Hi all, I’m pleased to announce that the final edits are done, I think I’ve caught just about everything and now I’m ready to let this thing fly. It will be available by Friday 14th November on Amazon and I will share details and a link here closer to the time. In other news, I […]
Read more "Ardenna Crossing Update – Ready to Publish"Hi everyone, Episode 23 – The Books of Bararak (Part 1) Shott Stories returns with a brand new team. Join Morgan, Daisy and I as we introduce ourselves, talk about Book clubs, fantasy stories and conquer that painful problem of character name generation! We’re making up an adventure story set deep in the wastes of […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 23 Available Now"Hello everyone, Things are going really well and I’m in the final stages of getting Book 2 ready for publication. the tentative date is 15th November so I hope to give you a firm confirmation of that as soon as I can. I’m really excited about getting it out there so people have a chance […]
Read more "The Ardenna Crossing: Title Announcement"A trip to the pictures today to see this adaptation of Stephen King’s short story. Arriving ahead of Rdgar Wright’s new take on another tale from The Bachman Books, The Running Man (with Glen Powell), this has had much less fanfare. I read the story nearly thirty years ago and remembered the premise, but I […]
Read more "Tonight’s Viewing – The Long Walk (2025)"Hi everyone, Great news. An extract from The Ardenna Crossing has been selected for the BBC Upload program. You can hear me reading a section of the book on 31st July and 2nd August between 6pm and 8pm (BST). The show is BBC Upload on Thursday and Saturday – 6-8pm on 95.3 FM, 104.5 FM, […]
Read more "Catch ‘The Ardenna Crossing’ on the BBC"Hi everyone, Episode 21 – Zulu but with Vikings (Part 1) Join Cian, Ivy, Polly, Haydon and I as we conjure a tale from the mists of the North; a tale of Sven the Slaughterer and his marauding Viking band as they come up against retired Roman general, Marcus Maxidius III, in Hull! Who will […]
Read more "Shott Stories – Episode 21 Available Now"Hi everyone, I didn’t know anything about this film until about a week ago. I found it on Disney+ last night and decided to give it a go. Here is my review. If you’re a fan of the franchise, this animated anthology film is pretty special. It’s cinematic and has some really memorable, well-drawn characters, […]
Read more "Tonight’s Viewing – Predator: Killer of Killers"Hello everyone, With Book 2 nearly ready, I did some planning for the next two books in The Ardenna Crossing series. So, while you wait for Book 2 to be released later this year, I can reveal the working titles for Books 3 and 4. Book 3 – The Ardenna Crossing: Like The Flapping of […]
Read more "The Ardenna Crossing: Title Announcement"Hi there, One last poem I had forgotten about from my trip to the Tate Britain. This one is based on Mona Hatoum’s installation made up of wood and wire coops with light bulbs flaring and switching on and off. The electrical hum put me in mind of David Lynch, as did the varying contrast […]
Read more "Current Disturbance- a poem"Hi there, Another day, another poem. This one is based on JMW Turner’s beautiful picture, The Field of Waterloo (1818). I’d never noticed this picture before I saw it last weekend. Lovely. The Field of Waterloo Minister to them,The fallen; intermingled colours,Joined in death as an endless host,Indistinguishable,Red favours adorn them all, Kindled light of […]
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