Radix Omnium Malum and Other Incursions

Mike Chinn lives in Birmingham, UK, with his wife Caroline and their tribe of guinea pigs. In 2012 he took early retirement so he can spend more time writing (and not housework). Over the years he has published over sixty short stories, as well as editing three volumes of THE ALCHEMY PRESS BOOK OF PULP HEROES, and SWORDS AGAINST THE MILLENNIUM, also for The Alchemy Press. His own contribution to the Pulp Adventure genre, THE PALADIN MANDATES garnered two nominations for the British Fantasy Award in 1999. A second Damian Paladin book, WALKERS IN SHADOW, is to be published by Pro Se Productions
as is a Western: REVENGE IS A COLD PISTOL. In 2015, his Sherlock Holmes steampunk mash-up, VALLIS TIMORIS (Fringeworks), sent the famous detective to the Moon.Radix Omnium Malum and Other Incursions includes the following stories: "Radix Omnium Malum" originally published in THE GRIMORIUM VERUM (c)2015"Two Weeks Saturday" originally published in DARK HORIZONS 23 (c)2004"Kittens" originally published in READ RAW (c)2009"Blood of Eden" originally published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF DRACULA (c)1997"Suffer a Witch" originally published in SALVO 7 (c)2003"Cheechee's Out" originally published in SECOND CITY SCARES (c)2013"The Owl that Calls" originally published on WikiWorm (c)2013"The Pygmalion Conjuration" originally published in THE TENTH BLACK BOOK OF HORROR (c)2013"To Die For" originally published in BFS JOURNAL 10 (c)2014"Sons of the Dragon" originally published in kZINE 1 (c)2011"Only the Lonely" originally published in DARK VALENTINE 4 (c)2011"Rescheduled" originally published in FINAL SHADOWS (c)1991"Considering the Dead" originally published in DARK MUSES, SPOKEN SILENCES (c)2013"Wednesday Morning at Five O'Clock" originally published in PHOBOPHOBIAS (c)2014"The Streets of Crazy Cities" and "The Mercy Seat" are original to this collection. (c)2017