Magpie’s Ladder, my first collection of short stories is set to be published next month by PS Publishing in the UK. It contains 5 illustrated stories and a wrap-around cover featuring my art. These are weird tales with elements of fantasy and horror. The stories are,
- Magpie’s Ladder: A researcher’s curiosity draws her to the dream realm of the Darkling Lands.
- The Engrosser: Condemned by his own crime, an engrosser plumbs the labyrinthine depths of his firm’s building to find that he is not alone.
- Lint: A giant searches for his missing brother.
- The Elephant Bridge: A young woman opens a sealed house atop a crumbling bridge.
- Thin Skin: A young academic moves into the house of a dead professor and finds himself trapped in a dark fairy-tale.
In past years PS has used my artwork for a series of Caitlin R. Kiernan reissues, and a novel by Kim Wilkins called Odin’s Girl. I’m very pleased that they are now publishing my stories.
– Richard
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