News Update
A quick round-up of latest news about the books: The British Library I’m pleased to announce that nearly all of my recent publications have now been requested by The British Library, GREY NOISE and THE KNIGHTS OF SNOWDONIA being the most recent. SEPPUKU Launch My latest collection of short stories was published in May and…
Grey Noise Now Available in Paperback
Buy UK readers buy GREY NOISE HERE US readers buy GREY NOISE HERE What is the Grey Noise? Grey noise is random noise whose frequency spectrum follows a psychoacoustic equal loudness curve. In other examples, we can find pink noise, brown noise and the most familiar one, white noise. For our protagonist, Patrick McDonagh, it’s…
Rare Exotic Breeds Short Story Collection Released into the Wild
How Did Rare Exotic Breeds Come About? Over the past three years, I’ve been submitting short stories to various competitions globally. Rare Exotic Breeds is a collection of all the stories that were prize-winners or shortlisted. After two consecutive first prizes and publication in Writing Magazine, the editor suggested to me that dark, mischievous literature…
Hashtag Junket Wins Writing Magazine Short Story/Flash Fiction Competition
2020 is off to a flying start with another writing competition win, this time for a 500 word story called “Hashtag Junket”. It takes place on an island to which an actor has been invited to promote their latest film.Or so they think. Writing Magazine hope to publish the results in an upcoming Competition Special:…
FREE Dark Interactive Fiction: Ludovico
This FREE interactive fiction verges on the indecent, but I think war is indecent. Warmongers and bullies of all kinds should fear that one day they’ll have to take their own medicine. I hope technology makes that deterrent a reality soon. It’s the same notion that underpins The Horseman’s Dream: that a tech-enhanced form of…
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…
Echo Chamber
Goodnight, my love, Sleep well in your chamber, See you in a while, You’ll be in no danger, From the voice that dares ask, Any question at all, To the strong and the stable, Of their thirst for our thrall. Goodnight, my love, Your skin has grown paler, Behind the chamber’s glass, You’ve become your own jailer, Closing the…
INFJ Film
Having found similar lists useful in discovering resonant films, I decided to make a start on my own list of films for other INFJs to explore. I will be adding to it over the next few days. Any suggestions? Please comment below. Complex power struggles, revenge, honour, betrayal, family, guns, cannoli … Isolation, intellect,…
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