Grimdark! A chat with Peter McLean, Jendia Gammon and me
Heard of Youtube? It’s a new website but it’s good! I’m on it right now as part of a chat about the grimdark fantasy genre along with Peter McLean and Jendia Gammon. It was a lot of fun and I think we made some interesting points.
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So I’m auctioning signed books and a critique of your first 5000 words of a novel or story for charity. I was approached by Anna Smith Spark– the Queen Of Grimdark herself–to be part of a British Fantasy Society gala bid for Save The Children. How could I say no? Besides, Anna technically outranks me: […]
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Meet Me At The Library This Saturday!
Leicester Folk! On Saturday October 7th (11am) I’m having a book launch, chat-with-the author-thingy at Leicester Central Library. It’s part of Leicester Libraries festival and is free to pop in but, to ensure you get a seat in case it gets busy, contact the library and book. Either pop in or phone up (0116 299 […]
Read more "Meet Me At The Library This Saturday!"‘The Footage’ horror story remastered on Horrorbabble
Back in 2019 the youtube channel Horrorbabble did an incredible reading of ‘The Footage’, my horror short story about a guy who tries to find out why he sleepwalks and where he goes. Now that same recording has been remastered, so this is an ideal time to check it out. Or for your sleeping self […]
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The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
The Naked Civil Servant is a made for tv film about the hardest bastard who ever lived. John Hurt plays a young exhibitionistically homosexual man in 1930s/40s Britain who can’t go to the shops without at least one slur shouted at him, if he’s lucky. It’s a testament to the sheer willpower of Quentin Crisp […]
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