... is a new anthology of tales from Scare Street, which happens to contain three (count them, three!) short stories by yours truly.
'Lost Dog' is about a lost dog - or is it? If you've ever worried about a pooch wandering about on its own and thought, 'Aw! Perhaps I should help the poor doggie!', this one will cure your humane impulses.
'Thunder Run' is my attempt at a traditional ghost story, though arguably it goes a bit over the top in a multi-storey car park. But then, who hasn't done that? I was inspired, sort of, by a visit to a local theatre where Stan Laurel once trod the boards. (He isn't in it, though.)
And 'Initial Impressions' is me being all clever and sophisticated, or so I fondly imagined when I wrote a horror story about a dead horror writer. I suspect that the twist will be apparent to most readers well before the end, but...
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Issue 57 - Winter 2024/5
Cover illo by Sam Dawson, for Steve Duffy's story 'Forever Chemicals', which offers an interesting take on the London of the e...
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Some good news - Helen Grant's story 'The Sea Change' from ST11 has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. This follows an inqu...
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Go here to purchase this disturbing image of Santa plus some fiction as well. New stories by: Helen Grant Christopher Harman Michael Chis...
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Cover by Paul Lowe illustrating 'Screen Burn' Steve Duffy's latest collection offers the discerning reader eight stories, five...
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