The Centenary of 'The Connoisseur and Other Stories' by Walter de la Mare
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Ritual & Chivalry: Peter Vansittart's 'The Lost Lands'
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In a copy of Peter Vansittart’s The Lost Lands (1964), loosely enclosed, there is a letter from the historian Peter Green: “I read you novel in TS [typescript] before I left the Bodley Head, & did an immensely enthusiastic report on it, entre nous: but seriously, an extraordinary...
'Qx and other pieces' in paperback
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Zagava have recently issued a paperback edition of Qx and other pieces, a selection of fiction and non-fiction. This was first issued in a limited edition in 2024 and is now newly available. It includes over twenty pieces, among them the short stories 'Hark to the Rooks', 'The Man Who Made the...
'Of Kings and Jesters': An Unusual Dornford Yates Fantasy
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Dornford Yates was a reliable purveyor of interwar thrillers and romances. He knew exactly what readers wanted and he provided it in lavish dishes: handsome, rugged heroes; beautiful, plucky heroines; sleek cars smoothly speeding through lonely landscapes; rough, thuggish villains; Ruritanian...
Finding Foreign Stations
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Recent work
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Newly published, Stoat Poetry Issue 1, Spring 2026, edited by Ingrid Leonard, based in Kirkwall, Orkney. This includes three of my pieces, 'There was an orchard', 'Marbles' and 'Dandelion Parade', along with about fifty other contributors in a well-designed paperback. Earlier this year, 'At...
NEWS: Tartarus Press invite you to 'Tea and Gargoyles' with Mark Valentine
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Newly announced by Tartarus Press and shipping this week is the new collection of essays from Mark Valentine, 'Tea and Gargoyles'.These collections are always fascinating and always manage to be the cause of much consternation with my bank account as Mark lifts the lid on more strange...