FREE Interactive Fiction Adventure: KODIAK
Free Interactive Fiction KODIAK is now up and running for anyone who fancies a go at being a bear! Since it’s my first attempt at IF, it’s only short, but I hope you enjoy it anyway. (Not suitable for young children) Click HERE for weird doodles and poetry. Click HERE for more IF experiences.
Interactive Fiction Experiences
Interactive Fiction Experiences are my latest obsession. As a kid, I was enthralled by Ian Jackson’s/Steve Livingstone’s Fighting Fantasy books and more recently, their app adaptations. I recall writing my own short one about zombies that fed not on flesh, but on energy, and could not be distinguished from normal human beings. Can’t pretend certain…
A Smaller Hell Now Available on Kobo only £1.99
Pleased to announce the launch of A Smaller Hell on Kobo this week. With a fancy new cover and sleek edit, it has been tempting new readers into the spider/fly dynamic of Doyle/Black, which bears ever greater relevance as we uncover yet more sordid conspiracies amongst the powerful. Hierarchy and authority lead people to this…
A Special Kind of Actor
The craggy face of Rutger Hauer glared back at me from the battered VHS case. ‘Don’t let your mum find it. I want it back when you’re done.’ ‘She’ll find it. She finds everything.’ ‘Hide it under your bed.’ ‘First place she looks.’ ‘Dammit. She’ll kill me too if she finds it. She’ll know I…
“Feuilles Mortes” Shortlisted in Writing Magazine’s Poetry Competition
Delighted to have made the shortlist for this one, being the first poetry competition I’ve entered in a few years. Thanks to Writing Magazine. It will be available to read in a collection called The Crystal Barrel, which I am compiling for 2020. You can read “Feuilles Mortes” for yourself here. Find more poetry here.…
My New Novelette “Grey Noise” is FREE Today on Amazon
What happens when a disturbed sound engineer snaps? Patrick McDonagh is a Liverpool sound tech who truly understands the old saying that “silence is golden”. Highly-skilled behind a mixing desk, but undervalued due to his lack of charisma and social graces, he remains forever on the fringes of the music industry, picking up whatever crumbs…
The Parable of the Poisoned King
There was once a wise king who ruled over a vast kingdom. He was feared for his might and loved for his wisdom. In the heart of the city, there was a well with pure and crystalline waters from which the king and all the inhabitants drank. When all were asleep, three witches entered the…
Birkenhead Police
Welcome to the Paradise Peninsula, ye scurvy dogs. Break the law and feel the cold steel o’ me cutlass.
Strange Waves
Last night aboard the Sarinda, I heard a sound from the cockpit. The wind was easily blowing a force five, so I assumed something had come unstuck and fallen to the deck – no big deal. Usually when that happens, I can feel the vibrations in the wood. This time I felt nothing. The sound just happened.…
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