Apart from the classic, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, I’m particularly fond of “Fungi from Yuggoth“ by H. P. Lovecraft. Then again, there are several by Lovecraft and Poe that could have been included here… and, of course, one of my own from the …
Read MoreExit – book trailer
Here’s the book trailer for EXIT. It’s a simple video. One of the quickest I’ve done. It’s also one of my favourites. I think what really brings it together, for me at least, is the background track. The artist, Monplaisir, can be found over at …
Read MoreExit – print edition cover reveal
The print edition cover for EXIT has finally been released. If you still haven’t read the preview yet, then you can do so here. When I design a cover, I usually have a number of ideas. I mock them up and then take a week or …
Read MoreExit… Signs
Here’s the Pinterest board for EXIT… As always, whenever I stumble across an image that appeals to the story that I’m currently writing, I pin it to an artboard. I don’t always bother editing the tags… that’s too much bother. I really only care about …
Read MoreMixtape – “Exit”
Ah… the humble mixtape! Those older readers will no doubt fondly recall sitting with a handful of cassettes and their cassette recorders whilst connected up to another player or the radio. Even better if you had a twin deck! In the age of drag-and-drop playlists …
Read MoreExit – book release
I have a new book. It’s called EXIT. It’s out now. Please buy it. That’s what I want to say. The story disapproves of my directness. It wants me to delete the above sentence. I don’t. I won’t. Many authors will tell you that writing …
Read More>Enter PIN< ...01134
I thought I had posted this last year. Then I remembered I hadn’t. Then I forgot. Again. Then I remembered. Again. So… here is the Pinterest board for 01134. A few images that I stumbled across when I was writing the story and then again when …
Read More01134 – book trailer
Never have we been more connected. Never have we been so alone… 01134 is a psychological horror/drama set in Japan. It’s sad. It’s strange. It’s a tad creepy in places. It’s… well, watch the book trailer and decide. 01134 is available in ebook and print …
Read More01134 – book release
About that short story… I started writing the idea back in December 2016 while I was passing through Kansai International Airport. I was just starting my winter vacation and was thinking about cracking on with Glade. Unfortunately, those good intentions got lost in transit and …
Read MoreMeetup – Writers of the Round Table | Osaka
I know. It has been an age since I actually posted anything. Work gets in the way and the little time that I do manage to scrape together I generally use for writing rather than updating. For what use is updating if I’m not writing …
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