24th August 2010: "In Waiting" from Putting the Pieces in Place has received a nomination in the World Fantasy Awards.   ***  16th August 2010: Another Perspective, a new collection of stories by R.B. Russell will be published by PS Publishing in Spring 2012.     ***  13th August, 2010: A chapbook of Russell's short story "The Beautiful Room" will be launched by the Nightjar Press at Fantasycon, run by the British Fantasy Society, 17–19 September, 2010, at the Britannia Hotel, Nottingham.     ***  18th July 2010: The table of contents is annonunced for Never Again, along with a facility to pre-order.     ***  9th July 2010: "Decision" by R.B. Russell will be included in the forthcoming anthology Never Again, published by Gray Friar Press in September 2010. Edited by Allyson Bird and Joel Lane, the book is an attempt to voice the collective revulsion of writers in the weird fiction genre against political attitudes that stifle compassion and deny our collective human inheritance. All profits made from sales will be donated The Sophie Lancaster Foundation and others.     *** 3rd July 2010: A positive review of Literary Remains in Rue Morgue # 102     *** 28th June 2010: Another good review for Literary Remains, this time at Hyraxia, the book collecting website.     *** 22nd June: Literary Remains reviewed by Paul Charles Smith.     *** 18th June: Literary Remains reviewed by The Supernatural Fiction Junkie.     ***     1st June 2010: A good review at Tales from the Black Abyss: "A fine collection at times reminiscent of Machen, Aickman, Ligotti and others but always with that unique R.B Russell style."     ***     31st May 2010: A pre-review from Supernatural Tales suggests that Literary Remains is "...a remarkable read..."     ***     26th May: Another positive review for Literary Remains at The Grim Blogger: "This collection sets the bar high for himself, not to mention future authors, but also ensures a special place for his fiction in the contemporary weird's bright future. "     ***     26th May: A good review of Literary Remains at Risingshadow.net: "...strangely beautiful prose . . . compelling stories. "     ***     11th May 2010: A new review has just gone online at Bookgeeks, written by Mario Guslandi: "...all the stories are elegantly written, clever, classy tales apt to delight the reader throughout the whole volume..."     ***     10th May 2010: All previously ordered copies of Literary Remains have now been posted by the publisher.     ***     4th May 2010: A great review of The Sixth Black Book of Horror by Mario Guslandi at Horrorworld singles out "An Unconventional Exorcism" saying: "...by far the most accomplished piece in the book, is a perfect, delightful tale, very elegantly written."     ***    30th April: An honourable mention for R.B. Russell in the Campaign for Real Fear competition for the story "Don't Ask Me".     ***    25th April 2010: Despite the suggestion that Literary Remains is now available (made by the author himself!), there has been a delay as the jackets and covers have been reprinted. (The publisher considered them too dark.) It will be ready to ship any day now...   In the meantime, the collection has recently been subject to a "real-time" review by Des Lewis on his Weirdmonger blog. (He has also just completed a "real-time" review of Putting the Pieces in Place)   Also recently published is the story "An Unconventional Exorcism" by Russell in The Sixth Black Book of Horror. There have been a couple of positive reviews of the collection from Colin Leslie at Tales from the Black Abyss and by the indefatigable Des Lewis.     ***    14th March 2010. Literary Remains will be launched on Friday 26th March at 5pm in Bar Rogue at the Royal Albion Hotel as a part of the World Horror Convention. All attendees welcome! The trade edition will be available from that date, and the traycased, limited edition shortly afterwards.     ***   21st February: Putting the Pieces in Place is described by Ellen Datlow in The Best Horror of the Year Volume II as: "...an excellent and very satisfying debut." She also favourably mentions Russell's contribution to Cinnabar's Gnosis.     ***   6th February 2010: A very good review for Putting the Pieces in Place from The Speculative Fiction Junkie: "The hallmark of these stories is their subtlety. Putting the Pieces in Place is a wonderful debut from an author who is among those leading the way in blending horror and the strange tale."     ***   5th February: "Looking for Somebody", a poem by Ray Russell has just been published in Staple # 72, the Music Issue.     ***   28th January 2010: The new collection of short stories by Ray Russell, Literary Remains, is now available for pre-order from PS Publishing as a trade hardcover, or a signed, traycased hardcover. The provisional publication date is May 2010.     ***   20th January 2010: Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year and "Loup-garou" have been positively reviewed at Michael Lambe's Blog.     ***   17th January: R.B. Russell will be attending the launch and book signing of Black Book of Horror # 6 at the World Horror Convention on Friday 26th March. The latest volume in Charles Black's series contains Russell's story "An Unconventional Exorcism". He will also be appearing on the "We Are Not Worthy" panel on Thursday night, discussing literary influences. More World Horror Convention news to follow.     ***   11th January 2010: Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year has been very positively reviewed in Locus. R.B. Russell's contribution" is described thus: " ‘Loup-garou’ is a wonderfully disarming and original story that offers a thoroughly original exploration of the shapeshifter theme in an otherwise ordinary marital relationship."     ***   9th December: Ex Occidente Press are now shipping copies of Cinnabar's Gnosis, a tribute to Gustav Meyrink, which includes the short story "The Red Rose and the Cross of Gold" by R.B. Russell. Their next anthology, The Master in Cafe Morphine: A Homage to Mikhail Bulgakov, will contain Russell 's new tale "The Exquisite Process of Gala Gladkov".     ***   27th October 2009: A starred review in Publisher's Weekly for Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year describes R.B. Russell's “Loup-garou” as "a highly original shape-shifter story with a subtle psychological twist".     ***   22nd October 2009: A great review of Bloody Baudelaire from The Grim Blogger.     ***  18th October: A positive review of Bloody Baudelaire from the Speculative Fiction Junkie.     ***   12th October 2009: The first review of Ellen Datlow's Best Horror of the Year has been spotted. The Bibliophile Stalker says: " 'Loup-garou' by R.B. Russell feels like it's another of those stories that uses the horror trope about a rare film, but actually presents a unique take on it that makes this feel refreshing." Copies will be available very soon.     ***    4th October 2009: Russell's story "The Red Rose and the Cross of Gold" will be published later this month in Cinnabar's Gnosis, to be published by Ex Occidente Press. Also forthcoming before Christmas is "Company", which will be published in Supernatural Tales 16. The collection of short stories, Literary Remains, is now due to be published some time in 2010.     ***     1st September 2009: A perceptive review of Bloody Baudelaire at Highlander's Book Reviews.   ***       20th August: Another good review for Bloody Baudelaire at Publishers Weekly!   ***       17th August: A great review from Mario Guslandi at The Zone for Bloody Baudelaire.   ***       11th August, 2009: Bloody Baudelaire received a positive reaction from Des Lewis in one of his real-time reviews. Strangely, the story "Literary Remains", recently published in Postscripts 18, is described by The Fiction Desk as having something of M.R. James about it.   ***       30th June, 2009: A perceptive review by David Longhorn of Putting the Pieces in Place has just been published in Supernatural Tales 15.   ***       17th June, 2009: Another great review for Putting the Pieces in Place just in. This time from Andy McQuade in Gorezone.   ***       28th May, 2009: A positive review for Putting the Pieces in Place just in from Mihai Adascalitei at Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews.   ***       27th May 2009: Above is the newly released cover artwork for Ellen Datlow's The Best Horror of the Year, containing "Loup-garou" from The Werewolf Pack.   ***       11th May 2009: The song "It Is There" was played on Stuart Maconie's The Freak Zone yesterday evening on BBC Radio Six. The show is available online for the next seven days here. "It Is There" is played 18 minutes and 20 seconds into the show. The song is by R.B. Russell, with vocals (and vocal arrangement) by Lidwine, who also plays the autoharp on this particular track.   ***       10th May 2009: Many thanks to Simon Unsworth for the appreciative review of Putting the Pieces in Place on his blog.   ***       4th May 2009: "Literary Remains" is now available in issue 18 of Postscripts from PS Publishing. It has to be admitted that the interior artwork is a little disappointing.   ***       24th April: "Loup-garou", which was first published in The Werewolf Pack in 2008, has been chosen by Ellen Datlow for her Year's Best Horror anthology, to be published later in the year.     ***     12th April: Putting the Pieces in Place is reviewed favourably in Rue Morgue magazine this month where it is described as a "superb collection".   ***       5th April: The poem "On Chaldon Down", previously published in Staple, has been reprinted in the Powys Society Newsletter, No 66, March 2009.     ***     23rd March 2009: The short story "Dispossessed" from Putting the Pieces in Place is to be released as an audio book by Ghostwriter Publications.   ***       22nd March, 2009: A small number of reviews and comments have been received for Putting the Pieces in Place. The publisher, Ex Occidente, report that the first run of 400 copies has just about sold out.     ***     15th March, 2009: A few pages have been created with information about the writing of R.B. Russell. The author can be contacted here via email