I was born when the world was a lot younger in Liverpool, England, and now live mostly in Tasmania, having had the amazing opportunity to live in Belgium and Canada. I enjoy my horror with a supern...view moreI was born when the world was a lot younger in Liverpool, England, and now live mostly in Tasmania, having had the amazing opportunity to live in Belgium and Canada. I enjoy my horror with a supernatural and psychological flavour; my main inspiration comes from the workings of Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, HP Lovecraft, M.R. James. More recently I have focussed on writing and publishing short stories. My most recent project was the Things in The Well series of anthologies and collections which comprise 28 books in total, including my own collections 'The Beard and Other Weirdness' and 'Deeper, Darker Things and Other Oddities,' the lead story from which was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award for best novella in 2020.Prior to the above, I was series editor and contributing artist and writer on 'The Refuge Collection', a selection of 36 short stories about a mythical dystopian future shared-world set in a town called Refuge: Heaven to Some.. Hell to Others - All the proceeds for both anthologies went (and still do) to support refugees in need of help through two established charities: Sanctuary Australia Foundation and Refugee Action UK.In 2013 I published 'Book of the Tribes - a Tribute to Clive Barker's Nightbreed,' and in the 1980s I was publisher and editor for a monthly magazine called 'Adventurer'.view less