“He showed them the way into the nightmare, but he could not show them the way out…” Thomas Ligotti. “More a singer than a writer,” was...

It's been half a decade since I gave up Drac-in-a-Box, and I've been thinking about it a lot. I finally updated my yahoo mail and there...

I put my novel aside today. It simply wasn't working for me. I walked away and read for a while, pondering on the meaning of life and the...

The premise of Dark is that every 33 years there is a solar and lunar alignment and that time travel is possible between those moments....

A few photos I took on my walk today. An incredibly friendly and photogenic robin came to say hello. Into the trees. #Photos #Scotland

Dance of the Butterfly is set in an unnamed city in central Europe. It is a place where organised crime, represented by the cruel and...

I have been a member of NaNoWriMo for eight years and competed during six of those with varying degrees of success. 2015 was a...

A friend of mine, a fellow author, on learning about the concept of my work in progress – Venus Virus, sent me this book – just in case....

After my recent lament about poor editing in indie books, it was a delight to read Claire Marta’s book. Not only was the story...

I was in court today. The wheels of justice move slowly and all that, and the event had happened six months before. I was a witness to...

Indie authors have the enviable freedom to write something so unique that it would be considered unmarketable to mainstream publishers....

Wednesday November 8th, 2017, and day eight of NaNoWriMo. Having not managed to pen any words towards my novel yesterday, I sat for three...

Madame Two Swords is a beautifully written tale set in an alternate France, 200 years after their failed revolution. Things seemed to...

NaNoWriMo is an intensive writing boot camp that costs nothing but late nights, blurred vision and sore wrists. I discovered it through a...

Drac-in-a-Box’s life began in March of 1999. Before then I was in carpet sales, a career I simply fell into. When I met my second husband...

I have a soft spot for classic literature. Even so I felt nervous before tackling “Crime and Punishment”. Its reputation preceded it....

This is the second found footage film I’ve received from POV films and reviewed. This one wasn’t as good as the first. In fact I...

Religious fervour is akin to madness – that seems to be the message of this strange yet compelling independent film. Whenever I am...

It was with great pleasure that I received a review copy of Adam Nevill’s latest release - “Hasty For the Dark”. The collection is...

If you've been visiting my blog throughout this event you'll have read about zombies, vampires, Adam Nevill, Friday the 13th and ghosts....