Terror Tales of Cornwall

I'm very pleased to have a short story in the latest edition in the Terror Tales series, edited by Paul Finch. Hugely grateful to Paul for giving me the opportunity to be in print again. The book is available on amazon for Kindle, and paperback.

Cornwall, England’s most scenic county: windswept moors, rugged cliffs and wild, foaming seas. But smugglers and wreckers once haunted its hidden coves, mermaid myths abound, pixie lore lingers, henges signal a pagan past, and fanged beasts stalk the ancient, overgrown lanes …

The serpent woman of Pengersick

The screaming demon of Land’s End

The nightmare masquerade at Padstow

The feathered horror of Mawnan

The terrible voice at St. Agnes

The ritual slaughter at Crantock

The hoof-footed fetch of Bodmin Moor

And many more chilling tales by Mark Morris, Ray Cluley, Reggie Oliver, Sarah Singleton, Mark Samuels, Thana Niveau and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre.

Terror Tales of Wales - British Fantasy Award nomination.

I'm delighted to say that Terror Tales of Wales, edited by Paul Finch and featuring my short story 'The Offspring', has been nominated for a British Fantasy Award 2015 in the category of Best Anthology.

Absolutely chuffed and so pleased for Paul and all the other contributors. Congratulations to all the other nominees this year, and good luck.

Terror Tales of Wales features:

Under the Windings of the Sea by Ray Cluley

Old as the Hills by Steve Duffy

The Druid’s Rest by Reggie Oliver

Swallowing a Dirty Seedby Simon Clark

The Face by Thana Niveau

Don’t Leave Me Down Here by Steve Lockley

Matilda of the Night by Stephen Volk

The Sound of the Sea by Paul Lewis

The Flow by Tim Lebbon

The Offspring by Steve Jordan

Dialled by Bryn Fortey

The Rising Tide by Priya Sharma

Apple of their Eyes by Gary Fry

Learning the Language by John Llewellyn Probert

Terror Tales of Wales

I'm delighted to say that my short story THE OFFSPRING will be included in TERROR TALES OF WALES, the next instalment of the TERROR TALES series - a collection of regional British horror anthologies edited by bestselling author and screenwriter Paul Finch.

I'm already a big fan of the series, so have a story included in such a great collection with so many true masters of the horror genre is a big deal for me. A huge thank you to Paul for the opportunity.

The book, which will be released in June, is available to pre-order now on the Gray Friar website. Here's the back-cover blurb.

Wales – ‘Land of my Fathers’, cradle of poetry, song and mythic rural splendour. But also a scene of oppression and tragedy, where angry spirits stalk castle and coal mine alike, death-knells sound amid fogbound peaks, and dragons stir in bottomless pools …


The headless spectre of Kidwelly

The sea terror off Anglesey

The soul stealer of Porthcawl

The blood rites at Abergavenny

The fatal fruit of Criccieth

The dark serpent of Bodalog

The Christmas slaughter at Llanfabon

And many more chilling tales by Stephen Volk, Tim Lebbon, Simon Clark, Priya Sharma, John Llewellyn Probert and other award-winning masters and mistresses of the macabre.

Previous books in the series include -  TERROR TALES OF THE LAKE DISTRICT, TERROR TALES OF THE COTSWOLDS, TERROR TALES OF EAST ANGLIA, TERROR TALES OF LONDON and, my personal favourite, TERROR TALES OF THE SEASIDE.