Mum and Me Unbox a New Book!

Love & Dragons available HERE

Quick Thoughts About The War Between The Land And The Sea

So I’ve watched the first two episodes of The War Between The Land And The Sea and, though I quite like it, I have two quibbles. The first was more of an irritation, you know? The Homo Aqua are demanding we change our ways. Fair enough, we have been total jerks on the pollution front. […]

My Story in Of Love & Dragons!

…from the always awesome Flame Tree Press! It’s a romantasy anthology about, yup, dragons. Mine own tale, A Matter of Life and Dragons, is a sapphic romance in a world of spitfires vs dragons. And why ever not? More info from Flame Tree here!

Writing The Magic

Just picked up my author’s copy of Writing The Magic, sent to me by Dead Ink Books. Always get a kick out of seeing me words in ink; this time an essay rather than a story. I tackle the legacy of Michael Moorcock’s Elric Of Melniboné. Some wonderful authors in this one. If you want […]

The Keep Within Cocktail

I invent a cocktail for every book that sees print. Recently made The Keep Within.50ml of port.200ml of tonic.3 slices of orange, squeezed and thrown in.Stir. Lovely summer drink!

Hey, JL, Which Of Your Books Should I Burn First?

About ‘The Point Of Art’

So I’ve a new Kyra-from-Pennyblade story coming out in Of Enchantment, Enigma And The Infinite, an anthology of tales involving magic. The story is called The Point Of Art and is the first thing to feature the scurrilous problem-pixie and disaster-sapphic Kyra Cal’Adra since her debut in Pennyblade. So why bring her back? And why […]

Fairytale Cement Factory

A blend of fantasy castle and sci-fi base, La Fabrica (just outside of Barcelona) was the dream of architect Ricardo Bofill from the moment he saw an abandoned cement factory. Now it contains gardens, a church, gallery, conference rooms, working spaces for creatives and more besides. “Life goes on here in a continuous sequence,” Bofill, […]

‘There’s A Deluge Of Good Taste In Modern Fantasy And Frankly It’s Disgusting’

I just did an interview over on the delightful Runalong The Bookshelves site. We talk about my books, fighting and general bawdiness. Link HERE.

Of Shadows, Stars And Sabres ready to preorder!

We’re talking about the speculative fiction anthology that’ll define a decade. Just check out the goddamn line up… Adrian Tchaikovsky, Ai Jiang, Alice James, Antony Johnston, Cynthia Pelayo, D.K. Stone, David Quantick, Dennis K. Crosby, Eugen Bacon, Gemma Amor, Greg van Eekhout, Helen Glynn Jones, J.L. Worrad, John Wiswell, Jonathan L. Howard, Kali Wallace, KC […]