Author of the Fantastical and Macabre
Short and sweet. I like Pinterest. Having somewhere I can keep track of all the images I stumble across that serve as inspiration is great. In some cases, it’s not so much that a particular image inspires, but rather it realises the thoughts I already had in …
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Here it is, the book trailer for A Bump in the Night. Enjoy! A Bump in the Night is available in ebook and print at Click to rate this post!
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After much ado, I can finally say that A Bump in the Night is now available! So… what’s it about? Despite the title, A Bump in the Night is not a horror story. It’s not going to scare you (it really isn’t – but it might make …
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Good things come to those that wait… or so I’m told. If so, there is a rather large van speeding its way towards me as I write with a logo plastered on the side displaying the words ‘Good Things’. Of course, the driver has never heard of …
Read MoreSaturday, October 31st, 2015 Dear Diary,I dug deep with the knife, tore out their innards, and carved strange symbols upon their skin… I will cook and eat the guts later. Pumpkins and shadows… my favourite! These pumpkins were given to me by someone from the village (to …
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This is the poem that comes from the soon to be released novella, A Bump in the Night. Originally, I had intended to release the novella for Halloween. The fact that living in a rural part of the world that exists outside of the US means that …
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THE OPTIMIST The circle turnsThe game beginsThe candle burnsNo one wins… Flame beckons hitherShadows bendingBlackened hearts witherDreams ending Moth to flameCinder wingsNone to blameSilence rings The candle burnsThe game beginsThe circle turnsNo one wins… – Crispian Thurlborn, “The Optimist” (2015) Click to rate this post!
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Monster. The word conjures a multitude of horrors. The original Latin word, monstrum, could also refer to portent or warning. Perhaps that is what they are. We use them to drive home warnings. We have done so throughout history, in song and tale. A classic …
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Never is a season more apt than this for walking hand in hand with the dead. As evening draws close and dying light plays upon withered leaf and branch, we are able, for but a breath, to peer into the realms after and see there …
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