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Where do you get your ideas?

Ask a 1000 writers and you'll get a 1000 answers. It's one of those bug-bear questions. When I get something published (hooray!) I try to tell the story behind the story but it ain't always easy (and sometimes I simply don't want to share!) In this post I thought I'd let you into my thought processes.   This is a gorgeous treasure chest that sits just inside the front door of my godmother's house. I've always loved it as it's got gorgeous colours and seems pretty old - about a century if I were to hazard a guess. Due to the fact that it is a delightful hiding place for palm-sized hairy brown arachnids it has never really been used for more than dumping empty carrier bags. This summer I thought I'd do it up so that we could use it for storing winter blankets. The brass plate at the front has been painted with horrid poo-coloured gloss which I have no idea how to remove but the paper lining, which was all torn, was a much easier challenge so

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 cove

Once Bitten - Get your copy now!

If you are looking for something to get you through those lazy days of summer then here it is! The super new anthology from Knight Watch Press Once Bitten , edited by Steven Lewis. It includes my story  Thrill of the Chase as well as a whole host of thrilling tales from Jacob Prytherch, T. Fox Dunham, Martin Nike, James Park, Elle Joyce, Nic Martin, John R. Fultz, Sheldon Woodbury, Spencer Carvalho, Michael Seese, Ian Faulkner, Steven Chapman, James S. Dorr and Tim Jefferys.   Click on the links to order your Copy: Amazon UK Amazon US