Six months on and the saga continues: Mum: “You didn’t tell Mrs Shah you’re a novelist did you? You never do.” Me: “It’s hard to crowbar into the conversation.” Mum: “She’s a right to know, Jim. She’s your dentist.”

I know I’ve rather been playing the shill these last few weeks but Future Days– an sf anthology with my novelette, The Pink Star-Ship Switch in it- is 99p on Kindle! Plus a whole heap of awesome stories by toptastic authors! Offer ends on the 8th September.

I’m fascinated by this Tesco advert. He has the look of a man whose life has gone to absolute shit.

Congratulations to all the winners and runners-ups at the Hugo Awards last night, especially NK Jemesin on her best novel win (third in a row!). That’s, er, all I have to say really. Wasn’t there this year so no write-up I’m afraid. But everyone clearly had a great time!

For a short period only FUTURE DAYS is available on Kindle for the crazeee price of 99p (or, if you still haven’t got over that independence for the empire tantrum, $0.99!!!) Featuring My novelette ‘The Pink Starship Switch, set in my ‘feral-verse’ (Ooh, that’s a good name for it. Have to remember that…)

It’s a busy time here at Worrad Towers. Today be the day this here anthology of bad-ass sci-fi tales is released, including my story (technically a novelette) ‘The Pink Starship Switch’. It’s a pleasure and an honour to have ‘Pink’ wedged between so many wonderful stories. Check it out!!!    

Anyone playing a modern James Bond, by my reckoning, not only has to look suave but also has to look like they could beat me- a 6ft man- to death armed merely with a walnut in a sock. Daniel Craig defined that quality in Bond. Idris Elba evokes it too.