
Yorkshireman Philip Brian Hall is a graduate of Oxford University. A former diplomat and teacher, at one time or another he's stood for parliament, sung solos in amateur operettas, rowed at Henley Royal Regatta, completed a 40-mile cross-country walk in under 12 hours and ridden in over one hundred steeplechase horse races. He lives on a very small farm in Scotland. Philip's had short stories published in the USA and Canada as well as the UK. His work has appeared in several anthologies, recently including 'All Hail Our Robot Conquerors' (ZNB), 'Strange Beasties' (Third Flatiron) and 'Cosy Crime' (Flame Tree), as well as online publications such as Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores. His novel, ‘The Prophets of Baal’ is available as an e-book and in paperback. He blogs at sliabhmannan.blogspot.co.uk/.