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The Halloween edition of The Big Issue North contains the story 'Do You Know How to Waltz?', taken from Congregation of Innocents: Five Curious Tales by Richard Hirst alongside Beth Ward's artwork.
A review of The Barrow Rapture from short story writer Sarah Schofield. Read the review here.

'Play it now' demands Leigh Alexander in a review of Bus Station: Unbound for Boing Boing. Read the review here.
An interview with Jenn Ashworth and Richard Hirst about the composition and thinking behind Bus Station: Unbound. Read the interview here.
The Telegraph's round-up  of contemporary ghost stories in 2014 in which Poor Souls' Light receives an extended (and favourable) mention and Curious Tales is described as 'blazing its own brave path through the weird landscape of contemporary publishing'. It can be read here.
A story-by-story review of Poor Souls' Light from Simon Savidge. It can be read here.
The 2014 Christmas edition of The Big Issue magazines reprinted Jenn Ashworth's story 'Dinner for One' and Beth Ward's accompanying artwork, both taken from Poor Souls' Light. A sneak peek can be viewed here.
The Guardian very kindly asked us to compile a list of the best winters in literature. The article, along with a few mentions of Poor Souls' Light, can be found here.
An interview with four of the Curious Tales team about the inspiration behind the stories found in Poor Souls' Light. It can be read here.
A story-by-story review of Poor Souls' Light which can be read here.
The Independent on Sunday reprinted 'The Spite House', Alison Moore's story in Poor Souls' Light. To read the story, you'll need to buy a copy of the book, but a photo can be found here.
An in-depth interview 'chain letter' from one member of the Curious Tales team to the next courtesy of Sarah Jasmon, in which Poor Souls' Light is discussed, as is Robert Aickman, collaboration and Saturnalia. It can be read here.
Nicholas Royle was kind enough to give The Longest Night an honourable mention in his introduction to the latest in this annual series of the year's best short stories. The book can be bought here.
Alison Moore was a guest on the BBC Radio 3 programme The Verb. She read an extract from 'Winter Closing', her story in the collection, and had a discussion with presenter Ian McMillan about ghost stories, The Longest Night project and the perils of being called 'Derek'. You can listen to the interview here.

The Big Issue featured 'Bedtime', Tom's story from The Longest Night, in its December issue alongside Beth's illustrations from the book. You can see the first page here.

An interview with Emma and Richard in which they discuss why the supernatural is suited to the short story form and the madness of Christmas. Read the full article here.


An article on The Longest Night launch, along with an interview with Jenn and Emma in which they discuss how the Curious Tales project came about. Read the full thing here.


A story-by-story review of the The Longest Night. Read the full article here.


A review of the book, with a bit of info about each of the stories found in The Longest Night. Read the full article here.