Read an eBook Week 2024
It’s the first full week of March, so that means it’s the annual READ AN EBOOK WEEK. Search for ‘read an eBook week’ on this site and you’ll find entries stretching back more than a decade explaining why I support…
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Valentine’s Day
If making that journey alone while the world falls apart around you isn't the grandest romantic gesture of all, then I don't know what is.
2024 Horror Diary
Thanks to Mathew F. Riley of www.myfacerunsred.com for sending me a copy of the fantastic 2024 HORROR DIARY.
The Last Big Thing
THE LAST BIG THING - a collection of my favourite short stories with a gloriously scummy cover - was published 5 years ago today.
Thirty years ago yesterday…
I don't tend to make resolutions. It's always felt a bit weird that we should change our behaviours because of the position of the planet.
Wish I Could be Home for Christmas
I wanted to wrap up the year with a Christmas story, but wasn't sure. Richard Curtis romcom or folk horror? I think you can guess which.
Last week for spreading Christmas gloom
It always feels weird when people give my books as Christmas presents. Apart from LAST CHRISTMAS, they're light on joy and festive fun.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
I had a one-way encounter just now that perfectly encapsulated my frustrations with much of the human race.
It’s the end of the end of the world
As promised, the final AUTUMN short story is here. We humans are good at overestimating our importance. BARELY A SOUND is a response to that.
Biomass and Where’s Wally?
Two new connected AUTUMN stories for you today (and you definitely shouldn't read WHERE'S WALLY until you've read AUTUMN: EXODUS).