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Thanks, folks - much appreciated.

Shawn; yes, the stuff in this collection is slightly less bleak and urban than my usual stuff (although much of it is still pretty bleak: I can't write any other way). I hope that elements of pathos will be apparent in a lot of the tales, and I've written a couple of longish tales that I think represent my best work so far in the short form.

I've basically tried to use the traditional techniques of weird fiction to examine modern themes. My recent Black Static story "Slap" will be in there, and is as bleak and urban as any of these stories gets.

There are Jamesian ghosts, ancient monsters and tales of broken childhood. I really hope this will be something of a breakthrough collection for me as a lot of people seem to buy Ash tree books (me included!).