10 years of AUTUMN
Hard to believe today is the 10 year anniversary of the mass market release of AUTUMN. It had been around for another 10 years prior to that, of course, first as a very basic free download, then as an independent…
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The Day of the Triffids
Time and time again, when I’ve been asked in interviews to name my favourite book, I always plump for John Wyndham’s 1951 classic, THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS. As I started typing this piece, I’d literally just put the novel…
Looking back at the AUTUMN movie
So, as I’ve mentioned a couple of times in the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking about the AUTUMN series a lot recently. AUTUMN was the first of my books which really took off. As you may recall, I gave…
SCREAM Issue 28
The team behind SCREAM have been long-time supporters of my work, and it’s an absolute pleasure to be able to return the favour and promote each and every new issue of this great horror mag. It gets better and better…
The Impossible
Most of the film recommendations I share here are post-apocalyptic movies, but today I’m making an exception. Kind of. Back in 2008, just after Guillermo del Toro’s involvement in the planned Hater movie had been announced, other names soon became…
New signing date, a giveaway reminder, and some cool trivia
Couldn’t think of a better title for this post, so I just went with the facts! I’m going through one of those weird periods at the moment: loads of stuff happening behind the scenes, but I don’t have much to…
SFX Zombie Special (and who the hell is Muriel?)
I’ve been waiting to talk about this for ages, and as it’s now been announced on the SFX website, I guess I finally can! On 26th September SFX release their latest special issue – ZOMBIES: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE. Now any…
The Walking Dead season 2
I’m ashamed to say I haven’t read nearly enough of The Walking Dead (I’m currently working my way through this little beauty), but I was a big fan of the first season of the TV show. It’s great to see…