International crime writers join forces to support NHS with new Crime Anthology Features shorts from best-sellers authors including Neil Broadfoot, Roz Watkins, Sharon Bolton and Zoe Sharp Newcastle-Upon-Tyne based literary group, Noir at the Bar, has brought together some of the best crime writers from across the globe, to publish a collection of short, fictional crime... Continue Reading →
The following is an abridged section of an essay from my collection of screenplays and 'bonus material' Off-Script. It's a weird little collection: four short scripts, ranging in technical difficulty to film, a bunch of notes, and a few glossaries. It was never going to be a best-seller. I adapted a couple of previously published short... Continue Reading →
#1. The gift: it's five pounds of veal! Given to a young Frank Cross by his father in Scrooged. Much better than the choo-choo train he wanted... #2 The gift; the bear that came to the party...or sat in the Limo. John McClane's festive offering from Die Hard #3 The gift: what the f***k is... Continue Reading →
As we're counting down to the creepiest night of the year I'm offering a FREE Paperback copy of one of my horror short story collections. All you have to do is reply to this post with the headline, "Competition Entry..." followed by the title you'd like to win - either: Cellar Stories: A collection of... Continue Reading →
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Cellar Stories Out Today. An all new collection of horror shorts for young and old alike. Free story and introductory offer.
"I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose." - Steven WrightI've been thinking about that joke from Steven Wright a bit recently and it's not as funny as it used to be... So here's the deal: I'm releasing a new collection of short stories - exact publication date to be confirmed but it'll be... Continue Reading →
A very quick one, image free and hastily written today because I need to get back to writing real stuff... I saw a post earlier today from Georgia Springate, author of Beyond (a book I've previously recommended - and which you should check out), who put down some of the music she listens to while... Continue Reading →
Last night I downloaded a Kindle book - '100 Word Horrors Part 2: An Anthology of Horror Drabbles (100 Word Horror Collection)' edited by Kevin J Kennedy. It features a story by Terry West, a writing acquaintance whose writing I enjoy a lot. It has a fantastic cover (if, like me, you remember the '80's... Continue Reading →
From the 3rd-5th of May this year, Newcastle Noir, the North East's very own crime writing festival will be running at its new home of Newcastle City Library. Now in its sixth year, the festival is going to be offering over 25 talks, panels, screenings and workshops featuring more than 80 authors from around the world.... Continue Reading →
