Writing The Magic

Just picked up my author’s copy of Writing The Magic, sent to me by Dead Ink Books. Always get a kick out of seeing me words in ink; this time an essay rather than a story. I tackle the legacy of Michael Moorcock’s Elric Of Melniboné. Some wonderful authors in this one. If you want […]

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About ‘The Point Of Art’

So I’ve a new Kyra-from-Pennyblade story coming out in Of Enchantment, Enigma And The Infinite, an anthology of tales involving magic. The story is called The Point Of Art and is the first thing to feature the scurrilous problem-pixie and disaster-sapphic Kyra Cal’Adra since her debut in Pennyblade. So why bring her back? And why […]

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Fairytale Cement Factory

A blend of fantasy castle and sci-fi base, La Fabrica (just outside of Barcelona) was the dream of architect Ricardo Bofill from the moment he saw an abandoned cement factory. Now it contains gardens, a church, gallery, conference rooms, working spaces for creatives and more besides. “Life goes on here in a continuous sequence,” Bofill, […]

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So I’m In An Upcoming Anthology…

…with all these awesome authors… Adrian Tchaikovsky, Cynthia Pelayo, Stark Holborn, Ai Jiang, Paul Cornell, Bonnie Burton, David Quantick, Eugen Bacon, Peter McLean, Ren Hutchings, Renan Bernardo, Greg van Eekhout, Pedro Iniguez, Jonathan Maberry, Dennis K. Crosby, D.K. Stone, Sarah L. Miles, J.L. Worrad, KC Grifant, Antony Johnston, Mya Duong, Helen Glynn Jones, Alice James, […]

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