My story Lock In to be in the next issue of Lovecraftiana magazine

My story Lock In will be reprinted in the Walpurgisnacht issue of Lovecraftiana magazine.

Lock In first appeared in the First Black Book of Horror edited by the late Charles Black. 

Black Books of Horror article in Pulp Horror #3

An in-depth article of the renowned Black Books of Horror will be included in the third issue of Pulp Horror, as well as a rare interview with series editor, Charles Black.
For more details check on the Vault of Evil website.

An amazingly entertaining trailer for the equally amazing Black Books of Horror edited by Charles Black.

The Eleventh Black Book of Horror

Cover: Paul Mudie

The Eleventh Black Book of Horror is now available on Amazon.

trade paperback £7.00  Amazon.co.uk

Thana Niveau - Two Five Seven
Edward Pearce - East Wickenden
Tom Johnstone - Slaughtered Lamb
John Llewellyn Probert - Forgive Us Not Our Trespasses
Stephen Bacon - Lord Of The Sand
Kate Farrell - Alma Mater
Stuart Young - Keeping The Romance Alive
Anna Taborska - Teatime
David A. Riley - Lem
Tony Earnshaw - Flies
David Williamson - And The Dead Shall Speak
Marion Pitman - Every Picture Tells A Story
Sam Dawson - The Weathervane
John Forth - Molli & Julli

The Eleventh Black Book of Horror

Looking forward to seeing The Eleventh Black Book of Horror, which is due out shortly. I have a story in it called Lem.

Cover art for the Eleventh Black Book of Horror

Art by Paul Mudie

Charles Black has released the cover art for the next Black Book of Horror, which I am pleased will include my short story Lem. The magnificent and startling artwork is, of course, by Paul Mudie, who has created all of the Black Book covers so far.

The Eleventh Black Book of Horror

Charles Black has released the table of contents for the Eleventh Black Book of Horror and I am chuffed to be in it, alongside some great names in the horror genre! No date as yet as to when the book will be published but I believe it will be soon.

TWO FIVE SEVEN - Thana Niveau
EAST WICKENDEN - Edward Pearce
SLAUGHTERED LAMB - Tom Johnstone
FORGIVE US NOT OUR TRESPASSES - John Llewellyn Probert
LORD OF THE SAND - Stephen Bacon
ALMA MATER - Kate Farrell
KEEPING THE ROMANCE ALIVE - Stuart Young
TEATIME - Anna Taborska
LEM - David A. Riley
FLIES - Tony Earnshaw
AND THE DEAD SHALL SPEAK - David Williamson
EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY - Marion Pitman
THE WEATHERVANE - Sam Dawson
MOLLI & JULLI - John Forth

Read more: http://vaultofevil.proboards.com/posts/recent#ixzz3g3JTCJ6e

Lem, my story in the Eleventh Black Book of Horror

I don't know why but even though I have published nine books in the last six months under our own Parallel Universe Publications imprint, with  two more in the wings, I am really excited about having another story in the Black Books of Horror series edited by Charles Black.

Of the ten Black Books so far published, I have had stories in eight. Next month will see my ninth with Lem.

Mortbury Press, publishers of the Black Books of Horror.

Anyone interested in reading editor Charles Black's own stories, should check out Black Ceremonies:

  


Black Ceremonies by Charles Black

trade paperback: 

Amazon.co.uk (£6.91)
Amazon.com ($9.88)

ebook:

Amazon.co.uk  (£1.99)
Amazon.com ($3.01)

Lem

Very pleased that a new horror story I wrote, Lem, has been accepted by Charles Black for the Black Books of Horror.

Scardiff - 19th October

With the convention we would normally attend looking less attactive at the moment for a variety of reasons, Lin and I are seriously thinking of going to Scardiff this year. Our friend, Charles Black, already has a dealer's table booked for his fantastic Mortbury Press, not to mention Steve Upham's Screaming Dreams.

Although it's only a one day event, it looks packed with activities and has an interesting array of guests. Plus, I have never visited Cardiff before and perhaps it's not before time.

Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales by David Williamson

David Williamson has just had a collection of stories published by Hazardous Press, Herbert Manning's Psychic Circus and Other Dark Tales. It's available in both paperback and ebook formats. David Williamson's stories first appeared in the Pan Books of Horror and he has since become a regular in Charles Black's Black Books of Horror, in which many of the stories in this collection were first published.

About the Author

David Williamson has been writing short stories for many years now, inspired by the likes of James Herbert, Stephen King and, especially, The Pan Book of Horror series. When (after several attempts!) he was first published in The 28th Pan Book of Horror, he became almost speechless with excitement. Later, after discovering that he was to have THREE of his tales in The 30th Pan Book of Horror, he became a gibbering imbecile. A state, alas, which he has remained in until today. He has more recently, appeared in Black Books of Horror (the spiritual home of The Pan Books of Horror) numbers 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 from Mortbury Press, as well as Hersham Horror's wonderful Alt-Zombie anthology. His latest tale, 'Lazarus', can be found in From Their Cradle to Your Grave, from Cruentus Libri Press and also in their Christmas Special You'd Better Watch Out! with his tale entitled 'Tis the Season to be Jolly'. His story 'Stuck!" appears in Another 100 Horrors, and 'The Mission' can be found in War is Hell, again, both from Cruentus Libri Press. His story '10 Weeks' appears in the anthology Horrific History, from Hazardous Press. Follow David online at http://doogal321.wordpress.com.

Horror World reviews The Ninth Black Book of Horror

An excellent review of The Ninth Black Book of Horror on Horror World by Mario Guslandi and in particular my story Swan Song.

The Heaven Maker & Other Gruesome Tales by Craig Herbertson

Some updates on Craig's book.

The book has a foreword by Janis Mackay and an introduction by Craig. The full list of contents is:

Timeless Love (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)
Synchronicity (originally published in Filthy Creations #2)
The Glowing Goblins (originally published in Auguries #16)
New Teacher (originally published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror)
The Janus Door
The Heaven Maker (originally published in The 29th Pan Book of Horror Stories)
The Waiting Game (originally published in Back from the Dead: The Legacy of the Pan Book of Horror Stories)
The Art of Confiscation
Gertrude
Not Waving
Spanish Suite (originally published in The Sixth Black Book of Horror)
The Anninglay Sundial
Soup (originally published in The Fourth Black Book of Horror)
A Game of Billiards (originally published in Tales from the Smoking Room)
The Navigator (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)
The Tasting
Steel Works
Liebniz's Last Puzzle (originally published in The Fifth Black Book of Horror)
Big Cup, Wee Cup
Gifts (originally published in Big Vault Advent Calendar 2011)

Copies will become available shortly through rileybooks.co.uk

Queries about buying copiers of the book should be sent either to rileybooks@ntlworld.com or to Riley Books, 130 Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 3DR, UK. 

The Ninth Black Book of Horror - Vault of Evil review

There's a fascinating, in-depth review of the stories in The Ninth Black Book of Horror on the Vault of Evil website by the incomparable Demonik.

His Own Mad Demons

This is the cover for my forthcoming collection from Hazardous Press. His Own Mad Demons will include:

The Worst of All Possible Places
Lock In
Their Own Mad Demons
The Fragile Mask on his Face
The True Spirit

These were previously published in Houses on the Borderland edited by David A. Sutton for the BFS, The Black Book of Horror and the Fifth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles Black, Dark Discoveries #15 edited by James Beach, and Back from the Dead edited by Johnny Mains.

His Own Mad Demons will be published on the 26th October and be available as a Kindle ebook and as a printed book from Amazon and other online booksellers. Further details later.

The Ninth Black Book of Horror

The Ninth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles Black is now available from Amazon and will soon be available to purchase direct from the Mortbury Press website.

About the book:
“Horrible people, horrible places, horrible things and horrible fates all await you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror. The new anthology from Mortbury Press is truly horrible. Check in at a horror hospital, witness grisly acts, observe dreadful family reunions, meet a man who hates waste, the things that are not there, and find out what’s behind you in The Ninth Black Book of Horror.”

Sixteen stories by John Llewellyn Probert, Craig Herbertson, Simon Bestwick, Gary Fry, David Williamson, Anna Taborska, Sam Dawson, Paul Finch, Gary Power, Thana Niveau, Tom Johnstone, Marion Pitman, Kate Farrell, John Forth, Marc Lyth and David A. Riley.  Cover art is by Paul Mudie.

New Online Collection of my Stories

Just received confirmation this morning that a collection of my stories will be published online by an American publisher. Title of the collection is yet to be confirmed, but the stories included are a novelette, The Worst of All Possible Places, originally published in Houses on the Borderland, Lock In and Their Own Mad Demons, which were originally published in the Black Books of Horror, The Fragile Mask on his Face, which appeared in Dark Discoveries, and The True Spirit, which was published in the award winning anthology Back from the Dead.

More information later.

The Ninth Black Book of Horror edited by Charles Black

Charles has just released images of the cover for The Ninth Black Book of Horror, which will be launched at FantasyCon later this month.

Again it's the work of Paul Mudie, who has done all of the Black Books covers.

 

Contents are:

The Anatomy Lesson - John Llewellyn Probert
The Mall - Craig Herbertson
Salvaje - Simon Bestwick
Pet - Gary Fry
Ashes to Ashes - David Williamson
The Apprentice - Anna Taborska
Life Expectancy - Sam Dawson
What's Behind You? - Paul Finch
Ben's Best Friend - Gary Power
The Things That Aren't There - Thana Niveau
Bit on the Side - Tom Johnstone
Indecent Behaviour - Marion Pitman
His Family - Kate Farrell
A Song, A Silence - John Forth
The Man Who Hated Waste - Marc Lyth
Swan Song - David A. Riley

Extreme Zombies edited by Paula Guran

Received my contributor's copies for Extreme Zombies, edited by Paula Guran for Prime Books, this week. Very impressed with the collection, and by those stories I've read in it so far. My own story, Romero's Children, was originally published in The Seventh Black Book of Horror, edited by Charles Black, and its nice to see it get a second airing, especially in such great company as George R. R. Martin, Joe Lansdale, and Brian Keene etc.

• “Charlie’s Hole” by Jesse Bullington
• “At First Only Darkness” by Nancy A. Collins
• “The Blood Kiss” by Dennis Etchison
• “We Will Rebuild” by Cody Goodfellow
• “Dead Giveaway” by Brian Hodge
• “Zombies for Jesus” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• “An Unfortunate Incident at the Slaughterhouse” by Harper Hull
• “Captive Heart” by Brian Keene
• “Going Down” by Nancy Kilpatrick
• “On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks” by Joe R. Lansdale
• “Susan” by Robin D. Laws
• “Makak” by Edward Lee
• “The Traumatized Generation” by Murray Leeder
• “Meathouse Man” byGeorge R.R. Martin
• “Abed” by Elizabeth Massie
• “For the Good of All” by Yvonne Navarro
• “Home” by David Moody
• “Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy” by David J. Schow
• “Aftertaste” by John Shirley
• “Viva Las Vegas” by Thomas Roche
• “In Beauty, Like the Night” by Norman Partridge
• “Romero’s Children” by David A. Riley
• “Tomorrow’s Precious Lambs” by Monica Valentinelli
• “Provider” by Tim Waggoner
• “Chuy and the Fish” by David Wellington

 

The Ninth Black Book of Horror

The Ninth Black Book of Horror, edited by Charles Black, will be launched at FantasyCon in September. The cover hasn't been revealed yet but will again by the work of the artist Paul Mudie.

The stories in this edition will be:

The Anatomy Lesson - John Llewellyn Probert
The Mall - Craig Herbertson
Salvaje - Simon Bestwick
Pet - Gary Fry
Ashes to Ashes - David Williamson
The Apprentice - Anna Taborska
Life Expectancy - Sam Dawson
What's Behind You? - Paul Finch
Ben's Best Friend - Gary Power
The Things That Aren't There - Thana Niveau
Bit on the Side - Tom Johnstone
Indecent Behaviour - Marion Pitman
His Family - Kate Farrell
A Song, A Silence - John Forth
The Man Who Hated Waste - Marc Lyth
Swan Song - David A. Riley