It’s a pleasure and a thrill to write an essay for the exceptional Volume 1 Brooklyn, especially a (brief) memoir of growing up in a house that may (or may not) be full of ghosts. If you like appropriately ambiguous true stories of the weird, then I hope you’ll check it out!
Read the full article at Vol.1 Brooklyn.
ICYMI (and aren’t yet sick of my relentless pre-launch pimping), Greg Chapman invited me over to his website for a wee interview. Inside you will find: assumptions, inspiration, impostor syndrome, Enid Blyton, lists – and more!Check it out over on Greg’s reviews page Fresh Blood.
The Measure of Sorrow gets a write up at Tor.com, along with a host of other indie press spec fic that’s not to be missed!
“This year brings with it the first collection from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning author J. Ashley-Smith. The Measure of Sorrow abounds with stories in which places exhibit uncanny properties and communal events turn monstrous. Throw the Garden of Eden into the mix and you have a compelling book for perusal. (Meerkat Press; June 2023)”
Check out the full article here.
