Author Archives: john-houlihan

Corridors

Author copies of the fantastic new anthology, Corridors, by Innsmouth Gold have dropped through my letterbox this morning and the compilation, which is based on the King in Yellow mythos of Robert W Chambers, features some fantastic stories from the renowned Innsmouth Writing Circle. It’s available now in print or ebook direct from the Innsmouth […]

February 10, 2022 – 9:53 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Corridors

Constellation nominated for a BSFA award

No matter what anyone tells you, it’s always splendid to be nominated for an award and with the British Science Fiction Association’s annual list just published, I was delighted to see that The Constellation of Alarion has made the longlist for Best Short Fiction for 2021. Of course, it would be amazing to win, but […]

January 25, 2022 – 11:57 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off on Constellation nominated for a BSFA award

Vital Signals/Future Plans

It’s probably a bit late now to wish everyone a happy new year, so all I’ll say is, welcome to 2022, let’s hope it doesn’t suck as much as its immediate predecessors. It’s started off on a good note for me at least, as I’ve just received my author’s copy of Vital Signals, a brand […]

January 17, 2022 – 2:44 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off on Vital Signals/Future Plans

Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Arrives!

Wow, this was a while coming! I’ve just received my contributor’s copies of the full range of Achtung! Cthulhu books, dice, and accessories and I have to say they are glorious! Seeing your words and ideas made into such impressive physical form is always a supreme thrill and this is the culmination of over two […]

October 5, 2021 – 9:39 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Arrives!

Massive Damage Adventures

It’s always marvellous to have a chat about my work as an RPG narrative designer and I joined the splendid Meric Moir from Massive Damage Adventures for an extended Q&A where we discuss the forthcoming release of Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20. We cover all kinds of material including the factions, lore, and much much more in […]

September 16, 2021 – 2:47 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Massive Damage Adventures

The Constellation of Alarion Launches!

It’s The Constellation of Alarion launch day and my brand new collection of sci-fi short stories is now available to buy in paperback and e-book! It’s available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon UK and US, in PDF and paperback on DriveThruRPG, in PDF from Modiphus.net and also on Smashwords! Some early reviews are in, […]

June 24, 2021 – 7:28 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments Off on The Constellation of Alarion Launches!

Constellation: Carers

Well, as you may have noticed, it’s launch week for The Constellation of Alarion and to celebrate, I thought I’d give you another chance to have a listen to one of the stories. This is Carers, the first short story in the collection, which was written for and originally performed at Virtual Future Fictions. Release […]

June 22, 2021 – 8:55 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Comments Off on Constellation: Carers

The Constellation Shines!

It’s always a seminal moment when the book you’ve spent so long writing, editing, reading, re-reading, plotting, planning and preparing finally arrives and sits plumply in your own fair hand. So  here it is, the first proof copy of The Constellation of Alarion and Other Stories! Release is set for Thursday 24th June, so just […]

June 21, 2021 – 1:43 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Comments Off on The Constellation Shines!

The Constellation of Alarion

The Constellation of Alarion is finally here! My new collection of sci-fi short stories can finally be revealed and you can see it’s brand new cover above.

The ebook pre-order is live right now on both Amazon UK and US for Kindle lovers and Smashwords for all other ebook and retail formats, with the print paperback to follow on June 24.

May 27, 2021 – 7:43 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on The Constellation of Alarion

Nyarlathotapp

More fun today as the long awaited Nyarlathotep anthology from Stygian Fox makes its debut on Amazon. I’m always tickled to be part of any anthology and for this one, I contributed Nyarlathotapp, an original short story.  Nyarlathotep has always been a fascinating figure within mythos circles: the dark pharaoh, the crawling chaos, the herald […]

May 11, 2021 – 10:28 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Nyarlathotapp