My review of the Lorraine Wilson's stunning novel 'We Are All Ghosts in the Forest'

I was lucky enough to attend four book festivals this year to talk about my debut novel The Grief Nurse.

What I've Been Reading (August 2023)

The importance of queernorm stories

A review of Lydsey Croal's sci-fi novelette

This autumn has been all about learning to become a published author.

I'm so pleased to have had the chance to interview Heather Parry, whose debut gothic novel Orpheus Builds a Girl was published in October.

A paper exploring the Seaside Gothic in British fiction, originally presented at the Once and Future Fantasies Conference.

A few fun updates to share this summer!

I took the plunge and started my first-ever bullet journal. Here's a quick guide to get you started.

Let's take my usual quarterly round-up of publishing opportunities and make it 100% folklore friendly.

Folklore writer Lyndsey Croal shares her thoughts on ghosts, genre, and finding time to write with a busy schedule.

Here's a small collection of books filled with Scottish fairy tales and folklore.

In Joma West's Face, Margaret Atwood meets Kazuo Ishiguro in this sci-fi domestic drama that reimagines race and class.

Since finishing The Grief Nurse, I’ve been focusing on my new work in progress, tentatively called The Bone Diver.

Task management as a concept probably seems like it has absolutely no business anywhere near anything creative. For me, though, how I manage

A list of online and in print literary anthologies and presses that are dedicated to publishing fantasy, horror, folk tales, and speculative

Here is a list of joyful and hopeful books for the spring. None of them shy away from challenging or emotional themes, but you can slip into

We can take the gothic and move it outside onto the shore, where it feels quite at home.

A few new literary homes for my writing to round out 2021.