Just published Read my story Not One Stone in the latest issue of Paraphilia Magazine for a glimpse into the nightmarish world of Sunshine State. The issue also contains an excellent analysis of Lost Boys. Read my story Fragments of Another in the special Doppelganger issue of Paraphilia magazine and my story Dreams of the Lost Children in Antique Children magazine. Work in progress With the support of an Arts Council grant for writers, I have started writing my third novel, Capitalist Punishment. More details to follow in time. Short stories My short stories have appeared in the following anthologies: The Time Out Book of London Walks 1 ed. Andrew White (Penguin: London, 1998) Neon Lit: The Time Out Book of New Writing Volume 1 ed. Nicholas Royle (Quartet: London, 1998) The Ex-Files ed. Nicholas Royle (Quartet: London, 1998) Dark Terrors 4 eds. David Sutton & Stephen Jones (Victor Gollancz: London, 1998) Dark Terrors 2 eds. David Sutton & Stephen Jones (Victor Gollancz: London, 1996) A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle (Victor Gollancz: London, 1996) The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writer's Dreams ed. Nicholas Royle (Serpent’s Tail, 1996) Last Rites and Resurrections ed. Andy Cox (TTA Press, 1995) American literature My other work about African-American literature and Civil Rights has appeared in the following academic journals: Journal of American Studies 42, (2008) "What does it mean to be an American?" The Dialectics of Self-Discovery in Baldwin's 'Paris Essays' (1950-61)" European Journal of American Culture, (forthcoming) "Integration, Transformation and the Redemption of America: The Fire Next Time and ‘A Letter From Birmingham Jail' "