Some things are not meant to be forgotten ... The Buried and the Drowned dark short story collection available now
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Hello from Bath, It's conker time here in the south west of England (horse chestnuts for Americans!) and there's an autumn chill in the air. I love the seasonal shift and this year, things are a little different for me. I'm starting a Masters degree in Death, Religion, and Culture at the University of Winchester in a few weeks' time, which I will do along with continuing to write books. You know my fiction, so you know it's a very me kind of thing! I'll share more over the coming year, but don't worry, there will be more stories on the way. Love short stories with a hint of the supernatural?Some things are not meant to be forgotten. An ancient timber circle emerges from a storm-lashed coast. A secret chamber is discovered beneath a Victorian zoo. A long-lost tomb of undead knights is unearthed beneath the streets of Paris. What happens when the buried and the drowned break free?The Buried and the Drowned is my collection of dark, thrilling short stories that will take you from the volcanic shores of Iceland to the silent depths of the Pacific, from the catacombs of history to the frontiers of genetic science. These stories explore the thin veil between our world and the next, between myth and reality, science and the supernatural. Includes two brand new short stories, The Black Church, based on my trip to Iceland, and Between Two Breaths, inspired by an experience diving in New Zealand many years ago. Available now on Kickstarter in limited first edition signed hardback as well as ebook, audiobook (narrated by human me), paperback, large print, and bundle editions, as well as my other books as Add-Ons. Click here to get the book on Kickstarter Click here to watch the book trailer
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Hello from Bath, Spring is here and I recently attended a reunion back at my Oxford college, which was strange but also wonderful to see old friends and where they have ended up in life after 30 years. There was a moment in the old hall when a bell rung and Grace was said before dinner and the years fell away. Precious memories indeed, and you can read/listen to me talk about Oxford in this episode of my Books and Travel Podcast on Decadence, Discipline, and Dreaming Spires. Writing-wise, I...
Hello from Bath, One of the most common questions that authors are asked is: "Where do you get your ideas?" Well, for me, it's often about where I travel and what I find there. In 1999, I sailed on a tall ship from Fiji to Vanuatu in the south pacific, and something about that crossing never let me go. I just couldn’t find the right story for it ... until now. Bones of the Deep has finally arrived, with a setting that takes you out on the open ocean, the stolen bones of a merfolk culture, and...
Hello from Bath, It's spring here which is lovely, and I am in the final phases of preparing for the launch of Bones of the Deep, my next thriller, and also starting to research the next ARKANE thriller, Crown of Thorns. While you wait for those, you might enjoy my short story, The Black Church, now available in ebook and audiobook, human-narrated by me! It's free for a limited time from my store, linked below, and it's also in my 12-story collection, The Buried and the Drowned. A week alone...