Plans are now well underway for the second volume of Curious Tales. Last year there were six of us; this year there will be eight: seven writers and one artist, our very own Beth Ward again, who did such a beautiful job of the illustrations for the first book (as you’ll see above). What else can I tell you? There will be a set of strange and unsettling ghost stories published in a fancy anthology this winter. There will be a series of events (some with mulled wine, some with costumes – well, I’ve got a new Victorian-ish dress, if you drink enough mulled wine and squint it’ll be wraithlike), starting in early December, in libraries and bookshops across the country. The two special guest writers for 2014 are very special indeed. Meantime watch this space. And THIS space. If you like.

Who ya gonna call? The Curious Crew, L-R: Beth Ward, Tom Fletcher, me, Alison Moore, Jenn Ashworth, Richard Hirst