Simon Bleaken lives in Wiltshire in the United Kingdom. He presently writes short stories, particularly in the horror, fantasy and sci-fi genres. His work has appeared in Lovecraft’s Disciples; Strange Sorcery; Tales of the Talisman; Lovecraftiana; The Horror Zine; Schlock! Webzine; Dark Dossier; Beneath the Moons of Zandor; Demons of Zandor; Night Land (Japan) and on The NoSleep Podcast. He has also appeared in the anthologies: Eldritch Horrors: Dark Tales (2008); Space Horrors: Full-throttle Space Tales #4 (2010); Eldritch Embraces: Putting the Love Back in Lovecraft (2016); Kepler’s Cowboys (2017) Best Gay Romance 2015 (2015) The Shadow Over Doggerland (2022) The Horror Zine Magazine Summer 2022, and Twilight Madhouse vol. 2 (2017). His first collection of short stories: A Touch of Silence & Other Tales was released in 2017, followed by The Basement of Dreams & Other Tales in 2019, and Within the Flames & Other Stories in 2021. Outside of writing, his interests include Egyptology and ancient history. He is also a member of The Horror Writers Association, The Pagan Federation, OBOD (The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids), The Druid Network, The Egypt Society of Bristol and The H P Lovecraft Historical Society.