Jurassic London

Nice news all around. 

The cover for The Best of British Fantasy has been revealed - illustrated by the amazing Matty Long.

You can now pre-order the book (including the snazzy limited hardcover) directly from the publisher.

The book will be launched on June 1 at London's Star of King's pub, starting at 1pm. Join us - and a vast array of authors - for the occasion. 

A bit of Outcast Hours news as well. Lavie Tidhar's near-future noir, "Bag Man", is in the running for a CWA Dagger. A great honour. More about this strange, genre-hopping book here.

Details of The Best of British Fantasy 2018 have been announced, the inaugural volume in this exciting new series from NewCon Publishing.

• All about the book
• The table of contents and supplementary 'recommended reading' list
• The companion website, and how to contribute to it
• More about the project, and the thinking behind it
• Where to find it (and pre-order it!)

Slightly belated, but, hey! After a year of construction and months of fretting and weeks of self-promotion - The Outcast Hours is, indeed, out. 

The details of this scrumptious new anthology are here, including links to some of the particularly flattering reviews. Mahvesh and I kicked off the launch with three events - two in London, one 'virtual' on reddit - and are now in the awkward 'post-launch, just stare' stage. If you don't have a copy, it is never too late. If you do have a copy, well - thanks.

Incidentally, if you are a school/prison/library/community centre/other institution that would like a copy for your shelves, please let me know, and I will happily send you a copy for free. While they last.

Admin news: the newsletter has migrated over to substack, and contains deep and meaningful thoughts about good intentions and publishing with form.

Latest newsletter harps on about crockery.

A review of A People's Future of the United States, over at Tor.com.

And the publicity tour for The Outcast Hours has a new, virtual, stop, as Mahvesh and I will be doing a late night AMA on reddit, 22nd February.

Recent newsletters: on loneliness and other wicked problems and The Outcast Hours and universal/personal relevance.

Not much else, although worth noting that the rather delicious The Djinn Falls in Love is still lurking about at 99¢.

Ah, and the companion website for The Best of British Fantasy is up and running. Very skeletal, but it'll get there.