Paul Finch

13 Series

Paul Finch, an English author, is known for his thriller and horror novels, including the D.S. Heckenburg series. Before becoming a writer, he worked as a police officer and journalist. Finch has contributed to various media, writing for the British crime drama The Bill, films like The Devil's Rock, audio dramas, and children's animations. He resides in Lancashire, England, with his wife Catherine and their children, Eleanor and Harry.

In "Death Rattles," Paul Finch weaves a gripping anthology that includes contributions from Gary McMahon. "The Perfect Murder" features a collection of suspenseful tales by Laurence O'Bryan, Jacqui Rose, Michael Russell, Mark Sennen, and Luca Veste. Both works delve into the darker aspects of human nature, offering readers a thrilling exploration of crime and its consequences.

Dark Winter Tales Short Stories/Novellas

Children Don’t Play Here Anymore

(2016)

God's Fist

(2016)

Hag Fold

(2016)

The Incident at North Shore

(2016)

Those They Left Behind

(2016)

Tok

(2016)

What's Behind You

(2016)

DS Heckenburg

Stalkers

(2013)

Sacrifice

(2013)

The Killing Club

(2014)

Dead Man Walking

(2014)

A Wanted Man

(2015)

Hunted

(2015)

Ashes to Ashes

(2017)

Kiss of Death

(2018)

Rogue

(2024)

Lucy Clayburn

Strangers

(2016)

Shadows

(2017)

Stolen

(2019)

Malory's Knights of Albion

The Black Chalice

(2011)(By: Steven Savile)

Dark North

(2012)

Terror Tales

Terror Tales of the Lake District

(2011)

Terror Tales of the Cotswolds

(2012)(By: John Llewellyn Probert)

Terror Tales of East Anglia

(2012)

Terror Tales of London

(2013)

Terror Tales of the Seaside

(2013)

Terror Tales of Wales

(2014)

Terror Tales of Yorkshire

(2014)

Terror Tales of the Scottish Highlands

(2015)

Terror Tales of the Ocean

(2015)(With: Adam Nevill)

Terror Tales of Cornwall

(2017)

Terror Tales of North West England

(2019)

Tomes of the Dead

Death Hulk

(2006)(By: Matthew Sprange)

The Words of Their Roaring

(2007)(By: Matthew Smith)

The Devil's Plague

(2007)(By: Mark Beynon)

Anno Mortis

(2008)(By: Rebecca Levene)

I, Zombie

(2008)(By: Al Ewing)

Way of the Barefoot Zombie

(2009)(By: Jasper Bark)

Tide of Souls

(2009)(By: Simon Bestwick)

Hungry Hearts

(2009)(By: Gary McMahon)

Stronghold

(2010)

Empire of Salt

(2010)(By: Weston Ochse)

Viking Dead

(2011)(By: Toby Venables)

Brain-Eating Britain

(2013)(By: Gary McMahon,Simon Bestwick,Matthew Smith)

The Secret Zombie History of the World

(2013)(With: Matthew Sprange,Toby Venables)

Dead Stop

(2014)(By: Mark Clapham)

The Lazarus Conundrum

(2015)(By: PaulStarkey)

The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack

(2017)(By: Nate Crowley)

Standalone Novels

One Eye Open

(2006)

Stains

(2007)

Groaning Shadows

(2009)

Sparrowhawk

(2010)

Never Seen Again

(2022)

Short Stories/Novellas

Cape Wrath

(2003)

Kid

(2006)

King Death

(2011)

The Chase

(2014)

Death’s Door

(2018)

The New Lad

(2019)

Season of Mist

(2019)

Short Story Collections

The Shadows Beneath

(2000)

After Shocks

(2001)

Darker Ages

(2004)

The Extremist and Other Tales of Conflict

(2005)

Walkers in the Dark

(2010)

One Monster Is Not Enough

(2010)

Medi Evil 1

(2011)

Medi Evil 2

(2011)

Medi Evil 3

(2011)

Enemies at the Door

(2012)

The Perfect Murder

(2013)

Don't Read Alone

(2013)

In a Deep, Dark December

(2014)

Major Craddock Investigates

(2015)

Cape Wrath and the Hellion

(2015)

Dark Winter Tales

(2016)

The Christmas You Deserve

(2020)

The Black of Horror

The Black Book of Horror

(2007)(With: D.F. Lewis,Mark Samuels,Gary McMahon,David A. Sutton,Gary Fry,John Llewellyn Probert,David A. Riley,Charles Black,Daniel McGachey,David Conyers,Steve Goodwin,John Kenneth Dunham,Franklin Marsh,Frank Nicholas,Roger B. Pile,Sean Parker)

The Third Black Book of Horror

(2008)(With: Steve Lockley,Joel Lane,Gary McMahon,Gary Fry,John Llewellyn Probert,David A. Riley,Paul Lewis,Charles Black,Craig Herbertson,Mike Chinn,Franklin Marsh,Frank Nicholas,Sean Parker,Julia Lufford,Rog,John Mains,Christine Mortimer)

The Fifth Black Book of Horror

(2009)(With: John Llewellyn Probert,David A. Riley,Reggie Oliver,Charles Black,Rosalie Parker,Anna Taborska,DavidWilliamson,Craig Herbertson,Ian C. Strachan,Marcus Gold,Richard Staines,Raymond Vaughn)

The Eighth Black Book of Horror

(2011)(With: Mark Samuels,Gary Fry,John Llewellyn Probert,David A. Riley,Stephen Bacon,Tina Rath,Reggie Oliver,Charles Black,Marion Pitman,Anna Taborska,Thana Niveau,DavidWilliamson,Kate Farrell,Tony Rath)

The Ninth Black Book of Horror

(2012)(With: Gary Fry,John Llewellyn Probert,David A. Riley,Tom Johnstone,Charles Black,Simon Bestwick,Marion Pitman,Anna Taborska,Thana Niveau,DavidWilliamson,Craig Herbertson,Kate Farrell,Sam Dawson,Gary Power,JohnForth,Marc Lyth)

The Tenth Black Book of Horror

(2013)(With: David A. Sutton,John Llewellyn Probert,Charles Black,Andrea Janes)

Doctor Who: Eleventh Doctor Adventures

Nuclear Time

(2010)(By: Oli Smith)

The Runaway Train

(2010)(By: Oli Smith)

Apollo 23

(2010)(By: Justin Richards)

Night of the Humans

(2010)(By: David Llewellyn)

Night of the Monsters

(2010)(By: David Llewellyn)

The Forgotten Army

(2010)(By: Brian Minchin)

The Glamour Chase

(2010)(By: Gary Russell)

The King's Dragon

(2010)(By: Una McCormack)

Coming of the Terraphiles

(2010)(By: Michael Moorcock)

Death Riders

(2011)(By: Justin Richards)

Hunter's Moon

(2011)

Dead of Winter

(2011)(By: James Goss)

Heart of Stone

(2011)(By: Trevor Baxendale)

The Way Through the Woods

(2011)(By: Una McCormack)

The Good, the Bad and the Alien

(2011)(By: Colin Brake)

Blackout

(2011)(By: Oli Smith)

Touched by An Angel

(2011)(By: Jonathan Morris)

Paradox Lost

(2011)(By: George Mann)

Borrowed Time

(2011)(By: Naomi Alderman)

Rain of Terror

(2011)(By: Mike Tucker)

The Silent Stars Go By

(2011)(By: Dan Abnett)

Horror of the Space Snakes

(2012)(By: Gary Russell)

Dark Horizons

(2012)(By: Jenny Colgan)

The Silurian Gift

(2013)(By: Mike Tucker)

The Dalek Generation

(2013)(By: Nicholas Briggs)

Shroud of Sorrow

(2013)(By: Tommy Donbavand)

Plague of the Cybermen

(2013)(By: Justin Richards)

The Doctor: His Lives and Times

(2013)(By: James Goss,Steve Tribe)

Tales of Trenzalore

(2014)(By: Justin Richards)

Engines of War

(2014)(By: George Mann)

System Wipe

(2015)(By: Oli Smith)

Extra Time

(2016)(By: Richard Dungworth)

The Water Thief

(2016)(By: Jacqueline Rayner)

Terrible Lizards

(2016)(By: Jonathan Green)

Terminal of Despair

(2016)(By: Steve Lyons)

Rebellion on Treasure Island

(2022)(By: Bali Rai)

Doctor Who Novelizations

The Time of Angels

(1963)(By: Trevor Baxendale)

Doctor Who and the Daleks / Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks

(1964)(By: David Whitaker)

Doctor Who and the Zarbi

(1965)(By: Bill Strutton)

Doctor Who and the Crusaders

(1966)(By: David Whitaker)

The Massacre

(1966)(By: John Lucarotti)

Dr. Who and The Daleks

(1967)(By: David Whitaker)

Doctor Who and the Sea-Devils

(1974)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion

(1974)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Cave Monsters

(1974)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon

(1974)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks

(1974)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Daemons

(1974)(By: Barry Letts)

Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen

(1974)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Doctor Who Monster Book

(1975)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Cybermen

(1975)(By: Gerry Davis)

Doctor Who and the Giant Robot

(1975)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Terror of the Autons

(1975)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Green Death

(1975)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Planet of the Spiders

(1975)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Three Doctors

(1975)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Revenge of the Cybermen

(1976)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Web of Fear

(1976)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Loch Ness Monster

(1976)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks

(1976)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion

(1976)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Ice Warriors

(1976)(By: Brian Hayles)

Doctor Who and the Space War

(1976)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks

(1976)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora

(1977)(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)

Doctor Who and the Brain of Morbius

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Talons of Weng-Chiang

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Carnival of Monsters

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Face of Evil

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Mutants

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Seeds of Doom

(1977)(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)

Doctor Who and the Claws of Axos

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Ark in Space

(1977)(By: Ian Marter)

Doctor Who and the Deadly Assassin

(1977)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Time Warrior

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Tomb of the Cybermen

(1978)(By: Gerry Davis)

Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Death to the Daleks

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Horror of Fang Rock

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Second Doctor Who Monster Book

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Sontaran Experiment

(1978)(By: Ian Marter)

Doctor Who and the Android Invasion

(1978)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the War Games

(1979)(By: Malcolm Hulke)

Doctor Who and the Hand of Fear

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Further Adventures of Dr. Who

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Adventures of K9 and Other Mechanical Creatures

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Robots of Death

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Invisible Enemy

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks

(1979)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Ribos Operation

(1979)(By: Ian Marter)

Doctor Who and the Androids of Tara

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Armageddon Factor

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Underworld

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Invasion of Time

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Power of Kroll

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Nightmare of Eden

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus

(1980)(By: Philip Hinchcliffe)

Doctor Who and the Horns of Nimon

(1980)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Creature from the Pit

(1981)(By: David Fisher)

TheAndroid Invasion

(1981)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Enemy of the World

(1981)(By: Ian Marter)

Doctor Who and the State of Decay

(1981)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and an Unearthly Child

(1981)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Leisure Hive

(1982)(By: David Fisher)

Doctor Who and The Sunmakers.

(1982)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and Warriors' Gate

(1982)(By: John Lydecker)

Doctor Who and the Keeper of Traken

(1982)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Visitation

(1982)(By: Eric Saward)

Logopolis

(1982)(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)

Meglos

(1983)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Four to Doomsday

(1983)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Time-Flight

(1983)(By: Peter Grimwade)

Terminus

(1983)(By: John Lydecker)

Castrovalva

(1983)(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)

Arc of Infinity

(1983)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Mawdryn Undead

(1983)(By: Peter Grimwade)

Earthshock

(1983)(By: Ian Marter)

The Five Doctors

(1983)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Kinda

(1983)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Snakedance

(1984)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Aztecs

(1984)(By: John Lucarotti)

The Dominators

(1984)(By: Ian Marter)

Enlightenment

(1984)(By: Barbara Clegg)

Inferno

(1984)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Warriors of the Deep

(1984)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Highlanders

(1984)(By: Gerry Davis)

Frontios

(1984)(By: Christopher H. Bidmead)

Galaxy Four

(1985)(By: William Emms)

The Gunfighters

(1985)(By: Donald Cotton)

The Time Monster

(1985)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who Slipback

(1985)(By: Eric Saward)

The Krotons

(1985)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Planet of Fire

(1985)(By: Peter Grimwade)

The Mind of Evil

(1985)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Caves of Androzani

(1985)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Myth Makers

(1985)(By: Donald Cotton)

Marco Polo

(1985)(By: John Lucarotti)

The Invasion

(1985)(By: Ian Marter)

The Awakening

(1985)(By: Eric Pringle)

The Two Doctors

(1985)(By: Robert Holmes)

Timelash

(1985)(By: Glen McCoy)

The Faceless Ones

(1986)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Ark

(1986)(By: Paul Erickson)

The Savages

(1986)(By: Ian Stuart Black)

Black Orchid

(1986)(By: Terence Dudley)

The Twin Dilemma

(1986)(By: Eric Saward)

The Mark of the Rani

(1986)(By: Pip and Jane Baker)

The Celestial Toymaker

(1986)(By: Gerry Davis,AlisonBingeman)

The King's Demons

(1986)(By: Terence Dudley)

Fury from the Deep

(1986)(By: Victor Pemberton)

The Mind Robber

(1986)(By: Peter Ling)

The Reign of Terror

(1987)(By: Ian Marter)

The Rescue

(1987)(By: Ian Marter)

The Time Meddler

(1987)(By: Nigel Robinson)

The Ambassadors of Death

(1987)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Space Museum

(1987)(By: Glyn Jones)

The Sensorites

(1987)(By: Nigel Robinson)

The Romans

(1987)(By: Donald Cotton)

The Mysterious Planet

(1987)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Time and the Rani

(1987)(By: Pip and Jane Baker)

The Macra Terror

(1988)(By: Ian Stuart Black)

Terror of the Vervoids

(1988)(By: Pip and Jane Baker)

The Underwater Menace

(1988)(By: Nigel Robinson)

The Wheel in Space

(1988)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Edge of Destruction

(1988)(By: Nigel Robinson)

The Smugglers

(1988)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Vengeance on Varos

(1988)(By: Philip Martin)

The Ultimate Foe

(1988)(By: Pip and Jane Baker)

The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

(1989)(By: Stephen Wyatt)

Delta and the Bannermen

(1989)(By: Malcolm Kohll)

The Dalek's Master Plan: The Mutation of Time

(1989)(By: John Peel)

The War Machines

(1989)(By: Ian Stuart Black)

Attack of the Cybermen

(1989)(By: Eric Saward)

Dragonfire

(1989)(By: Ian Briggs)

The Chase

(1989)(By: Terrance Dicks,John Peel)

Daleks Masterplan I

(1989)(By: John Peel)

Mindwarp

(1989)(By: Philip Martin)

Silver Nemesis

(1989)(By: Kevin Clarke)

The Mutation of Time

(1989)(By: John Peel)

Planet of Giants

(1990)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Happiness Patrol

(1990)(By: Graeme Curry)

The Space Pirates

(1990)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Remembrance of the Daleks

(1990)(By: Ben Aaronovitch,James Goss)

Survival

(1990)(By: Rona Munro)

Ghost Light

(1990)(By: Marc Platt)

The Curse of Fenric

(1990)(By: Ian Briggs)

Battlefield

(1991)(By: Marc Platt)

The Pescatons

(1991)(By: Victor Pemberton)

The Power of the Daleks

(1993)(By: John Peel)

The Evil of the Daleks

(1993)(By: John Peel)

The TV Movie / The Novel of the Film

(1996)(By: Gary Russell)

The Eleventh Hour

(2012)(By: Trevor Baxendale)

The Three Doctors

(2012)(By: Terrance Dicks)

The Androids of Tara

(2012)(By: David Fisher)

Tales of Trenzalore

(2014)

City of Death

(2015)(By: James Goss)

Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen

(2019)(By: Douglas Adams,James Goss)

Resurrection of the Daleks

(2019)(By: Eric Saward)

The Crimson Horror

(2020)(By: Mark Gatiss)

The Web Planet

(2020)(By: Bill Strutton)

The Fires of Pompeii

(2022)(By: James Moran)

The Eaters of Light

(2022)(By: Rona Munro)

The Seeds of Death

(2023)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Doctor Who and the Planet of Evil

(2023)(By: Terrance Dicks)

Anthologies

Urban Gothic: Lacuna and Other Trips

(2001)

The Book of More Flesh

(2002)

Reckless Abandon

(2002)

Beneath The Ground

(2002)

The Children of Cthulhu

(2003)

A Walk on the Darkside

(2004)

Darkness Rising 2005

(2005)

Fear of the Unknown

(2005)

Choices

(2006)

New Writings in the Fantastic

(2007)

We Fade To Grey

(2008)

Best New Horror 20

(2009)

Dead Souls

(2009)

The Sixth Black Book of Horror

(2010)

Zombie Apocalypse!

(2010)

Full Fathom Forty

(2011)

Death Rattles

(2011)

Counter-Measures

(2012)

A Carnivàle of Horror

(2012)

The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad

(2015)

2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories

(2015)

Haunts of Horror

(2016)

Sherlock Holmes's School for Detection

(2017)

Great British Horror 2: Dark Satanic Mills

(2017)

The Alchemy Press Book of Horrors 2

(2020)

Terror Tales of the Home Counties

(2020)

Criminal Pursuits

(2021)

Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands

(2021)

Terror Tales of the West Country

(2022)

Terror Tales of the Mediterranean

(2023)

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