January 2026

The Abomination in the Crypt - Winter of Sci-Fi & Fantasy to be published February 17


I am pleased to have been informed that Winter of Sci-Fi & Fantasy edited by Dustin Bilyk will be published in paperback and as an ebook on the 17th February. This gorgeous book will include my dark fantasy story "The Abomination in the Crypt". 


Friday, 2 January 2026

The Tract of Calvanicus - to be published in Lovecraftiana Magazine

I have just had my first acceptance this New Year, though the story won't appear till 2027.

Lovecraftiana Magazine from Rogue Planet Press and edited by Gavin Chappell, will be publishing my story "The Tract of Calvanicus" in its Lammas Eve (August) issue next year.  

 

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

Visit Fungosia - now published online by 4 Star Stories

 

My science fiction yarn "Visit Fungosia" is now available to read for free online on 4 Star Stories

I would like to add that 4 Star Stories would appreciate any contributions through Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/4starstories.

Thursday, 11 December 2025

Happy Christmas from Parallel Universe Publications

 With just two weeks to go before the great day we at Parallel Universe Publications would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas.


 

Reprinted stories during 2025

 2025 saw a number of my previously published stories being reprinted. These are:

"The Farmhouse" in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Omnibus from PS Publishing

"A Bottle of Spirits" also in New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Omnibus from PS Publishing

"The Shade of Apollyon" in The Complete World of Horror Volume 3 

"The God in the Keep" in Schlock! Webzine February 2025

"The Psychic Investigator" in Lovecraftiana Omnibus Book 7

 "The Dark Priestdom" in Welgar the Cursed

"The Forbidden City of Cyramon" in Welgar the Cursed

"Ossani the Healet and the Beautiful Homunculus" in Welgar the Cursed 

Sunday, 7 December 2025

New stories published in 2025

It looks as though my short science fiction tale "Visit Fungosia" will be my final new story to be published this year. 

Here is a summary of 2025:

 

"Mask of a Mad God" appeared in my Tule Fog Press collection of Welgar stories, Welgar the Cursed.  

"Emerging from their Twilit Realms" also appeared in Welgar the Cursed and at that time was my final Welgar story (since then I have written four more). 

 

"Essayan's Terrible Machineries of War" was published in Crimson Quill Quarterly #5.  

 

 

"Lies and Treachery" was serialised in issues 6 and 7 of Crimson Quill Quarterly. This featured my mercenary hero Horbeck and his companions, who first appeared the year before in Anthology of the Damned: Necromorrium in "The Demon from Another World".

 

"Ammanada" appeared in Schlock! Webzine in November. 


"Visit Fungosia" was published in 4 Star Stories, an online magazine. The story can be read here

There were also a number of reprints.  

2026 so far has these new stories lined up to be published:

"The Abomination in the Crypt" 

"The Moneylender of Oriaska" 

"Ossani's Apprentice"

"Ossani's Escape" 

Hopefully I'll be able to announce more soon.  

 

 

Wednesday, 3 December 2025

Visit Fungosia published in 4 Star Stories #32

 

My latest story to be published is "Visit Fungosia" in 4 Star Stories edited by David Gray, "a not so tongue-in-cheek alien invasion story. Harry Nealson III was a bored, thrill-seeking adventurer who got more in "the vacation of a lifetime" than he bargained for. Inadvertently swept up in a secret government investigation, he and his traveling companion hold the fate of humanity in their increasingly alien, fungoid hands."

Friday, 21 November 2025

Visit Fungosia

It looks like my next story to be published will be a strange little SF tale called "Visit Fungosia" in the online magazine 4 Star Stories

I wrote this quite a few years ago. I'll post a link when it's available.

Saturday, 15 November 2025

New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Omnibus from PS Publishing

 


My contributor's copy of New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural Omnibus from PS Publishing arrived today. This is a reprint of volumes one and two of New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural edited by David A. Sutton in 1971 and 1972 by Sphere Books. I had a story in both volumes and these are included in the Omnibus: "The Farmhouse" and "A Bottle of Spirits".
 
There was a previous reprint of the two volumes in 2013 under Dave Sutton's own imprint, Shadow Publishing, retitled Horror! Under the Tombstone.
 
There was to have been a third volume in 1973 but Sphere cancelled their contract. As a result Dave Sutton managed to get it published instead by Corgi Books under the new title of The Satyr's Head & Other Tales of Terror (which was also the title of my story in this anthology).
 

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11


Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 11
is now in the process of being made available as a trade paperback and kindle eBook. Links will be posted here as

In the meantime, as a taster, below are copies of the Introduction, which contains details of all 10 writers included in the eleventh volume: Harry Elliott, David A. Sutton, Susan Macdonald, Marc Edward Star, Tais Teng, Andrew Darlington, Geoff Hart, Uumbi, Daniel Mahoney, and Craig Herbertson, plus the award-winning artist Jim Pitts.



 

 



Monday, 10 November 2025

Ongoing series in Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

 

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy
has published a number of stories that form parts of ongoing sagas. Volume 11 includes three of these.

The first is another Undervalley tale from Harry Elliott, involving his intrepid trio Hel Strumm, Mann Silver and the ever-thirsty Gul Hakker. "Silence for Snakes" marks the fifth story following “Skulls for Silver”, “Trials for Treasure”, “Blades for a Bounty” and “Masks for the Madness” in volumes 5, 6, 7 and 10.
 
Another series involves Craig Herbertsons tales of the barbarian hero Wardark. Prior to "Wardark and the Sands of Serpanam" in our latest volume we published "Wardark", "Wardark and the Siren Queen" and "Wardark and the Pirate King" in volumes 3, 6 and 8.
 
We have so far published four of Andrew Darlington's Eternal Assassin stories: "A Place of Ghosts" in Volume 6, "Moonfinger and the Gift" in Volume 8, "The Memory Eaters" in Volume 9 and "The Man Who Hunted Death" in Volume 11, though other Eternal Assassin stories have appeared elsewhere, some of which were collected in his Tule Fog Press collection The Eternal Assassin Chronicles: The Lives & Times.

 

Saturday, 8 November 2025

Welgar the Cursed - Reviews on Goodreads

There are now three five-star reviews and one four-star on Goodreads for my collection from Tule Fog Press, Welgar the Cursed

To see these reviews follow this link: Goodreads