Exciting news! My new fantasy anthology, The Dark Forest Within, is released next week. A selection of novellas and short stories packed with adventure, romance, darkness, danger, magic, monsters, mystery, triumph, tragedy, and a sprinkling of humour. Some of these tales have previously been published online to subscribers on Medium or Substack, but others are exclusive to this volume.

After last week’s tease, here’s a proper cover reveal.

Conceived as a thematic companion piece to my novel Ravenseed, this collection includes two tales that function as direct prequels featuring characters from that novel. But if you’ve not read Ravenseed, don’t worry. No prior knowledge is required, and each of these stories stands alone.

The centrepiece is a 27,000-word novella entitled Wulfric’s Quest, which can potentially be interpreted as a sequel to Ravenseed, though featuring entirely different characters. Again, reading Ravenseed first is not required, and it won’t spoil the novel if you read this anthology first. That’s all the detail I’ll give for now, but watch this space for further announcements and articles over the next few weeks on each of the stories in the collection.

The Dark Forest Within is released on Monday the 2nd of June. You can pre-order this anthology on Kindle via Amazon here (in the UK) and here (in the US). For Draft2Digital and its various ebook outlets, pre-order here. Print copies will be available from the 2nd of June.