 Who are you? I’m Grant Longstaff. Fledgling writer with a full time job on the side. Your signature style: My stories tend to be rather bleak, mournful and reflective. At least, that’s what I’m aiming for when it comes to my own work. Toot your own horn: My biggest achievement so far is having my short story, Dog (Does Not) Eat Dog, selected by Mercedes M. Yardley for inclusion in Arterial Bloom from Crystal Lake Publishing. Books read: Most recently I’ve read Everything Is Beautiful and Nothing Bad Can Ever Happen Here by Michael Wehunt and Dear Laura by Gemma Amor. Both were great novellas. Dark, personal stories. If you’ve not read them yet, get on it. Movies watched: Midsommar. I thought it was beautiful and terrifying. All the colour and light make the horror so much worse. Also watched the first season of Channel Zero – Candle Cove. Suitably creepy, and the final episode had strong Silent Hill/Twin Peak vibes. Games and/or music played: I’m replaying the original Final Fantasy 7 on the Xbox. Still a great game with a deep story to lose yourself in. Music for writing – Max Richter, Cities Last Broadcast, Giles Lamb. Words written: I’m working on a novella at the moment. It’s slow going, and the current pandemic is draining a lot of my creative energy, but I’m chipping away at it as and when I can. Future stuff: I’m working on a review of Tales from The Shadow Booth Vol. 4 for Gingernuts of Horror. I’m hoping to turn it in soon. Sorry, Jim! Also, I hope I’ll have a finished novella... we can hope. Brain worms: I’ve recently been running a RPG in a WhatsApp group of six friends. It takes place during a zombie apocalypse in our hometown. It’s been a fun, creative outlet – creating scenarios and reacting to players actions quickly – without the pressure of having to write your best words ever. This is a round about way of suggesting you try mixing it up with your social interactions – it might be good for your creative soul to take a break and experiment. Grant Longstaff Grant Longstaff is from Gateshead; a small, suitably dismal town in the north east of England where nothing much happens. He had no choice but to write fiction. His short story, Dissolution, appeared on The Other Stories Podcast. His work is also forthcoming in Arterial Bloom, edited my Mercedes M. Yardley, and Aurealis Magazine. You can find him on Twitter @GrantLongstaff. Arterial Bloom Lush. Brutal. Beautiful. Visceral. Crystal Lake Publishing proudly presents Arterial Bloom, an artful juxtaposition of the magnificence and macabre that exist within mankind. Each tale in this collection is resplendent with beauty, teeth, and heart. Edited by the Bram Stoker Award-winning writer Mercedes M. Yardley, Arterial Bloom is a literary experience featuring 16 stories from some of the most compelling dark authors writing today. With a foreword by HWA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient Linda D. Addison, you are invited to step inside and let the grim flowers wind themselves comfortably around your bones.   the heart and soul of horror promotion websitesComments are closed.
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