Clifford Holt

Clifford is a UK-based writer, editor, and publishing professional whose career spans both the creative and scholarly sides of literature. His debut work of fiction, a novella, appears in 'After Dark: Volume 2'. Before turning to fiction, he published a work of literary criticism, 'Romantic Science & Radicalism, 1790-1820', and built a career in academic publishing, where he manages a portfolio of leading scientific journals.

He studied English Literature and Creative Writing as an undergraduate and also holds an MA in English Literature — a background that informs both his critical and creative work.

His fiction blends the realism of human struggle with the lyrical and hallucinatory, exploring the point where decay gives rise to transformation and where hopelessness yields to awakening.

Clifford lives in Cheshire with his wife, three sons, and a bullmastiff named Saxon.