FantasyCon 2015 - Before...

I've never been important enough to have an actual 'schedule' for a convention before. I'm still not important, but here's the things I'm involved in at this year's FantasyCon 2015, in my home town of Nottingham in just over a week:

Friday 23rd
2pm, the bar: not an official event this, but an hour before FantasyCon formally starts there is going to be a launch of the Masks anthology from KnightWatch Press, which features my story Porcelain. I believe I'll be doing a reading but details are still to be confirmed.

Saturday 24th
3pm, Conference Theatre: I'll be moderating the British Horror Present & Future panel, with an all star cast of panelists: Nina Allan, Cate Gardner, Alison Littlewood, Adam Nevill, Simon Kurt Unsworth and Stephen Jones. I've never moderated a panel before, so it's certainly in at the deep-end given how much I admire all of the panelists' work. Should be fun/terrifying.

11.30pm, somewhere: I'll be doing a reading slot during the graveyard shift; not sure exactly what I'll pick to read yet. Any requests?

Other than that, I'll likely be in the bar/attending some of the excellent book launches, panels & readings/eating curry/meeting up with friends old and new. Hope to see a few of you there!

Porcelain

Very pleased to say my story 'Porcelain' will be appearing in the forthcoming anthology Masks from Knightwatch Press. Edited by Dean M Drinkel, the book will be launched at Fantasycon 2015. Full lineup and the cover art from James Powell below. (Pleased to see my friend Phil Sloman in the lineup as well.)

Many Happy Returns - Kyle Rader
Trixie - Christopher L Beck
An Absent Host - F.A. Nosić
Variety Night - Russell Proctor
The Silencing Machine - Clockhouse Writers
After The End - Christine Morgan / Lucas Williams
The Face Collector - Stephanie Ellis
The Jar By The Door - Icy Sedgwick
Porcelain - James Everington
The Man Who Fed The Foxes - Phil Sloman
The House Of A Thousand Faces - Chris Stokes
Blood, Gingerbread and Life - David T Griffith
His Last Portrait - Adrian Cole