"New Contemporary British fiction doesn't get any better."
Sean McGahey, The Beat Literary Webzine

Over the last 20 years u.v. ray's fiction, poetry & articles have appeared in magazines & anthologies around the globe, including Smoke, Candelabrum, 3:AM Magazine, Aesthetica, Open Wide, Dogmatika, Savage Kick #6 & Savage Kick #7. His first short story collection - We Are Glass - is available via the Murder Slim Press shop and Amazon sites worldwide.

u.v. ray has remained on the fringes of the underground literary scene for over 20 years and his poetry, fiction and articles have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies around the world. His second chapbook, Road Trip and Other Poems, was published by Erbacce Press in 2011 and his novellas Spiral Out and The Migrant were released by Murder Slim Press in 2013 and 2015. The Migrant was runner-up in the Saboteur Awards for "Best Novella."

u.v. ray's first novel, Black Cradle, also received a Saboteur Award nomination in 2016, and the book has consistently received excellent reviews and fan reactions. His final, epic novel Drug Story was released in 2019.

He lives in Staffordshire, England, and runs his own book and vinyl stall Outlaw Books.

u.v. ray talks about his writing, life and his books in these interviews with Jason Michel, with Richard Godwin, and with Tony Black.