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The cover of Blood Type by Alexander Lane features an antique manual typewriter spattered in blood

Blood Type: no backspace, no escape, no return

A Nightmare Vacations novella about obsession, possession and a murderous muse.

Six writers. One secluded manor. And a typewriter that won’t ever let you stop.

The cover of Bad Boz by Alexander Lane is a pen and ink sketch of an Alsatian-style dog in a woodland setting

Bad Boz: a short hairy horror story

Anna wanted to give a rescue dog a home. But what she adopts isn’t a pet. It’s a purpose on four legs.

Bad Boz is folk horror for the post-biotech age: eerie, intimate and grotesquely plausible.

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The archive of broken promises

Here are my old newsletters back to the start of 2025, for those who missed the fun.

November 2025

Blood Beneath The Sands (What, Fresh Horror #10)

October 2025

The Wet Deck (What, Fresh Horror? #9)

Halloween apple bobbing with Chuck Wendig (Read-o-Rama #9)

September 2025

Confess by Skye Arden (What, Fresh Horror #8)

From the edge of horror (Read-o-Rama #8)

August 2025

What, fresh horror? #7: The Bloody Edition

Read-o-Rama #7: The Twisted Ones

July 2025

What, Fresh Horror? #6: Bad Boz

Read-o-Rama #6: Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

June 2025

What, fresh horror? #5: Last call for Blood Point ARCs

Read-o-Rama #5: 5⭐ reviews for Blood Point, plus Medieval horror

May 2025

What, fresh horror? #4: Blood Point pre-order ebook discount

Read-o-Rama #4: Grab a free Blood Point review ebook

April 2025

What, fresh horror? #3: Blood Point cover reveal

Read-o-rama #3: The Book of Accidents

March 2025

A splatter of Blood Type: What, Fresh Horror? #2

Read-o-rama #2: The Sparrow

February 2025

What, fresh horror? #1: Mars Needs Babies

Read-o-rama #1: Ella Minnow Pea

January 2025

Ebook or paper: what’s your story?

Reader’s block is a real thing