This is the cover for the Torquere anthology, Animal Attraction, which comes out early next month.

I think it's wonderful!

My story is called Bungalow Bill -- I'm not telling what sort of animal it's about. Just yet...

Here's another review for 'The Facility Trip'.

It's from the fearsome Mrs Giggles. She liked it, but thought it wasn't long enough.

http://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/vaughan_trip.html

Still, a score of 78 isn't bad...

I don't usually talk about other writers here. (This Blog is all about ME, ME, ME....) but I wanted to mention a terrific novella I read recently. It's called A Tail in Two Cities, it's by T. H. Ailward and it's published by Torquere in their 'Everyday Spectres' line. This is the rather unnerving generic cover.

I liked this one so much I wrote a review of it:

This is a warm, witty and beautifully crafted story. It tells what happens when two love affairs and two parallel universes get inextricably, and comically intertwined. The sex is not explicit, but the erotic charge is unmissable. And this deceptively simple tale works on several levels, taking a gently sardonic poke at man's inhumanity to man, and angels'... er... unangelic behaviour to demons (and other angels as well.) All this and the most sensuous tail you'll ever encounter. And of course, there's the urban unicorn. Every street should have one! This is a lovely story which you'll want to read again and again.

T. H. Ailward is a friend, and also a first class writer. This one really is worth a look!

Right, time to get back to the self absorption!

There's a new review for 'The Facility Trip'

I think this reviewer really liked it.

http://mystiquebooks.com/Book%20Reviews/Contemporary/Facility%20Trip_The.htm

Isn't it nice?

Freya's Bower has agreed to take a novella called 'The Price of Gold'.

It's an urban parable in which Freya herself appears to sort out the deeply shallow (!) life of a trader in Gold in the city of London.

It's the first full-scale paranormal I've written (although there are a couple of short stories) so I'm very pleased...

My latest novel 'A Personal Statement' has just been published by Freya's Bower.

Here's the blurb: 'Pascal Dumont is a highly successful politician. He’s a minister in the British government, and people are already thinking of him as a future prime minister. But Dumont has a secret.
And when the handsome American intern, Todd Panopoulos, turns up to work in his office, it looks as if the secret may be in danger of spilling out. Dumont’s reckless affair with Todd threatens his career, his honour and his prospective marriage. And when an unscrupulous journalist starts digging into Dumont’s past, he finds a lot more dirt to entertain the readers of the country’s tabloid press. When Dumont is forced into a humiliating position, he has no choice but to make a Personal Statement to parliament. But what will his bitter enemy, the opposition shadow Jack Wickham, make of it all? The story ends with a revelation which will surprise even the most seasoned scandal-merchants.'

I really love this one! Do check it out...

The new edition of Forbidden Fruit is out. This ezine is packed with articles and stories. And there's one of mine, a (mostly) gentle and haunting love story set in Brittany in Western France.

It's called L'Atelier du Temps .

Have a look at the wonderful illustration for this tale by the artist Eve Le Dez.

It's well worth it!