My new short story collection has gone to the printers! I’ll be posting more news about it in due course but I thought I’d take the opportunity to share the cover painting with you here for the very first time.

The painting is called Javi and the artist is David Hopkins. I’ve loved David’s work for such a long time and when I saw this painting I knew it would be perfect for the cover. I’m thrilled and honoured that David agreed to let me use the image for the collection. It’s such a striking portrait and perfectly conveys the determination of so many of the characters I’ve written about in my book.

If you’d like to see more of David’s paintings, you can find his work here:

www.davidhopkinspaintings.co.uk and also on Instagram: davidanthonyhopkins