As you are probably aware, my short story Once in a Lifetime has been selected for inclusion in the Dragon Soul Press horror anthology All Dark Places (out now).
This weekend, Dragon Soul Press are hosting an online launch party on Facebook, between 2pm and 7pm UK time. You are also invited!
I will be hosting between 6pm and 7pm, so dip into that hour (or any of the other hours) for Q&A, games, giveaways and more. Simply search Facebook Events with “All Dark Places release” and join the fun.
All Dark Places is out today! This horror anthology, published by Dragon Soul Press, features a short story I wrote entitled Once in a Lifetime, and other scary tales from fellow authors Hui Lang, Anna Sinjin and AM Cummins.
Once in a Lifetime is an existential dread short, inspired by an existential dread nightmare that troubled my sleep earlier this year. It involves a man who wakes up in a strange London flat in bed with a woman he doesn’t know, who insists he is someone else in an entirely different life. More disturbingly, memories of his former life – including his wife and children – start to fade from his mind.
For your copy or download of All Dark Places, click here.
Here is the cover for All Dark Places – the upcoming horror anthology from Dragon Soul Press. It was designed by the fabulous Ruxandra Tudorica at Methyss Art.
I have a short story entitled Once in a Lifetime in this collection. A psychological horror story dripping with existential dread, it is based on a particularly alarming (and surprisingly well-plotted) nightmare I had earlier this year. It is also partly inspired by some of the lyrics in Talking Heads classic 1981 single of the same name.
This is the first piece of writing I have not self-published, and it has been tremendous to see this whole project come together, under the brilliant editorial control of Jade Feldman.
I hope to interview the other hugely talented authors (A.M. Cummins, Anna Sinjin and Hui Lang) who contributed to this volume on this blog soon. Also there will be updates on launch events, in the run up to the official release.
All Dark Places is released on the 30th October.
Here is a short post about a short story.
I am thrilled to announce that Once in a Lifetime has been accepted by Dragon Soul Press for inclusion in their upcoming horror anthology entitled All Dark Places, to be released this October.
Once in a Lifetime is an existential dread short, inspired by an existential dread nightmare. I’ve always been of the opinion that bad dreams are better than good dreams, because they provide great inspiration for writing. Besides, there’s always that disappointment when you wake up from a good dream and find out that it wasn’t real.
Needless to say, I am very pleased. I will announce further details on the blog soon, including precise release dates, the cover reveal, interviews with some of my fellow authors, details on release launch events and so forth.
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