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For reasons that are obscure and buried in ancient Holmesian fandom, 6 January is traditionally considered to be Sherlock Holmes’ birthday. He’s also traditionally considered to have been born in 1852. So happy 170th birthday, good sir! Here’s a Holmesian playlist I created on Spotify in celebration.
» Read moreI’m so delighted to be able to announce the release of the Branch and Root anthology from Shooting Star Press. This charming little book contains my story, “The Marbletree Wood”, set in the universe of The Witches of Tyne, but hundreds of years after the events of the initial books so you don’t really need to have read those books […]
» Read moreQuintette asks writers five quick questions. This week’s interview is with: Louisa Bennet 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? The Bone Ranger – the book was originally going to be called something else but at the final stages of the edit I was starting to write book three […]
» Read moreToday, author Karen J Carlisle is my guest! I’m Karen J Carlisle, author and Sherlock Holmes fan, which is one reason why you’re reading this. The other is to introduce my latest book, and second book in ‘The Aunt Enid Mysteries’, A Fey Tale. A Fey Tale is a story based on fact. Well, facts. Well, there are facts on […]
» Read moreI’m delighted to share that the Improbable Press anthology, Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Blue) containing my story “The Volcano and the Butterfly” and over 40 other incredible, delightful, delicious cryptid stories is now available! Buy Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Volume Blue) If you’re in the US, you can pick up a copy from Improbable Press in the New Year. […]
» Read moreI confess that, while I have no particular affinity for westerns, I love books by Julie Bozza. Whatever theme she’s tackling, I know there’ll be nuance and depth, explorations of queerness and friendship, examinations of complex people with difficult personalities who may be hard to like, let alone love – and yet I know before the end I will love […]
» Read moreQuintette asks writers five quick questions. This week’s interview is with: Hugh McGinlay 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? Bodysurfing. For years the manuscript was called Nightswimming, I’m a huge REM fan and when I started writing a coastal thriller it just seemed right. Then I found out […]
» Read moreMy Mrs Hudson werewolf story is coming to its hairy conclusion over on my Patreon. I’ve had a lot of fun playing with the werewolf tropes as well as slipping in a lot of Sherlock Holmes references, and massively enjoying writing so many cool paranormal women: Audrey Hudson, NIck Murray, Myca Holmes and Irene Adler. Even though a general werewolf […]
» Read moreOver the last few months I’ve been chatting all over the place about The Only One in the World – and I’m utterly delighted and proud of the work of its contributors, and mine in pulling the book together, and of Clan Destine Press for taking on the pitch and guiding its literary birth! CDP’s fabulous publicist, Carmel Shute, was […]
» Read moreQuintette asks writers five quick questions. This week’s interview is with: Julie Bozza 1. What’s the name of your latest book – and how hard was it to pick a title? Writ in Blood. The title has been that for as long as I remember, so I guess it must have been easy to choose! I’m riffing off the poet […]
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