Hi guys A few years ago The Independent newspaper asked 100 ‘literary luminaries’ to choose their favourite fictional characters. The results of the poll can be found here, and there are some really interesting choices: some familiar, household names, others a little less well-known. So, for example, we have Terry Pratchett picking out that anti-hero [...]
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WHAT DREAMS SHOULD COME
It’s said that Charles Dickens used the stuff of his dreams in some of his novels. This always makes me feel good – because so do I. I’ve always dreamed in Cinemascope – amazing, colourful, emotion-drenched movies spin through my mind when I’m in dream phase. I don’t know what it’s related to – luna [...]
Good Book + Snack = Agony!
Last night, I was reading Dan Simmons’ scarily brilliant - – while eating a bag of – - when I developed an itchy eye. So absorbed was I by the plight of the HMS Erebus & the HMS Terror that I rubbed my eye with a Wotsits-coated finger. Aarrrgghhhh! Just goes to show that brilliant books and tasty snacks [...]
Wet Friday
Found myself drenched this morning so sought refuge in Costa. Haven’t quite embraced the New Year’s creative potential yet. This is the best I could do with what I had: a coffee, a pen, a napkin, and a soggy tree looking mournfully at me through a steamy, rain-splattered window.
Winner of Witchfinder 2 Competition!
Hi guys A fleeting visit to the caves to announce the winner of the first EVER signed Witchfinder 2: Gallows at Twilight competition (apologies for being a day late with this). And the winner selected at random is * drum roll * … MATT IMRIE!!! Commiserations to the other entrants – I’ll be running more signed Witchfinder [...]
B.U.M. chief honoured
Sir Cecily Pomfret, (aged 42 and a half), chief operating officer of the B.U.M., has been knighted in the New Year Honours list. He started his career in weaving as a 16-year old school leaver in 1938. When he left the industry six months later it was as the chief executive of one of Britain’s [...]
Loony poster
I heard a sound the other day while tucking into my special Christmas lurkey with snotlumps (think deformed, wart-covered turkey-like beast with sprout-sized lumps of green snot on the side) kindly laid on by the monsters as a festive “treat”. Footsteps from the passage… I picked up an overcooked schnozzlepap to defend myself should it [...]
Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water
I’m researching leopard seals at the moment. Being the laziest researcher in the ficton world – I will generally wing it and see what I can get away with (you didn’t hear me say that) – I know when a subject grabs me because I’ll be willing to plough through the dryest and densest of [...]
The Final Witchfinder Cover – updated with blurb!
Hi guys, Well, here it is – the cover for Witchfinder 3: The Last Nightfall, the final book in the series. Witchfinder 2: Gallows at Twilight is officially released on 6th January with this third book coming in September… With a sickening jolt, Jake realized that everything before this had been just a prelude to terror. [...]
