Found this image on a Korean tweet while Googling for Black Annis, a nightmarish folktale figure from my neck of the woods, Leicester. Strange to think this technically depicts a tree on the New Parks housing estate but imagined and rendered by someone far away. The weird thing was I translated the tweet and it […]

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  Finally saw the horror movie It Follows last night. Its genius lies in it doing the exact opposite of most horror films: you always see the monster coming and there’s no sudden scares. Just dread, creepy ceaseless dread. The monster looks like everyone and just walks toward its victim, so, as a viewer, you’re […]

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Walked home through Frog Island this morning. It’s an area of Leicester that economically collapsed in the late 80s and decided not to bother getting up. I love its gothic-industrial rot. It’s like a vision of the future if the Midlands went all Mad Max.

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In which I talk about The Scalpel, writing generally, the strange case of the Gibbons Sisters, Iain M Banks and getting the creative best out of hotel corridor patrols.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BUYING MY BOOK!!! I’ve had a lovely few days that are dangerous to my ever-increasing ego and everyone in its potential blast radius (And, er, that’s a good thing. I’m certain). If you bought The Scalpel and really want to indulge me, I’d be touched, nay fondled, if you could […]

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BUCKLE UP, SPACE-GONZO FREAKS! Paperbacks of my debut novel are available NOW to order on Amazon (ebooks should be available in a couple weeks). “This fantasy, space opera epic unleashes a mind-warping tale of galactic intrigue, explosive action, incandescent dialogue and smouldering passions.” Swirl Savard’s life is not going to plan. Exiled by her alien […]

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Idea for futuristic street drug: once sniffed, drug reads brain and creates memory of favourite tv show, a show that never existed. Hit lasts ten seconds but seems like five seasons. Illegal due to immediate depression when you can’t chat about it with fellow fans.

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