The Website of Liam Davies

Author - Editor - Creative Writing

In Brief...

I write about the things we can’t thinking about — even when (perhaps) we should.

Whether it’s horror films, nature, spirituality, the thing on the end of the fork, or the flicker of something uncanny in the everyday, my work explores compulsion, fear, identity and the rituals that make us human.

My nonfiction blends memoir with cultural criticism — autism, cinema, music, food — while my fiction walks the crooked line between literary horror and speculative storytelling.

Expect raw honesty, lyrical tangents, and the occasional nervous laugh.

Bio...

Liam is a writer of fiction and non-fiction, although in the past he has written for the theatre. He has a BA (hons) in Drama, an MA (to distinction) in Creative Non-Fiction Writing, and is a professionally qualified copy editor and proofreader. His work has appeared in fiction anthologies alongside writers like Thomas Ligotti and Rhys Hughes, in a variety of small press horror and literary magazines, and has been performed in theatres in Manchester. His debut play, Swine, earned him a nomination for Best New Play at the MEN Theatre Awards in 2000. He lives in the north of England, right on the edge of Brontë country, with his wife and daughter. This is where he writes and works as an associate university lecturer in Creative Writing.