I was late, and getting through the tightly-packed patrons made me even more so. There was Clayton Radcliffe, adjusting his seating position at the bar before taking a long draw from his bourbon-and-coke, unlikely his first for the evening. The younger man next to him, Clayton’s late-20s son Leo, andContinue Reading

I haven’t made many announcements regarding the Open Universities degree I have been working through, but now seems like a good time for an update. I have just entered the last two weeks of the degree (which I have been doing part-time over the last, almost, six years). Only aContinue Reading

The first element of writing that I ever had published was my chapter 20 in Airborne. This was part of a promotion run by Borders with James Patterson in 2009. The process to select the 30 writers (one for each chapter), required a response to the following prompt: The skyContinue Reading

I conducted galley proofreading for the next book in the Outside In series, Trust No One, and I can confirm that it is a great read. The book is now available for purchase. Here’s the blurb: Celebrating over 25 years of The X-Files, and nearly 50 years of Kolchak: TheContinue Reading

My essay for the next book in the Outside In series, Trust No One, was accepted earlier in the year and the book is now available for purchase. This was another great project and the final work is a great read. Here’s the blurb: Celebrating over 25 years of TheContinue Reading

Here is my entry for the August 2020 Furious Fiction monthly competition, as run by the Australian Writers’ Centre. The requirements for the story, apart from being within 500 words, are below. Your story must contain HUMOUR/COMEDY. Your story must include the following five words: DIZZY, EXOTIC, LUMPY, TINY, TWISTED.Continue Reading

I recently received my contributor’s copy of the latest Outside In book: Trusts No One. I am very happy with my contribution; both the essay itself and the proofreading. This is a great series and well-worth a read. Get your pre-order here. Not only is the book itself (and theContinue Reading

Steve, the Elf-on-the-Shelf, gazed across the deep snow surrounding Santa’s Workshop.  Thousands of similarly-clad elf dolls slowly trudged through the dim starlight on their regular evening pilgrimage. Each had an update for the big-guy-in-red, before making their way home again to a new spot in their house. Rinse and repeatContinue Reading

Lloyd’s mailbox clicked open as the key turned in the lock. Three letters were waiting. The first was his phone bill. With a sigh, Lloyd knew he would need to call the company again and ask them to stop sending physical bills. Each one cost him 60 cents. He detestedContinue Reading