Apologies for the very long silence whilst in the throes of writing, editing, proofreading, and participating in various stages of the production of... Edgar Allan Poe and the Empire of the Dead ! The last novel in the Poe & Dupin sleuthing trilogy has just been published by Point Blank Books in the U.K., with a press date of 🎃💀 31 October 2019 💀🎃— which is very appropriate given (a good deal of) the novel’s setting, and the notion in folklore that from 31 October to 2 No

Today is the official publication date of the paperback version of Edgar Allan Poe and the Jewel of Peru by Point Blank Books, the crime imprint of Oneworld Publications. (The Australian publication date for the paperback is in November...) I've created a little animation to celebrate-- my first iMovie attempt, so forgive the annoying imperfections. I've used some images in it that inspired the story (although not all those images...) and my trusty Edgar Allan Poe action fig

Wheee! Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster has taken flight in the U.S. in paperback form thanks to Pegasus Books. #EdgarAllanPoe #CAugusteDupin #Gothicmystery #Mystery #HistoricalFiction #historicalcrime #LiteraryCrime

The Serbian translation of Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster, published by Vulkan, was recently released into the world. I don't have my own copy yet, but I am more than pleased with the dust jacket design. I love the colour combinations and layout, the silhouette of London and Poe... or is it Dupin? The blood spatter, albino raven/ cloud backdrop, and small skull detail with fingerprint strikes me as very clever. Even better, is the translation of Poe's name (Po) and

Edgar Allan Poe and the London Monster will be published in Russia by AST publications in early November, and I've just been sent the art work. I'm very pleased with this alternative artwork -- it looks like a mysterious nineteenth century tome, which adds to the sense of Gothic mystery. And Poe wearing Dupin's green spectacles lends a touch of steam punk. (Or perhaps it is Dupin himself on the cover, given his uncanny likeness to Poe?) #EdgarAllanPoe #LondonMonster #CAugust

I am definitely the sort of person easily influenced to pick up a book because I find it's cover appealing or unusual, so it was interesting to look at a few covers for Poe's various works and consider how each gives a sense of its era as well as its contents. Poe's most famous poem "The Raven" is included in each volume and influences the design of the three book covers, yet each is very different in tone and style. I find them all compelling, but if one didn't know the work