Charles Wilkinson's publications include The Snowman and Other Poems (IRON Press, 1978) and The Pain Tree and Other Stories (London Magazine Editions, 2000). His stories have appeared in Best Short Stories 1990(Heinemann), Best English Short Stories 2 (Norton), Midwinter Mysteries (Little, Brown), Unthology (Unthank Books), London Magazine, and in genre magazines/anthologies such as Supernatural Tales, Horror Without Victims (Megazanthus Press), The Sea in Birmingham (TSFG), Rustblind and Silverbright (Eibonvale Press), Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction, Phantom Drift (USA) and Shadows & Tall Trees (Canada). Ag & Au , a pamphlet of his poems, is published by Flarestack Poets.

Michael Wilkin is a former trades union official at the Swan Hunter Shipyards and second-hand bookseller.