Having looked at genre in week one and conflict and contract in week two, week three focused on research and revision: rewriting and...

Ribbons is the fourth of a planned five books in the Starblood series, and was published on September 13th 2019 by Vamptasy Publishing...

Perhaps because I spent my formative years reading books by Clive Barker and Poppy Z Brite, I have always felt that LGBTQ has a place in...

My short story “Salon of Lost Souls” included in the collection “Broken Mirror and Other Morbid Tales” is set in a building named Regency...

I am fascinated by the supernatural. When I was younger I used to see ghosts all the time and I suffered from terrible dreams and...

This isn’t the first year I’ve raved about British Horror writer Adam Nevill during October Frights, but with his new release due out...

This week I have written four short pieces or fragments from different prompts, including one poem. The first prompt was to adapt a...

October Frights is a blog hop and you will see a list of all participating bloggers, horror and paranormal authors in this post. Please...

Fact 1 - I used to have black and white dreads. They took eight hours of tugging to put in and weighed as much as my arm. They looked...

I cannot overstate how much I enjoyed reading this book for a second time. The lush language and imagery is full of so many layers that...

What Is an Extreme Haunting? Cyndi has been pursued since childhood by a ghostly presence known as the Shadow Man and cannot escape his...

This week I have written three short pieces or fragments from three different prompts and edited the first of these. The first prompt was...

I got every author’s favourite email this week – an acceptance letter. My short story “High Tide” will be included in Red Cape...

I am humbled, both by the fact that Adam Nevill sent me this ARC and that I am mentioned in the acknowledgements. This is a horror author...

I have enjoyed AMC’s Preacher from the beginning. The mix of slapstick, dark comedy and horror makes it about as entertaining as TV...

Book four of the Starblood series came out on Friday 13th September. This blog post includes a video of me reading from the book and...

Last night I had a wonderful time at the Ribbons release part event on Facebook. Ribbons has been selling well and there's already a...

Yes, Friday 13th is release day for Ribbons - book four in the Starblood series. To celebrate books one and two are available for Kindle...

Coldheart Canyon looks at Hollywood circa 1920s and "present" 1990s. It shows how much the landscape has changed in that time and how...

A week earlier than expected my study materials arrived. I've skimmed some of the instructions and discovered that as I progress with the...