Well, bless my bagpipes! The wonderful Andy Stanton is back with yet another hilarious installment in the Mr Gum series – this time, it’s Mr Gum and the Cherry Tree. In this anarchic adventure, the residents of Lamonic Bibber appear transfixed with the reappearance of the long-missed king of the woodland spirits, Runtus. Sounds sane [...]
Archive > July 2010
Time To See the Other Holmesdale Interview!
A while back Tommy posted the interview he gave at Holmesdale Technology College in Kent. Well, I was there too! And I also gave an interview. In fact, for some it, Tommy was sitting at the back making faces at me. It was a little distracting. But only a little. Because, as you’ll see from [...]
The Wondrous Mr Wooding
In case you haven’t come across his books yet, it’s high time I recommended an author who consistently writes some of the finest action fantasy around right now: Chris Wooding. The first book of his I read was his deliciously twisted ‘phaerie’ tale Poison – and I’ve been reading and enjoying everything by him that [...]
The Quest Nears Its End
Great news for all Scream Street fans in the US – we’re now less than two weeks away to two new books being released by Candlewick Press! Scream Street 5: Skull of the Skeleton features a visit by The Headless Horseman but, when the head-loose hero’s skull is stolen and used to complete a home-made [...]
SPARKES & BRIGGS ON PAROLE IN SUSSEX
Since we started duetting the hits of Barry Manilow together, Andy and I have appalled the Monsters so much they have decided to shove us both out of the caves for a few hours on Saturday. Just to stop their faces melting. They’re dumping us in the care of the Elephant Toyshop in Trading Boundaries [...]
The Ravenous Beast at The Garter Lane Gallery!
Exhibition, Niamh Sharkey, Ravenous Beast, Garter Lane Gallery,
A Postcard from Cosmo
I found this on my drawing board this morning! previous postcard / next postcard
Write Your Own Scary Stories!
Whenever I do events, I often get asked the same questions. The most popular of these is “Are you rich enough to buy a helicopter?” The answer to this, sadly, is not yet, although I often look at them on eBay and will hopefully one day get myself one. The second most popular question, usually [...]
Win a Signed ‘Witchfinder’!
A signed copy of ‘Witchfinder: Dawn of the Demontide’ that is, not an actual signed witchfinder! They’re pretty hard to come by these days, and certainly don’t appreciate being scribbled on! Anyhoo, if you want to enter the comp all you have to do is find me on twitter – I’m ‘WitchfinderBook’ – and tweet [...]
Are Cows Monsters?
If you haven’t seen it yet, be warned: the evidence of this video by Cyriak (via Boing Boing) seems incontrovertible. I can’t decide what’s more horrifying: the giant spider cow, the species’ hitherto unknown ability to turn into a cow puddle then revert Terminator 2 style or the way, at the end, they stand around [...]
