V For Vendetta author Alan Moore planning five-volume fantasy series

Alan Moore (Bloomsbury Publishing/Mitch Jenkins via AP)

Alan Moore, the British author known for V For Vendetta and Watchman among other works, has signed a deal with Bloomsbury for a story collection and a five-volume fantasy series called Long London.

In a statement, Moore said he was “bursting with fiction, bursting with prose” and thanked his publisher for its commitment to “expanding the empire of the word”.