I’ll be heading out to Conflux next week, and will be doing a whole bunch of AHWA panels and hanging around the AHWA dealers table, so that should be a blast. I feel relaxed about this con.

Given the intended launch at Conflux of Morrigan Books’ Voices anthology, which contains my story “A Picture of Death” amongst plenty of other fine and deeply disturbing stories (notably by Robert Hood and Martin Livings), I thought it an opportune time to plug a couple of the books in which I’ll be making appearances:

First of all, the aforementioned Voices anthology. If you like your horror contained within the deceptively mundane environment of a hotel, you’ll love this nasty book.

Cthulhu’s minions reach into our world through dark souls yearning for power and glory. Cthulhu’s Dark Cults, edited by David Conyers, features work from the best Mythos writers in the business (including Aussies Penelope Love and David Witteveen, and yours truly). My contribution is the biggest in the book – a giant-sized novella dealing with a discovery beneath the mountains of Peru that has dire consequences for life on Earth. “Requiem for the Burning God” is perhaps the best thing I’ve ever written, and from what I’ve seen of the rest, I’d heartily recommend buying this book when it becomes available (late this year, I think!).

My story “A Picture of Death”, inspired by King’s “1408″ (but with changed room numbers) appears in the Morrigan Books anthology Voices, which will be launched at Conflux next month.

Here’s the spiel:

In every room, there is a story.

Well crafted psychological and supernatural horror offerings await you, each written by a master storyteller. Whether you are looking to be shocked, disturbed, or out-right frightened, Voices will have something to titillate your nerves and make your hair stand up on end. Leave the lights on and brew a strong cup of tea, the voices in the room plan on keeping you up all night.

Order your copy now!

Two things…

1. The first AHWA internet mailer has just been posted to all AHWA members and includes all sorts of cool Aussie horror news including confirmation that Angela and I will be guest editing issue two of Midnight Echo magazine. We’ll be reading submissions from August 1.

2. The cover of Morrigan Books’ Voices anthology has been released (which will contain my story “A Picture of Death”). Looks pretty cool:

My time is officially at a PREMIUM. There simply aren’t enough hours in the day or night.

If you need to contact me, be patient. Very, very patient.

I did catch some time away with family birthdays and whatnot recently, but now, definitely, back to the grind.

Some quick news:
Mark and Amanda at Morrigan Books have bought my story “A Picture of Death” for the Voices anthology (hotel horror – awesome). This brings my forthcoming story tally to:

• 8 originals (including one novella) – in magazines and anthos.
• 7 reprints (including Spanish & French translations and a podcast).
• 11 originals in Shards. (Not to mention the 28 reprints!)

The trade off: I haven’t written a word of fiction in months.

Now, back to critting, HorrorScope stuff, and painting the world black.