The Kickstarter campaign for the anthology OUT OF THE DARKNESS, which features horror and dark fantasy authors’ stories related to mental health issues, ended yesterday, and it was massively successful – more than 300% funded, with all stretch goals met! This is particularly welcome news, as all royalties, as well as editor Dan Coxon’s fees, will go to charity Together for Mental Wellbeing.
Over the course of the campaign Dan did a terrific job of raising awareness, and, along with other authors involved in the anthology, I contributed to a few articles:
- Aliya Whiteley, Anna Vaught and I discussed our respective stories at Ginger Nuts of Horror
- Along with Ashley Stokes, Aliya Whiteley, Eugen Bacon and Verity Holloway, I participated in a round table discussion at Runalong the Shelves
- Tiffani Angus, James Everington and I compared notes about the difficulties of writing during lockdown, at Civilian Reader
Plus, here’s Dan speaking about the aims of the anthology in general, at Runalong the Shelves.
The anthology will be published by the wonderful Unsung Stories in August 2021, with the following tantalising lineup:
- Nocturia – Nicholas Royle
- The Note – Jenn Ashworth
- Lonely Souls in Quiet Houses – Laura Mauro
- Seabound – Alison Moore
- Goodbye, Jonathan Tumbledown – Tim Major
- The Chorus – Aliya Whiteley
- Meet on the Edge – Gareth E. Rees
- The Forlorn Hope – Verity Holloway
- Oblio – Richard V. Hirst
- Still She Visits – Eugen Bacon
- Bloodybones Jones – Sam Thompson
- Flotsam and Jetsam – Malcolm Devlin
- The Lightness of their Hearts – Georgina Bruce
- The Residential – Gary Budden
- Replacement Bus Service – Ashley Stokes
- Temple – Anna Vaught
- The Hungry Dark – Simon Bestwick
