What’s new?
Here you can find my latest news, including interviews, announcements and upcoming events. I regularly perform and give talks and workshops at literature events in Manchester and beyond.
Short Story September Festival 2025
Join me and Dahlia Books for a fantastic weekend of talks, readings and workshops in Leicester.
New short story: Big Death
I’m delighted to have a brand new horror story now out in issue 2 of Remains.
Instructions From the Other House
My new ghost story, ‘Instructions From the Other House’ was broadcast on the radio over Christmas and is available now on Spotify!
Monstrous Longing has made the shortlist of the Edge Hill Prize!
The UK’s only prize for short story collections by a single author.
Monstrous Longing e-book
The Monstrous Longing e-book is now available for Kindle.
Northern Voices
I was a guest on Jen Bowden’s fabulous podcast, which puts northern writers and publishing in the spotlight.
A Personal Anthology
I selected 12 wonderful short stories to recommend for this lovely project, which is a great resource for writers and readers.
Hannah’s Bookshelf
I was a guest on an episode of Hannah’s Bookshelf on North Manchester FM.
An interview with Abi Hynes
An interview with me and my publisher, Dahlia Books, about my debut collection Monstrous Longing.
What writing for TV taught me
about short stories
I wrote a piece for Writers & Artists about what several years of writing for TV have taught me about being a short fiction writer.
Introducing: Abi Hynes
Fairlight Books have featured me on their website and published two of my short stories: Ready or Not and The Ghosts From Kathmandu.
Abi Hynes in the spotlight
An interview with the brilliant team at Lucent Dreaming who first published my horror story The Welcoming.
Abi Hynes 