Issue 3 of Roadworks (1999). His work has appeared in publications such as Interzone, Nemonymous, BBR, Dark Horizons, Chills, The Dream Zone, Space & Time, Peeping Tom, Front and Centre, Dementia 13, Mystique, Prism. But it is with the TTA Press publications - The Third Alternative, Zene and The Fix - that Allen's name is most closely associated. Allen's wittily provocative article "The Thin Man's Guide To Slipstream" (TTA 4, 1994) caused a storm of controversy and eventually spawned  Allen's regular tongue in cheek column "The Dodo Has Landed". Generally acknowledged to be the first thing readers look for in TTA, the polemical "Dodo" has become required reading from Issue 18 right up to date. Allen has had several stories published in The Third Alternative including the two which will bookend his Elastic Press collection - "Somme-Nambula" (TTA 24, 2000) and "State of the Ark" (TTA 11, 1996).  His first TTA story came way back in Issue 3 (1994) with the hypnotic "Seven Rides To Venus". This ultimately formed the opening chapter of his ground-breaking debut novel "The Planet Suite" (TTA Press, 1997). Nominated for a British Fantasy Society award, the book is a series of intricately linked stories about the planets of the Solar System and has been described by Brian Aldiss as "The course for the future" and by Rhys Hughes as "One of the best novels of the decade".  Visit TTA Press for ordering details and for Allen's message board.

At various stages of his fascinating career, Allen has been a performance poet, a singer/songwriter, a music critic and a football journalist. He writes under a different name for the London listings magazine Time Out.