The Merry (Part 1): Ordshaw Vignette #13
As we're well into December, and I'm knee-deep in the festive spirit, it's time for a tale of seasonal cheer. Off the back of last month's delightful Violent Fae tour I was left thinking we had some unfinished business. Specifically, what goes down in Ordshaw around...
The Sunken City Trilogy is out now – and there’s so much more to come
Well, I've reached what's been my end goal for the better part of the past two years. The Sunken City Trilogy is complete - a three-book arc that started with Under Ordshaw, finished at last. Not only finished but now available in a collected eBook and paperback...
The Ordshaw Vignettes eBook and Other News
Following the release of The Violent Fae and the completion of The Sunken City trilogy I'm all systems go with Ordshaw - I've got a new eBook release (available free, no less), along with some big news. After the vignettes blog tour, I quickly...
The Violent Fae Blog Tour 2019: The Ordshaw Vignettes
I'm thrilled to share a blog tour celebrating the release of The Violent Fae, with 12 Ordshaw short stories being shared free over 12 fantastic blogs. It's a honour to be hosted on such great sites - check out the full schedule and information below:What are the...
Book Review: True Bastards by Jonathan French
True Bastards by Jonathan French (Lot Lands Book 2) is out on October 8th, 2019.I was very lucky to receive an advance copy of True Bastards recently, so I felt it my duty to post a longer review than usual. Well, because of that and because I really like these books....
Introducing Bard of the Isles – Read Issue 1 Now!
A new magazine packed with some of the freshest voices in British and Irish SFF, free to read today.In the past year, a delightful new British and Irish Writing Community emerged across various social media platforms, spearheaded by Phil Parker, author of the Knights'...
3 Indie Book Reviews: Ghosts of Tomorrow, The Blighted City and River of Thieves
It’s been a while since I’ve posted some reviews (as always), so I’ve got another bundle of three indie books to share here, all worth checking out. We’ve got cyberpunk thrills, atmospheric adventuring and highly irreverent thievery, with Ghosts of Tomorrow, The...
How Heller Inspired Me
Joseph Heller, known for Catch-22. WW2 vet turned writer of novels, screenplays and short stories and academic.At the age of 17 or so, we were tasked with comparing two books for the English A-Level: Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 and Louis De Bernieres’ Captain Correlli’s...
5 Indie Urban Fantasies Well Worth Reading
Haven’t written many book reviews in a while so here’s a roundup of 5 excellent indie urban fantasies I discovered through SPFBO.