As you can see, the majority of my books begin with the letter W.
Writing the Murder
Co-Edited with Dan Coxon
Writing the Murder is a collection of essays on our collective fascination with the gravest act of all: murder.
Featuring Charlie Higson, Louise Welsh, Saima Mir, Andrew Gallix, Jessie Greengrass and many more, Writing the Murder: Essays on Crafting Crime Fiction gives you the motive and the means to write your own tales of murder and intrigue.
Writing the Future
Co-Edited with Dan Coxon
Writing the Future gathers some of the best contemporary writers of science fiction, speculative fiction, dystopia and eco-fiction to explain their craft and explore the many worlds upon which our imaginations might land. Authors such as Toby Litt, Nina Allan, Adam Marek and Una McCormack reveal how to balance scientific research with creative freedom, examine the different forms the written text might evolve into, and offer practical advice on giving life to your own vision of the future.
Waiting for the Gift
An anthology of short stories, each of which takes its title and inspiration from a track on David Bowie’s 1977 album Low.
Featuring original work from Dima Alzayat, Anne Billson, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Jen Calleja, Ruby Cowling, Wendy Erskine, Keeley Forsyth, David Hayden, Zoë McLean, Adam Marek, Preti Taneja, Melissa Wan and Hugo Wilcken.
Writing the Uncanny
Co-edited with Dan Coxon
Winner - British Fantasy Awards
Writing the Uncanny sees some of the best contemporary authors explain what drew them to horror, ghost stories, folklore and beyond, and reveal how to craft unsettling fiction which resonates. Authors such as Jeremy Dyson, Alison Moore, Jenn Ashworth and Catriona Ward share their insights on psychogeography, fairy tales, cultural tradition and the supernatural, and offer practical advice on their different approaches to the genre.
Plunge Hill
Co-written with Jenn Ashworth
In 1972, during the chaotic days of miners’ strikes and the three-day week, Brix Shipley moves to Plunge Hill to start her new job as a medical secretary at the local hospital.
As she writes to Maurice, her younger brother, sick at home, it becomes clear that not all is well at Plunge Hill. There are frequent power cuts and she has to work by candlelight. While she’d hoped this might inspire some blitz spirit and solidarity between her, the other secretaries and the medical staff, she’s increasingly isolated and seemingly ignored by her co-workers.
We Were Strangers
Rough Trade Top 5 Books of the Year 2018
An anthology of short stories, each of which takes its title and inspiration from a track on Joy Division’s 1979 album Unknown Pleasures.
Featuring original work from Jenn Ashworth, Anne Billson, David Gaffney, Jessie Greengrass, Zoe Lambert, Toby Litt, Sophie Mackintosh, Louise Marr, Nicholas Royle and Eley Williams.
The Night Visitors
Co-written with Jenn Ashworth
Winner - Saboteur Awards 2017
Told entirely via an exchange of emails, The Night Visitors is a story of ghosts, obsession and inherited evil.
Bus Station Unbound
Co-written with Jenn Ashworth
A sprawling, interactive choose-your-own-adventure-style novel set in Preson Bus Station.