I'm delighted to announce that I'm going back on the road with more performed readings of my fiction. First stop is Chichester Fringe with two horror stories in a show called Tales in the Key of Terror. The show will incorporate sound effects and slide shows in an effort to recreate the immersive experience of watching one of my Back of the Bookshelf podcast episodes in a live setting.

The first story on the programme is And Justice for One, a supernatural horror about a gambler in the old West who finds himself being haunted when he accidentally shoots a child. It is in the vein of writers like M.R. James and Edgar Allan Poe, focusing on atmosphere and tension, rather than gore. It was published in Volume 4 of Seasons in the Night back in 2005. The second story is Destination Earth, a sci-fi horror in the vein of movies like Alien and Event Horizon, about an astro-investigator hired to find out why a mining ship hasn’t reached its destination. This one was originally published in Volume 1, Issue 1 of The Literary Bone in 2007 and appeared again in my Bloodlust Variations collection.

The Chichester Fringe performance of Tales in the Key of Terror is taking place at Chichester City Arts Centre at 9pm on 3rd June 2023. Tickets are available here

More performed reading dates to be announced. Watch this space.