Welcome to the site. I'm a scribbler of horror and other dark fictions, and my novels and stories have been published in the UK and the US for the last fifteen years. I currently live in India, having been in Scotland for over a decade. For most of that time I've been writing one thing or another. Hopefully some of it has entertained you, or soon will. Let me know.
"In a genre where some of the most respected voices can't seem to get past vampires and serial killers, Wright doles out startlingly original ideas like he's throwing stones. More importantly, he's knocking us upside the head with them and making us think in a very enjoyable way." - Louis Maistros, Chairoscuro
More fine savings, perfectly suited to, say, a worldwide recession. Shroud Publishing have shaved a couple of bucks off the cover price of the Beneath The Surface anthology. Currently shortlisted for a Bram Stoker award (we’ll find out how it does in the not too distant future), the book is the only place to see my short story ‘Secrets (Never Told)’.
And just look at that cover. Surely you need to touch it?
I did have another blog planned, about how the current writing project is going (painfully, if you’re asking), but better news has arrived. Beneath the Surface, the anthology published by Shroud last year, has stumbled onto the shortlist for the Bram Stoker award. This pleases me, because it has my short story ‘Secrets (Never Told)’ in it. The winners will be announced June 14th, and I wish the book all the best.
In particular, well done to Tim Deal, the editor. An anthology has lots of writers (and congratulations to them too!), but only one editor, pulling disparate pieces together, and making us all look good.
So, are you a voting member of the Horror Writers Association? Please do try to pick up a copy before you put your tick in the box, and may the (subjectively) better book win. Of course, if you don’t have voting rights on the Stokers, there are plenty of reasons to buy the book anyway. ‘Secrets (Never Told)’ is just one of them. Linky goodness for Americans and Brits.
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With all the recent Doctor Whoity round these parts, it nearly slipped my notice that Beneath the Surface, the paperback from Shroud Publishing featuring my story ‘Secrets, Never Told’, has finally emerged on Amazon.co.uk
Good times!
Apparently, my lady love will only consent to an Indiana Jones themed wedding if she’s allowed to dress as an Nazi SS officer (they had the sexiest uniforms, apparently). While no wedding is entirely complete without a public lynching of the bride, I feel that ours, perhaps, should depart with tradition here. Back to the drawing board.
A new review and an interview, just in…
Issue 31 of the print magazine Dark Realms carries a review of Beneath the Surface which says several nice things, included among them “Beneath the Surface is a first-rate horror anthology that delivers a thoroughly enjoyable collection of fiendishly fun tales.” Don’t take their word for it though. Find out for yourself by grabbing a copy here.
Over at Unreality SF you can check out an interview with Richard Salter, who talks in detail about Short Trips: Transmissions, the Doctor Who anthology I’ll have a story in next month (indeed, he gives you a flavour of that story, among others…). It’s interesting reading, and should fuel your curiosity. With the 2008 series of Doctor Who fast approaching what looks to be a ballistic conclusion, which will no doubt involve a cliffhanger for Tennant’s Doctor number 10 that won’t be resolved until the Xmas special, you’re going to be in the perfect mood to time travel the other way, and distract yourself with previously unseen adventures from his past lives. You can, of course, pre-order the book right now if you choose.
The above is a Wordle cloud generated from my short story ‘Secrets (Never Told)’, and if it intrigues you, you can read the whole thing in Shroud’s anthology Beneath the Surface. I think it’s worth a punt (though I would). Shroud are a very new publisher, but they seem to be doing everything right, and have a very cool line up of projects (including the Hiram Grange Chronicles, one of which I’m writing for them). I’m not the only one who thinks so either, as this comprehensive and unusual review (unusual as it reviews the publisher as much as the publications – Beneath the Surface is mentioned in the last third or so) shows.
Give them a try, why don’t you? Grab the anthology as a taster, and see if the impression of ‘Secrets (Never Told)’ that you get from the above bears any resemblance to the actual story (and if you do that, let me know how close you came!).
