Beach junk, zombies and where stories come from…
Every writer is regularly asked the question of where their ideas come from. And every writer has difficulty answering it, because creativity is, by its nature, not designed. I had someone call on my entry phone this morning that helped illustrate my process, though....
3 Minute Book Reviews: Alfred Bester, The Anti-Pope and Perdido Street Station
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester A story that does an awful lot in a short space - The Stars My Destination is strikingly efficient with its seemingly simple tale of revenge, yet spans a richly imagined intergalactic future and shines a light on some very...
3 minute book reviews: Killing Floor, Word Made Flesh, Through the Language Glass
Killing Floor by Lee Child The now impossibly famous Jack Reacher’s first outing - a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time sets our hard-as-nails hero on a collision course with your run-of-the-mill corrupt small town businessmen. It’s easy to see how the...
3 Minute Book Reviews: Rivers of London, Scarlet Gospels, Fahrenheit 451
A mixed bag of books on review here - from the affable urban fantasy of Ben Aaronowitch to the decidedly unaffable meanderings of horror legend Clive Barker. Via a classic in between. Two books worth reading, one really not - see if you can guess which is which....
3 Minute Book Reviews: Vicious, Ready Player One, Robert Chambers
I'm kicking off some quickly digestible book reviews, to share a few thoughts on some of the abundances of books I've been swimming in lately. First up we have the solidly entertaining Vicious, sensational Ready Player One and one out of left field, Robert Chamber's...
Get your FREE copy of “Balfair’s Confinement”
After month’s of toil over what started as a 10,000 words story I can now present the full novella of Balfair’s Confinement - a return to the world of Estalia, last seen in Wixon’s Day. In stark contrast to the aimless wandering of Marquos (and the epic battles he...
Introducing “Balfair’s Confinement”
A lifelong slave determines to escape her master – with devastating results. Following the re-issue of Wixon’s Day (with it’s fantastic new cover) I’m now on the cusp of completing a follow up novella – Balfair’s Confinement. Bridging the gap between the dramatic...
Have you seen the new cover for “A Most Apocalyptic Christmas”?
Continuing the work I've been doing on updating my front covers, you might've noticed that the novella A Most Apocalyptic Christmas has been updated with a spectacular new cover. The arduous work of my long-term collaborator Bob Wright, we were aiming for a vintage...
Beautiful facelifts with my new book covers on the way…
Like the new look? This is an early preview of the updated cover for Wixon's Day - the first step in a slew of new book covers I've got in the wings. I'm excited to say they're all looking great - the Estalia series has a very professional new look and we've got some...