I have a brand new and exclusive short story out on BBC Radio 4 now! The Cottage is a spooky, seasonally-appropriate tale about the twin horrors of scary old houses and going to work for yer da. It’s read by actor Scott Miller (War Horse, The Outrun), who has done an incredible job – his … More Listen to ‘The Cottage’ on BBC Radio 4
Thrilled to be returning to the University of Strathclyde for the first time in a decade (!) for this event celebrating 60 years of English and Creative Writing at Strathy. I’ll be appearing alongside fellow Strathy alumni and recently published writers Margaret McDonald (Glasgow Boys) and Megan Ridgway (The Magpie) to talk about our work … More 60 Years of English & Creative Writing at Strathclyde, 5/6/24, 6pm @ Strathclyde Union
Really happy to see my alien spy short story SECRET INGREDIENTS reappear in the new issue of Shoreline of Infinity! First published in Issue 15 (2019), it was chosen to appear in this special collection for the launch of new Scottish sci-fi webzine SF Caledonia. Created by Shoreline’s founder and former editor, Noel Chidwick, SF … More Read SECRET INGREDIENTS (again!) in Shoreline of Infinity 35
Excited to be joining some fabulous writers for another Event Horizon, the SFF cabaret night hosted by Edinburgh Sci-fi zine Shoreline of Infinity. This will be a special one as part of this year’s Cymera Festival and will see returning Event Horizon guests, including Ely Percy, Pippa Goldschmidt and Gavin Inglis read from works previously … More Event Horizon at Cymera ’23
Earlier this year, the brilliant spec fic author T.L. Huchu wrote a wonderful review of Squeaky Clean which I want to share: I’ve read a quite a few brilliant Scottish crime novels, but McSorley is a fresh voice and his talent shines through. The writing from the first page to the last is an absolute … More T.L. Huchu on SQUEAKY CLEAN
Despite the title of the collection describing its contributing authors as ‘Five Without Honour’ I am, actually, very honoured to have a story in this new short anthology from Anxiety Press. Five Without Honour: Justified Sinners is a sampler of Scottish writing put together by the incredibly talented Chris Kelso, author of The Dregs Trilogy, … More Read YE TAK THE GHOST ROAD in ‘Five Without Honour: Justified Sinners’
I’m once again over the moon to return to the pages of my favourite Sci fi mag Shoreline of Infinity. Issue 33 contains excellent work by David Lawrie (his experimental short story ‘You are in a Room’, which fills the margins of the whole issue, is truly original and chilling), Lucy Zhang, Michael Teasdale and … More Read CRADLE in Shoreline of Infinity 33 now
Today’s the day! Part Two of Ghostlore on the Alternative Stories Podcast is now available to listen to here. (And on many other streaming platforms too, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon, and all the big ones, whichever your preferred platform is.) The second half of Ghostlore, edited by the excellent author Lyndsey Croal, features stories involving … More Listen to ‘Ye Tak the Ghost Road’ on Ghostlore Part Two: Hauntings NOW
I’m really pleased to have found a home for my short story, The Brothers Oe. It will be appearing in The Society of Misfit Stories, published by Bards and Sages Publishing, in September this year. It seems almost inevitable, as ‘misfit’ is certainly the best way to describe The Brothers Oe. It’s fantasy, sort of. … More The Society of Misfit Stories
Last year Dead Guns Press published their first Hardboiled anthology after a couple of years’ hiatus. My short story Sherry Sherry was included. (Yes, that is a Neil Diamond reference.) A twist on the old girl in the fridge trope, the somewhat unstable narrator goes on the rampage when she comes home to discover her … More Sherry Sherry
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