Short Story Saturday: World's Collider

There's a great new review of the shared world anthology World's Collider, edited by Richard Salter, here. The bit that's particularly pertinent to me is this:

"I was thoroughly involved in this ghastly scenario from the first story on. “Wraith Lights”, by Jonathan Green, sets the stage effectively from the first page, as he plunges us directly into terror before the first rather innocuous effects are even fully realized."

You can pick up a copy of World's Collider here. My story, Wraith Lights, also appears in my short story collection Dark Heart, which you can pick up here.

Short Story Saturday: Wraith Lights

Yet another glowing review has appeared online for Richard Salter's World's Collider, this time on Goodreads.

For some reason I particularly liked this bit:

"The first of the twenty one stories in the anthology takes the reader right to the start of the incident in the near future when the scientists notice a strange light and weird gravitational readings emanating from the collider. Wraith Lights by Jonathan Green gets the book off to a suitably creepy start."

You can pick up your own copy of World's Collider here.

Happy Halloween!

So it's that time of year again, and if you're looking for a spooky read for All Hallow's Eve, then look no further.

For those over 18 (or just slightly under, if they're feeling daring) there are my short stories Wraith Lights, The Doll's House, Fear to Tread and Incubus.

For those most definitely under the age of 18, why not check out one of my horror-themed adventure gamebooks, such as Spellbreaker (witches), Curse of the Mummy (mummies), Bloodbones, (zombie pirates), Howl of the Werewolf (werewolves), or Night of the Necromancer (ghosts)?

And then there are also my Warhammer novels The Dead and the Damned and Necromancer. And if you're uneasy around arachnids, then my Gamebook Adventures app Temple of the Spider God makes for a creepy read.

Oh, and of course the Pax Britannia series is often filed under 'Horror' in bookshops and has led to me being invited to be a guest at this event.

Short Story Saturday: World's Collider Wordle

World's Collider continues to Garner great reviews. Here's one from American horror author John Prescott*.

Told with multiple authors this collection is a must have for serious horror readers. I could hardly put it down. All does not go well within the pages. A must read for those who like and crave good quality writing within multiple woven stories.

And while we're on the subject of World's Collider, and more specifically my own story within the collection Wraith Lights, here's a Wordle word cloud for it.

Now you'll notice that the word 'Penny' is the most prominent. This makes sense, seeing as how she's the protagonist of my story, but did you know that the Penny Jackson in Wraith Lights takes her name from a real life Penny Jackson who once worked at CERN, home of the Large Hadron Collider, and who helped me with my research for the story? Well you do now.

You can pick up your own copy of World's Collider (in printed or digital form) here.


* Not the northern baron with the face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.

Short Story Saturday: World's Collider

The shared-world anthology World's Collider (that reads like a novel) continues to garner praise from all quarters. Here's an extract from the latest 5 star review:

I came to this from a recommendation of a friend of mine and I was a little cautious about buying it as I don't often find myself reading anthologies. I only finished it today and am glad I did purchase it...

'World's Collider' brings an impressive array of authors together and the result is a series of stories which constantly surprise you in the range from Gothic horror to urban survivalist episodes to even fashion labels. It would be unfair of me to single out or rank the better stories as I think all work well together to immerse a reader into a single horrifying reality.

This novel builds up like a mosaic or a palimpsest and its sheer size and breadth really impressed me. If you are at all interested in horror or apocalyptic literature, then do yourself a favour and buy this. If nothing else it will introduce you to several authors to watch out for in the future!

So what are you waiting for? Pick up your copy today!

Short Story Saturday: World's Collider - feeling the love!

World's Collider (edited by Richard Salter) has been a bold experiment. (To find out more about the background to the project, follow this link.)

But it would appear that World's Collider has also been a successful experiment. The book's been on sale for a while now and the reviews have started to come in... and on the whole they've been overwhelmingly positive!

Here are a few choice comments from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com.

Through an amazing act of collaboration, these many and varied writers have combined their skills and created a cohesive whole out of all the parts... It's seamless and yet you can hear each individual writer's voice as they tell their part.


I have never before read an anthology that is structured like a novel. I must say, the idea is brilliant. All of the different writing styles merged together to produce a truly enjoyable reading experience. I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys apocalyptic style stories.


What a GREAT read! I picked this up yesterday and read it all last night until my eyes couldn't stay open, and then finished it this morning. It was so good I simply couldn't wait to post a review!


The author's different writing styles and ideas were powerful and drew you in. Though the pieces were all so different it was never jarring or inconsistent. Instead the short stories were weaved together in a very clever way that highlighted each author's talent with words.


This book is filled with great stories I've thoroughly enjoyed, but what truly sets it apart from other anthologies is the "shared world" idea. In any anthology, I usually just pick and choose a few stories to read, but this one works more like a novel and invites you to discover its entire world. Each short story sucks you in a bit further in as you follow the breadcrumbs, each intriguing in its own merit as well as making the anthology's world more intriguing.

There is also a detailed review of the book by Michael R. Collings that you can read here.

You can pick up your copy of World's Collider here.

World's Collider - A Shared-World Anthology

You don't have long to wait now, for World's Collider (something of a small press experiment) is going to be released on 10 July. This shared-world anthology kicks off with my own contribution, a short story called Wraith Lights.

The Collision is the worst disaster in human history. So far… 

In the near future, an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider causes an enormous explosion, known as the Collision. The blast flattens a huge chunk of central Europe and punches a massive hole in the Earth’s surface. Over the next decade, unspeakable horrors pour from the rift: vicious creatures with a taste for human flesh, a terrible scream that drives all who hear it insane, a phantom entity that feeds on fear and paranoia, and a nightmare train from the pits of hell, to name but a few. This onslaught of terror causes the collapse of civilization and threatens to wipe humanity from the planet. 

Fifty million people died in the Collision. They were the lucky ones…

World's Collider is published by Nightscape Press and can pre-order your copy here.