Paul Kane has been writing professionally for almost fourteen years. His genre journalism has appeared in such magazines as
The Dark Side,
Death Ray,
Fangoria,
SFX,
Dreamwatch and
Rue Morgue, and his first non-fiction book was the critically acclaimed
The Hellraiser Films and
Their Legacy, introduced by Doug ‘Pinhead’ Bradley. His award-winning short fiction has appeared in magazines and anthologies on both sides of the Atlantic (as well as being broadcast on BBC Radio 2), and has been collected in
Alone (In the Dark),
Touching the Flame,
FunnyBones and
Peripheral Visions. His novella
Signs of Life reached the shortlist of the British Fantasy Awards 2006, The
Lazarus Condition was introduced by Mick Garris, creator of
Masters of Horror, and
RED featured artwork from Dave (
The Graveyard Book) McKean. As Special Publications Editor of the British Fantasy Society he worked with authors like Brian Aldiss, Ramsey Campbell, Muriel Gray, Robert Silverberg and many more, plus he is the co-editor of
Hellbound Hearts for Pocket Books (Simon and Schuster), an anthology of original stories inspired by Clive Barker’s novella, featuring contributions from the likes of Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola, Kelley Armstrong, Tim Lebbon, Yvonne Navarro, Richard Christian Matheson, Chaz Brenchley and Nancy Holder. In 2008 his zombie story ‘Dead Time’ was turned into an episode of the Lionsgate/NBC TV series
Fear Itself, adapted by Steve Niles (
30 Days of Night) and directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (
SAW II-IV). He also scripted the short film
The Opportunity which premiered at Cannes in 2009. Paul’s books for Abaddon’s Afterblight Chronicles –
Arrowhead and
Broken Arrow – detail the adventures of a post apocalyptic version of Robin Hood. His website, which has featured guest writers such as Stephen King, James Herbert and Neil Gaiman, can be found at
www.shadow-writer.co.uk He currently lives in Derbyshire, UK, with his wife – the author Marie O’Regan – his family, and a black cat called Mina.