It’s almost Halloween (oh I’m so excited already) and I’m happy to announce that I have a story in a new Halloween-themed anthology! My mummy-with-a-difference story, Anonymous, can be found in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special, which will be FREE on Amazon until Wednesday – how’s that for a Halloween treat? You can grab it […]
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#FridayFlash – Phantom of the Opera
By Gary Bembridge Wishing I could hear your voice again, knowing that I never would, dreaming of you won’t help me to do, all that you dreamed I could…Edith sat in the box, gazing down at the stage. A young woman in taffeta stood near the footlights, her throat straining as she sought the higher […]
[Book Review] Blood Skies
When I first saw a tweet about Blood Skies, it was something to do with vampires. Oh yay…MORE vampires. Just what the world needed, I thought. Well, I’d been talking to writer Steven Montano on Twitter and as I got on with him, I thought I’d ignore the vampire thing and read the synopsis anyway. […]
The Goings On of Icy
I haven’t really done many posts about myself for a while, I suppose in part because I can’t think who’d be interested (well, that, and most people who read my blog follow me on Twitter so you get to hear my rants waffle on there). Still, I figured I should probably do some sort of […]
#FridayFlash – The Bus Stop at the End of Forever
The truck driver pulled over to the kerb. Lancaster climbed out of the truck into a raging storm. The wind whipped along the desolate stretch of road, driving cold rain into her face. The ancient truck heaved itself away, its blinking rear lights soon swallowed up by darkness. She turned and looked at the decrepit bus shelter, […]
#GuestPost – The Challenge of Marketing Westerns
Anyone who read this blog with any regularity will know I have a thing about Westerns. Thankfully, I am not the only one, and it’s my pleasure to hand the Blunt Pencil over to Matthew Pizzolato, whose new novel Outlaw is now out! Matthew’s here to talk about the challenges of marketing a Western, something […]
