August Horror Update!

It's been a cool summer in many ways and now that August has rolled around I've started thinking autumn! I know most of you probabaly equate August with holidays and heatwaves, but not me. (It's a cool 35°C as opppsed to 45°C of last month.) I can feel the nip in the morning air, the first leaves are fluttering listlessly on the breeze and thunder storms are churning the night sky.

Once Bitten (UK)
Once Bitten (US)

Last August gave me my first competition win with Hot Air Balloonimg on 99 fictiom.net (check the link on the right if you haven't read it). This year I have my first online book launch for Once Bitten! Join me and a host of other horror writers on Facebook on Saturday 15th at 6pm GMT for giveaways, excerpts and whole lot more.

Here is the final cover for the digital version of Hides the Dark Tower.

As you can see there are some pretty good writers included. I am (as yet!) not well known enough to make it to the credits on the front cover but am still honoured to have my story inside a book that is shared by so many other well-known writers of creepy tales! Remember the book will be available for sale in October, just in time for Halloween!

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Happy Anniversary Scribblers' Den! Cover Reveal: The Den of Antiquity

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