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 […]

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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 […]

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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.

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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 […]

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

Q&A on Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer

It’s always enjoyable to be able to talk about my writing and I’m really pleased to have been interviewed by Adam from the awesome Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer, one of the best fantastic fiction sites around.   In this extensive Q&A, we chat about all manner of shenanigans including my Seraph Chronicles and Mon Dieu […]

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February 1, 2021 – 11:31 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Q&A on Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviewer

Innsmouth Book Club

What splendid fun I had last week joining Rob Poyton and John Chadwick for the Innsmouth Book Club, join us for a chat which encompasses books, Achtung! Cthulhu, computer games, the revenge of the nerds and the inexorable rise of interest in HPL and the Mythos.

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January 11, 2021 – 12:00 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Innsmouth Book Club

Weird Tails and Year’s End

Well, look what just turned up in the post, my author’s copy of Weird Tails, a brand new compilation of Mythos fiction, which is inspired by both HP Lovecraft and horror fiction’s ongoing fascination with all things feline. It’s a fantastic folio of freakishly feline fables and features an array of authors from the Innsmouth […]

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December 24, 2020 – 9:32 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Weird Tails and Year’s End

Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 interview!

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October 21, 2020 – 10:21 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 interview!

Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Live Play!

From Section M Headquarters Greetings agent! Your presence is both requested and required to embark on a top secret mission into occupied France tonight at 7pm BST on Twitch.TV to combat the menace of the Nazi occult force known as the Black Sun. The odds are against us, the chances of success are slim, but […]

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October 20, 2020 – 9:35 am | By john-houlihan | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on Achtung! Cthulhu 2d20 Live Play!

RandomWorlds IRC Chat!

Delighted to announce I did a Q&A session tonight on the excellent Randomworlds IRC site last night, and if you missed it, you can catch up with the archive on the Hardboiled GM Shoe’s site here. I donned my Achtung! Cthulhu overlord’s helmet and chatted about the forthcoming 2d20 version of the game, new campaigns […]

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September 15, 2020 – 2:42 pm | By john-houlihan | Posted in Blog | Tagged , | Comments Off on RandomWorlds IRC Chat!