6 Comments · Posted on December 31, 2012
So that’s (very nearly) it for 2012. I was going to do some kind of review of the year post but I ended up being busier than expected so that didn’t happen. I may yet still do one. 2012 was a weird one for me. It was mostly good, and it was remarkably busy, and […]
2 Comments · Posted on December 24, 2012
Happy holidays, everyone. I wish you all a very splendid time over the festive period. Have fun!
2 Comments · Posted on December 22, 2012
I know I’m not an American and have no right to tell anyone, anywhere, how I think they should live their lives, but I do think this is worth watching, no matter who, or where, you are.
Leave a Comment · Posted on December 21, 2012
So today’s both the date of what some (nutters?) are telling us is the end of the world, and it’s also National Short Story Day. So what better blog post to plonk up here than one containing a short story about the end of the world? It’s from Not So Perfect. It’s called Five Years […]
4 Comments · Posted on December 16, 2012
I’ve just noticed that both Freaks! and Not So Perfect are available, in all their paperback glory, for under a fiver from Waterstones. Which is rather cool. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that they’d make the PERFECT gift this Christmas, but I will anyway. (I’ve got a small number of copies left […]
32 Comments · Posted on December 12, 2012
I’m delighted to welcome Joel Willans to the blog today – he’s a long time friend of the blog and a writer I’ve admired for a while now. His collection, ‘Spellbound: Stories of Women’s Magic Over Men‘ is out now and I’m very much looking forward to reading it. And its cover’s pretty bloody wonderful, […]
Leave a Comment · Posted on December 11, 2012
The Doctor Who geek in me loves this an awful lot. Thanks to Andy Fanton for the heads up.
1 Comment · Posted on December 6, 2012
A few years ago I tried to write a story about a boy who, without meaning to, affected the weather. For whatever reason I didn’t finish it or make it into anything I’d be happy putting my name to. A few months ago, however, I went back to the idea, starting pretty much from scratch, […]
1 Comment · Posted on December 5, 2012
If anyone would like a signed, personalised copy of any of my books for crimbo, or would like to give them to a friend or loved one as a gift, then let me know (either leave me a comment, send me a message via Twitter or Facebook, or use the contact form here). You can […]