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.
My Love and Loss of Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett, known for the Discworld novels and a whole lot more. Writer of fantasy and sci-fi with a satirical bent. Around January 2018, I settled down to read Maskerade, the 18th book in the Discworld series, and thoroughly enjoyed it. But it left me with a...
Cover Reveal: The Violent Fae
The new cover design for the upcoming novel, The Violent Fae, revealed. The third book in the Ordshaw series, and the closing chapter in the Sunken City arc.
The City Screams is OUT NOW!
I'm proud to announce that The City Screams is now available from all your most friendly bookshops. And, of course, Amazon. Check it out here. The story's become really dear to me, given the rather different journey the lead, Tova Nokes, took me on. She's a profoundly...
“The City Screams” – A Novel That Refused to Be a Short Story
My next book now has a release date – and its cover was revealed in an exploration of the Ordshaw style over at Bibliosanctum yesterday. If you didn't see it coming, that's fine - The City Screams, officially a full-length novel, even if I keep calling it a novella,...
“Blue Angel” is OUT NOW! Here’s what it’s all about:
Blue Angel, the second book in the Ordshaw series, is now available in eBook and paperback format, from Amazon here. So what's it all about? Blue Angel picks up directly where Under Ordshaw leaves off - the next chapter in a thrilling jaunt through the UK's...