Paul Meloy
Paul Meloy is an English born writer of what Graham Joyce referred to as "Fractured Realism"''.''
Biography
Meloy was born in 1966 in Surrey, UK. He went to school in Sutton and worked in a variety of mental health settings, institutions and environments with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities. His writing demonstrates that his work as a mental health professional has influenced his work.He is now married and currently lives in Torquay in Devon, England.
Meloy has a long history with TTA Press, debuting in The Third Alternative #14 with The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit. The magazine Black Static, the successor to The Third Alternative, borrowed its name from another Meloy story and in 2008, TTA Press published a critically acclaimed collection of his work, Islington Crocodiles.
Islington Crocodiles is a chronological collection of Meloy's short stories.
Books
Islington Crocodiles - 'Montag Press- Dogs With Their Eyes Shut, novella, PS Publishing, 2013
- The Night Clock, novel, Solaris, 2015.
- Adornments of the Storm, novel, sequel to The Night Clock, Solaris, 2019
- Electric Breakfast, collection, Montag Press, 2022
Published stories
The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit - The Third Alternative #14Raiders - The Third Alternative #27Care in the Continuum - The Third Alternative #30Don't touch the Blackouts - The Third Alternative #34Running Away to Join the Town - Nemonymous #5Black Static - The Third Alternative #40Dying in the arms of Jean Harlow - The Third Alternative #42Islington Crocodiles - Interzone #208The Vague - Published in British Invasion, an anthology edited by Tim LebbonVisibility down to Zero - published in Killers, an anthology edited by Colin HarveyAll Mouth - Black Static #6Alex and the Toyceivers - Published in Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, an anthology edited by Ekaterina SediaElectric Breakfast - PS PublishingBullroarer Villanova The Compartments Of Hell Carrion Cowboy Dogs With Their Eyes Shut Night Closures Loose- Driver Error. end of the Road, anthology 2012, Solaris.
- Reclamation Yard. black Static 40, 2014.
- Junction Creature, novella, Islington Crocodiles.
- The Serile, Adam's Ladder, anthology edited by Darren Speegle.
- The Gearbox, Prisms.
- Reculver, novella, Creatures anthology edited by David Moore.
- The Loved One, Great British Horror 3, For Those in Peril
- Dirty Black Summer, short story, Electric Breakfast.
- Imprecations from the Vacant Lot,
- Their Glory Is Like the Flowers of the Field
Essays
When Worlds Collide, Cinema Futura, ed. Mark Morris.Awards
- 2005 British Fantasy Awards – Best Short Story, "Black Static".