New Dark Rite review

Things have been pretty quiet around here for a while, for which I apologise. I’ve been flat out with many things lately and it’s always the blogging that suffers at those times. After all, the writing is the main thing and everything else comes secondary...

Site slightly bolloxed

Apologies all. This site is going through a theme upgrade and there’s going to be a few glitches along the way. Hopefully it’ll all be fixed up ASAP, but we’re only human. Well, barely human. Everything should still work even if things look a bit...

I’m interviewed by Terry W Ervin II

Terry Ervin is the author of books like Flank Hawk and Blood Sword. He was kind enough to invite me over to his site for an interview. I talk about books, horror, martial arts, collaboration, the Monkey TV show, what I’ve already written and what I’m...

Dreaming of Djinn in the house

Look at the pretty shiny. Those are my contributor copies of Dreaming of Djinn that arrived this morning. Edited by the brilliant Liz Grzyb and published by Ticonderoga Publications, this is an anthology of stories inspired by The Thousand and One Nights. Isobelle...

Aurealis Award winners and lessons learned

Last night was Australian speculative fiction’s night of nights, with the Aurealis Awards Gala presentation. The third and final time in Sydney (next year it moves to Canberra) and what a night it was. It’s always a party, where writers, publishers,...