Today I’m going to take you through some of the things that cause me fear, distress and alarm. I’ve mentioned a few of my irrational fears in the past, so I won’t be going back over those again today, and I won’t be mentioning any of the monsters here in the caves because of course [...]
Category > The Monsters
Monsters I have met…
There’s plenty of monsters down here in the dark!
This one likes to keep an eye on me.
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Doctor Who ebooks and a Monster Morpher!
It’s a Doctor Who-related double bill from me today, but then everyone loves a bit of Who, don’t they? First up, the lovely people at the BBC have made a selection of classic Doctor Who novels available to read online, or download to your ebook reader, should you possess such a gadget. Like I say, [...]
Of myths and monsters
I’ve spent a lot of time drawing monsters of late. Monsters are potentially very scary indeed, although the one you’ll see here has an element of cuteness, I think – hooves always temper a creature’s nastiness. So this is the Jersey Devil, a meanie reported to have been sighted in the depths of the New [...]
The Devil’s Clawmarks?
Recently, I jetted off to the Orkney Islands for a three day tour, talking about being a writer and running workshops with some of the children in the island schools. It was a fun – if occasionally dramatic – few days, and for a full report take a look at this post on my website. [...]
The Silly Monster Book!
Long-time readers of this blog may remember that way back in May last year I attempted to rescue the authors from their hideous monster captors. It was a complete and utter disaster (possibly because I tried to rescue them using rhyming couplets, never a good idea). Ever since then, the monsters have been out for [...]
Beeeee Jeeeeepers!
This is not the pamper destination that was in the brochure. I thought I going to be whisked into a fuzzy glow in the hands of real professionals. I knew something was not quite right when I was dropped off at the dead of night near the mouth of a cave. There was a handwritten [...]
Brief, precious freedom
For the last few days I have been out of the cave, running events at the Turriff Book Festival in Aberdeenshire. I met lots of excited kids, talked nonsense for a total of 7 or 8 hours, and enjoyed the taste of air that wasn’t tinged with the acrid stench of monster dung. Or David’s [...]
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR, Episode 4 by Barry Hutchison
THE UNSPEAKABLE HORROR! a Trapped By Monsters story with art by David Melling Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 ‘Um… are you sure this is strictly necessary?’ Gavin the Awful stopped half-way across the cave, and turned his misshapen body towards me. With a hiss, he stuck out his fat, yellow tongue. Attached to the end was [...]
Singing Songs and Eating Bunnies
Happy Easter weekend everybody. Here’s a monster singing a song and eating bunnies, just like they do in the cave here: The Muppets: Stand By Me
