The Pale Little Girl By the Side of the Road

My contribution to the Christmas ghost story canon, The Pale Little Girl By the Side of the Road, can be read online on the Tale-Tale Press website.

It concerns the Redgrave family as they gather together to celebrate Christmas at a remote cottage.  When one of the grown-up children doesn't arrive, the others begin to recount their encounters with a strange child seen standing barefoot in the snow by the side of the road.

The pale little girl by the side of the road just wants some friends to play with at Christmastime.

The entire volume of The Blood Tomes: Winter Holidays can be downloaded an an e-book from Amazon.  The book also contains Christmas-themed horror fiction from the likes of Eric J Guignard, K.L. Napier, and others.

The Hole

The 'Bubble off Plumb' anthology which contains my short story, The Hole, will be published by Feral Cat Publishing on 14th December.  I wrote this story about addiction, specifically internet and mobile phone addiction, although it doesn't deal with this subject directly and is open to interpretation.  It's about a young couple who buy their first home only to find a seemingly bottomless hole in the center of the basement, a hole they quickly become fascinated by.

I received a good response to this story when I started submitting it, even when it was being rejected!

I'd like to give a huge thanks to editor Dan Kalin for selecting my story from the 921 that were submitted for 'Bubble off Plumb'.  What an honour!

Anyone who'd like to know more about this book,  can visit the publisher's website here.