Dr Chantler’s research interests are focused on twentieth-century and contemporary literature, including Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, modernism, Harold Pinter, flash fiction, and textual editing.

He is author of Heart of Darkness (Continuum). His work on Ford Madox Ford includes essays on Ford’s poetry and co-edited volumes for Ashgate, Rodopi, and Edinburgh University Press. Other co-edited volumes include: Translation Practices: Through Language to Culture; Studying English Literature; and Literature and Authenticity, 1780–1900.

He was the founder and general editor of Continuum’s Character Studies series, with monographs ranging from Hamlet and Twelfth Night to Toni Morrison’s Beloved.

Dr Chantler’s work for the International Flash Fiction Association includes co-editing flash-fiction collections and anthologies and reviewing new publications. He is editor of An Anatomy of Chester: A Collection of Short-Short Stories and author of ‘Notes Towards the Definition of the Short-Short Story’ and ‘Why Flash Fiction?’.

His creative writing includes the novel He Is the Fire, the poetry collection In Praise of Paving, and Nana and Grape, an illustrated narrative poem for children. His flash fictions and poems have appeared in a wide range of online and print publications.