The Outcast Dead and Other Stories pb – PRE-ORDER

A hard bony hand grasped her ankle, and a grinning, dripping face rose up out of the ichor to stare into her eyes.

This second collection from David J Howe includes more of his acclaimed horror tales, but also a further selection of the Doctor Who fiction that he has written over the years, combining a fascination with horror and the macabre, with the lighter touch of science fiction and time travel.

‘An escalating nightmarish quality that shakes the reader.’ review of ‘The Outcast Dead’, Peter Tennant

‘A cracking science fiction take on how humanity’s tampering with the process of terra forming has had an unnerving consequence for those directly involved. … A tremendously entertaining and taut story.’ review of ‘Survival of the Fittest’, George Anderson, Ginger Nuts of Horror

‘A grisly monster stalks two young boys planning a night camping. This one really did build tension.’ review of ‘Moses’, Blue Book Balloon

‘As a collection of shorter fiction this collection is eminently readable with a nice range of stories in differing forms.’ review of Talespinning, SciFi Online

‘These stories made me want to read more horror and I don’t think I can conjure up a greater compliment.’ review of Talespinning, GeekMom.com

213pp. B-format paperback anthology.
ISBN 978-1-84583-272-8
Published 30 June 2026

Cover art by Linzi Goldstone

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David J Howe has been involved with Doctor Who research and writing for over 30 years. He has been consultant to a large number of publishers and manufacturers for their Doctor Who lines, and is author or co-author of over 30 factual titles associated with the show. He also has one of the largest collections of Doctor Who merchandise in the world. David was contributing editor to Starburst magazine for 17 years from 1984-2001. From 1994 he was book reviews editor for Shivers magazine until it ceased publication in 2008. In addition he has written articles, interviews and reviews for a wide number of publications, including Fear, Dreamwatch, Infinity, Stage and Television Today, The Dark Side, Doctor Who Magazine, the Guardian, Film Review, SFX, Sci-Fi Entertainment, Collectors’ Gazette, Deathray and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

He edited the bi-monthly newsletter of the British Fantasy Society from 1992 to 1995, and also edited and published several books for them, including the British and World Fantasy Award shortlisted Manitou Man, a limited edition hardback and paperback collection of short fiction by horror author Graham Masterton. He also edited the BFS’s fortieth anniversary anthology, Full Fathom Forty, published in September 2011.

He wrote the book Reflections: The Fantasy Art of Stephen Bradbury for Dragon’s World Publishers and has contributed short fiction to Peeping Tom, Dark Asylum, Decalog, Dark Horizons, Kimota, Perfect Timing, Perfect Timing II, Missing Pieces, Shrouded by Darkness and Murky Depths, and factual articles to James Herbert: By Horror Haunted and The Radio Times Guide to Science Fiction. He wrote the screenplay for Daemos Rising, a film released on DVD by Reeltime Pictures in 2004.

He wrote about Doctor Who merchandise for Doctor Who Insider magazine, and contributed liner notes for AudioGO’s range of Doctor Who novelisation CDs.

He is currently Editorial Director of Telos Publishing Ltd, a UK based independent press specialising in horror/science fiction novellas, crime novels, and guides to a variety of film and TV shows. In 2006 the company won the World Fantasy Award for their publishing work, and in 2010 celebrated their tenth anniversary while also receiving the British Fantasy Award for Best Small Press.