{"id":7204,"date":"2023-05-12T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=7204"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:47:09","slug":"the-horror-the-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-horror-the-horror\/","title":{"rendered":"The Horror, the Horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, the monstrous Editing Helm has been clamped to my head again, and as the rusted spikes dig in, here are three separate projects which are looking for submissions of weird and horror fiction: occult investigators, Edwardian weird, and strange tales of Europe during the Second World War. More about those in a moment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-horror-the-horror\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=900%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=474%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=361%2C542\" alt=\"horror\" width=\"361\" height=\"542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last twelve months has been a bit of a pain, literally, with more than one bout of COVID, then a long stretch of gastroenteritis, bronchitis, serious dental trouble \u2014 and a heart attack. Yet despite becoming a medical dictionary, I seem to be stumbling on. After all, I have Biscuit, our young and demanding Staffie-cross to think of, and a lot of vegetables to sow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7208\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7208\" style=\"width: 387px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7208\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-horror-the-horror\/yawnlick\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1644083566&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"yawnlick\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;a Biscuit!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?fit=474%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7208\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?resize=387%2C290\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/yawnlick.jpg?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">a Biscuit!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the odd world of writing and lag-time, I do have quite a lot of new fiction which I hope will be out this year, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE BEASTS OF KEMBERDALE<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 Folk horror, another tale of Justin Margrave, my long-suffering gay art critic from the 1970s.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-GB\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">THE CITIES WE ONCE KNEW<\/span><\/strong> \u2014 <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">Weirdness i<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">n the late 1920s, <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">when <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">a struggling<\/span> <span lang=\"en-GB\">explorer goes deep into the Brazilian Amazon in search of Percy Fawcett, who disappeared whilst seeking the legendary lost city of \u2018Z\u2019. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span lang=\"en-GB\" style=\"color: #800000;\">D<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-GB\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ECEMBER\u2019S CHILDREN<\/span> <\/strong>\u2014 More weirdness in <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">a story<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> of th<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">at<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> peculiar, isolated hotel on the North Sea cliffs, the Langton.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>THE SMOKE MARKET<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 Margrave again, this time amongst the Amazigh (Berber) women of Morocco, and a strange encounter in seventies Marrakesh.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A PROMISE OF BLADES<\/strong> <\/span>\u2014 Catherine Weatherhead\/Madame Rostov, from my novel The Assassin\u2019s Coin, comes into reluctant contact with Mr Sherlock Holmes, as a dead artist and a Tarot pack are linked to a series of murders.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 A Lovecraft-adjacent murder mystery set in 1930s Cambridge, with two very unusual investigators, deception and tragedy.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>THE FOUR DETECTIVES<\/strong><\/span> \u2014 The sequel to a classic Father Brown story, involving, well \u2013 four detectives, in the end. And a wanderer from his usual Baker Street haunt may be one of them\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to say that the first of the above, \u2018The Beasts of Kemberdale\u2019 is in the forthcoming <em>Lonely Hollows<\/em> folk-horror anthology from Pavane Press, edited by <strong>Cliff Biggers<\/strong> and <strong>Charles R Rutledge<\/strong> \u2014 which is available for Kindle pre-order right now, and will also be in PB. And that cool cover may &lt;cough&gt; be related to my story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-horror-the-horror\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=900%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"900,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?fit=474%2C711&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=171%2C257\" alt=\"horror\" width=\"171\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/343753040_1319281091987621_652605255923455960_n.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Lonely-Hollows-Tales-Folk-Horror-ebook\/dp\/B0C4KPMVSY\/ref=sr_1_2?crid=13RWKA19E2GR1&amp;keywords=lonely+hollows&amp;qid=1683894357&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=lonely+hollows%2Cstripbooks%2C74&amp;sr=1-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lonely hollows pre-order uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lonely-Hollows-Tales-Folk-Horror-ebook\/dp\/B0C4KPMVSY\/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1BIS0QJNTUX00&amp;keywords=lonely+hollows&amp;qid=1683894445&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=lonely+hollows%2Cdigital-text%2C214&amp;sr=1-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>lonely hollows pre-order us<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A whole MARGRAVE collection is also in the works from another publisher, with additional unpublished stories being finalised right now. A blend of folk horror, weird fiction and supernatural horror themes, as the debonair, wine-loving \u2018much put-upon old queen\u2019 (his words) gets drawn into the most peculiar situations.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7164\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/new-anthologies-of-the-weird\/doll-2554798_960_720\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?fit=960%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"doll-2554798_960_720\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?fit=474%2C316&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7164 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?resize=420%2C280\" alt=\"horror\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/doll-2554798_960_720.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>OPEN FOR BUSINESS<\/h2>\n<p>Now, a reminder of those open calls for submissions. I\u2019m not exactly sure that I\u2019m a horror writer myself; I like the mysterious and the inexplicable, tales which make you question some things \u2014 or doubt everything. When editing, I don\u2019t tend to look for classic monster tropes. Werewolves are often so yesterday, vampires are rather overdone, and zombies dull or mishandled (but I can be surprised, of course). Mythic monstrosities from folklore and early cultures are a bit more appealing \u2014 better Hammurabi and ruined Babylon than Hammer Horror.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not generally interested in there being lots of blood and hacking people up, unless there\u2019s a more interesting thought behind it all. I can enjoy Mythos-adjacent works, but prefer subtlety, not caring overmuch for cthulhus lumbering around the house and tentacles cluttering the place up. I have enough vacuuming to do already. Kaiju leave me\u2026 kold.<\/p>\n<p>What does excite me? Strange stories which get under your skin, literally or figuratively \u2014 characters with depth, settings with hints of menace, and \u2018monsters\u2019 (if used at all) which make you think and challenge existing approaches. The Normal subverted, or intruded upon; the Ab-Natural scratching at the back of your mind. The terms weird fiction, magical realism and folk horror all apply.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m currently seeking cool stories for all three of the following\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1) <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">ALONE ON THE BORDERLAND: Tales of Edwardian Dread<\/span><\/strong> is open until 30 JUNE 2023. An anthology of new weird fiction set between 1901 and 1919 \u2013 from the death of Queen Victoria to the immediate aftermath of the Great War and the Spanish Influenza epidemic. For Belanger Books.<\/p>\n<p>2) <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>A DARKER CONTINENT: Strange Tales of Europe at War<\/strong><\/span> is open until 31 AUGUST 2023. An anthology of weird and peculiar fiction set anywhere in Europe from 1938-1946, considering the impact and experiences of war on the people \u2014 soldiers or not \u2014 who had to deal with those dark times. For Belanger Books.<\/p>\n<p>In both of these cases, preference is for weird fiction rather than straight horror \u2014 for disquiet, unease, and a questioning of the world we thought we knew (or the people we thought we were). Full guidelines for both are available here:<strong> <a class=\"western\" href=\"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/new-anthologies-of-the-weird\/\">http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/new-anthologies-of-the-weird\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3) <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>OCCULT DETECTIVE MAGAZINE<\/strong><\/span> is open again, until 1ST AUGUST 2023. As usual, I and Dave Brzeski (the publisher) are seeking intriguing tales of those who investigate or explore the strange and unusual, be the circumstances paranormal, supernatural, occult horror, or just simply very odd. For this one, any and every period is open to be plundered \u2014 we\u2019ve already published stories set in Roman, pre-Columbian and future times. For Cathaven Press.<\/p>\n<p>Full guidelines for this one are available here: <strong><a class=\"western\" href=\"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/occult-detective-magazine\/\">http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/occult-detective-magazine\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">Oh, and my last collection, <strong><em>Where All is Night, and Starless<\/em><\/strong>, <\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">ended up as<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\"> a Shirley Jackson Award nominee, which was nice. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/the-horror-the-horror\/biccyshirley\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Fire HD&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1676638837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.27&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;445&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.060002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"biccyshirley\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?fit=474%2C632&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7209 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?resize=225%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/biccyshirley.jpg?w=948 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-GB\">You can get that<\/span> <strong>here, <\/strong><strong>should you wish<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"left\"><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH AMAZON UK &amp; US, AND THROUGH THE PUBLISHER, JOURNALSTONE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Amazon US: <em><a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Where-Night-Starless-Linwood-Grant\/dp\/1950305902\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=John+Linwood+grant&amp;qid=1631321663&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Where All is Night, and Starless<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Amazon UK: <em><a class=\"western\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Where-Night-Starless-Linwood-Grant\/dp\/1950305902\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;qid=1631321713&amp;refinements=p_27%3AJohn+Linwood+Grant&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Where All is Night, and Starless<\/u><\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, the monstrous Editing Helm has been clamped to my head again, and as the rusted spikes dig in, here are three separate projects which are looking for submissions of weird and horror fiction: occult investigators, Edwardian weird, and strange tales of Europe during the Second World War. More about those in a moment. 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