I’ve just compiled a little ebook of stories I wrote that are set after The Adventure of the Colonial Boy – just in time for the HistFic Outside the Box promo, which starts today and goes till 30 April! In the promo, you can buy my Sherlock Holmes/John Watson historical crime romance The Adventure of…
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Cover reveal: Sherlock is a Girl’s Name
I’m so delighted to reveal to you the cover of the upcoming anthology, Sherlock is a Girl’s Name, edited by me and Atlin Merrick and featuring 11 short stories and 4 221bs where Sherlock identifies as a woman, all written by female-identifying authors. The stunning cover art, featuring 11 Sherlocks from all the longer stories,…
Read more“After I Found Her” Award Nomination
It’s so exciting that a third story from This Fresh Hell has been nominated for an award! Joining Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden’s story “Paperweight” being longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction, and Chuck McKenzie’s “The Dark Man, By Referral”, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards!, we have Claire…
Read more“The Dark man, By Referral” Award Nomination
Hot on the heels of Eugen Bacon and Clare Rhoden’s story “Paperweight” being longlisted for the 2023 British Science Fiction Association (BSFA) Awards under Best Short Fiction, we have Chuck McKenzie’s “The Dark Man, By Referral”, also from This Fresh Hell, shortlisted in the 2023 Aurealis Awards! Congratulations on your nomination, Chuck, and thank you…
Read morePre-order now: Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead
I’m so excited to have a story in the upcoming anthology Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead, published by Improbable Press and edited by Atlin Merrick. The gorgeous cover art you see on the left is by Claudia Caranfa. The anthology is inspired by the idea of rewriting the (out of copyright) literary lives of female characters…
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