MY BOOKS IN 2026 and OTHER GUFF Happy Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day! (Yes, this was supposed to come out on one and then the other, but here we are now. Sheesh.) Okay, first of all let's catch up on the news. Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe has been shortlisted for Best Collection in the 2025…

Get lost, 2025… and new book news! Before we get started on summing up the better bits of 2025... In December, I signed two new book contracts in one week. So now, including the long-awaited Ribspreader novelisation—the cover is coming along and it's looking great!—I will have three books dropping…

A reminder that my new horror collection SONGS OF SHADOW, WORDS OF WOE - featuring Shirley Jackson Award-nominated and Australasian Shadows Award-winning stories - is out and desperate for your attention now!

Woe to you, oh earth and sea Yeah, I've been sitting on this one for a few weeks. It's so hard to stay motivated sometimes beneath the crushing weight of one's own failures and shortcomings—but you want to read about the fun stuff, right? Here goes! The Writing on the Wall: A Horror Tribute to…

Happy Halloween kids! It's your good ol' Uncle Henley Hackenslash, and we're just DYING to share our new cover for Knives, Nightmares & Neon: An 80s Slasher Anthology. Oh, but the fun and gruesome games don't stop there, we're also cooking something else up for y'all! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kVw...

A Spooky Interview with Matthew R Davis @mxrxdx.bsky.social blackbeaconbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-sp...

Here's the cover for MIDNIGHT ECHO 20, from the Australasian Horror Writers Association, due out next week. Features my story "Coffee, Toast, Garden" and an image by my darling Red Wallflower, plus much dark Aussie goodness!

SONGS OF SHADOW, WORDS OF WOE Well, I told you it was very imminent... Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe goes live today, September 19, and here we are on my 100th blog post, revealing the cover! Feast your eyes on this: Cover art by Don Noble You can get it direct from JournalStone here, and if you…

“Another Working Title.” After an extended gestation period, Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe is looking at a very imminent drop. I've been going over roughs by Don Noble based on an idea of mine and I've just approved the final cover and interior layout. It's taken a long path to publication, but I…

A deep dive into #TheCure's discography with author Matthew Davis as he sheds light on their iconic music and enduring impact. #RobertSmith VIDEO: youtu.be/IpTdixVV84U?... AUDIO: www.spreaker.com/episode/the-...

Black Beacon Books is horrified to announce our table of contents for Samhain Screams, the anthology that will make Halloween 2025 the spookiest ever! Edited by Greg Chapman and Cameron Trost, and featuring cover art by the former, you'll be screaming all night long this samhain!

The June Frost Wow, you're thinking. Back so fast, MRD? It's only been a month or so since your last post! Well, cool your jets, peeps. No need to be snarky about it. Or maybe I'm just way too sensitive lately... yeah, that's absolutely it. Sorry about that. Anyway, this post has been sitting in…

My book on The Cure is out now + exclusive content here! That's right! My first non-fiction book is finally out and you can grab your own copy this very minute! (It's available through Booktopia, Sanity, QBD, Abbey's, Rocking Horse Records, The Nile, WH Smith, Amazon, and many more places, though…

Here it is! A labour of love. ❤

The Cure On Track has now officially been published in the UK! Buy from @burningshed or wherever you get your books #cureband #newwave #postpunk #gothrrock #robertsmith #songsofalostworld #80srock #threeimaginaryboys

I'm thrilled to report that my novelette "Effigy in Flagrante" (from THE BLACK BEACON BOOK OF GHOSTS, published by Black Beacon Books, cover by my dearest Red Wallflower) has been shortlisted for the Paul Haines Award for Long Fiction in the 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards! Good luck, everybody!

Please share: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Really excited to be doing another book with @mrsteeleyogirl.bsky.social, especially one that feels so very necessary right now. Send us your on-topic speculative fiction stories and let's raise some money for transgenderlawcenter.org and raicestexas.org!

First post, huh? Well, I'm here to spread my gospel, so here are the next three books: SONGS OF SHADOW, WORDS OF WOE (JournalStone, May) ON TRACK: THE CURE - EVERY SONG, EVERY ALBUM (Sonicbond Publishing, May) RIBSPREADER: THE NOVELISATION & THE SCREENPLAY (w/ Dick Dale, Paroxysm Press, TBC)