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“String City” – 5th Anniversary

Holy cow, it’s five years since Solaris Books published String City, my interdimensional thriller starring a grouchy gumshoe with a magical coat!

I’ve been pondering ways to celebrate this momentous occasion. I considered offering my readers an exclusive guided tour of some of the locations featured in the novel. Unfortunately, the soaring cost of interdimensional travel makes this prohibitively expensive. I also considered giving a free copy of the novel to everyone on the planet, before...

A Bookish Kind of YouTube Channel

If you visit my new YouTube channel seeking explosive monster truck stunts, cute animals tumbling whimsically off pieces of furniture, or dubious advice on how to lose an unlikely amount of weight in an improbably short amount of time … you’re going to be sorely disappointed.

However, if you want to browse my complete collection of book trailers, a selection of promotional videos I made for the now sadly defunct magazine Cinefex, plus more besides … well, you might want to give it a try.

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The Movie Time Machine

I’ve always been fascinated by the way films are made. I’ve even made a few of my own. As a youth, I eagerly bought every book and magazine I could find that lifted the lid on the magical moviemaking process. Later I spent many happy years writing for Cinefex, that much-missed journal of cinematic illusions.

A few years ago I created The Illusion Almanac, a website devoted to film craft, plus an accompanying digital magazine in which I planned to cover major motion picture releases, based...

“Talus and the Frozen King” – 10th Anniversary

Exactly ten years ago, in 2014, Solaris Books published my Neolithic murder mystery Talus and the Frozen King. The novel introduces wandering bard Talus, whose knack for storytelling makes him perfectly qualified to become the world’s first detective.

With the help of Bran, his rough-and-ready companion, Talus attempts to unravel the mystery behind the murder of Hashath, warrior-king of the remote island settlement of Creyak. Nobody is above suspicion, from the king’s six grieving sons to...

Talus and the Frozen King – 10th Anniversary

Exactly ten years ago, in 2014, Solaris Books published my Neolithic murder mystery Talus and the Frozen King. The novel introduces wandering bard Talus, whose knack for storytelling makes him perfectly qualified to become the world’s first detective.

With the help of Bran, his rough-and-ready companion, Talus attempts to unravel the mystery behind the murder of Hashath, warrior-king of the remote island settlement of Creyak. Nobody is above suspicion, from the king’s six grieving sons to...

“Stone & Sky” – 25th Anniversary Gallery

It’s 25 years since my epic fantasy novel Stone & Sky was first published in paperback by HarperCollins.

The novel begins when Victorian adventurer Jonah Lightfoot is mysteriously transported to the seemingly infinite world-wall of Amara, also known as Stone. Exploring this strange tilted realm, Jonah experiences an extraordinary collision between history and myth … and begins his quest to secure the future of humanity’s very existence.

While writing the book, I enjoyed an ongoing conv...

Stone & Sky – 25th Anniversary Gallery

It’s 25 years since my epic fantasy novel Stone & Sky was first published in paperback by HarperCollins.

The novel begins when Victorian adventurer Jonah Lightfoot is mysteriously transported to the seemingly infinite world-wall of Amara, also known as Stone. Exploring this strange tilted realm, Jonah experiences an extraordinary collision between history and myth … and begins his quest to secure the future of humanity’s very existence.

While writing the book, I enjoyed an ongoing conv...

Welcome to 2024

Happy New Year!

I’m starting 2024 with a full desk and a busy slate. Top of the list is my current work-in-progress. What can I tell you about it? Well, it’s a new novel, completely unrelated to anything else I’ve written, and I’m about halfway through the first draft. Apart from that, sorry, my lips are sealed!

One thing I can tell you about is Animation Time Machine, a series of columns I started writing for Animation Magazine in November last year. Each month, I pore over vintage mo...

“Catacombia” Trilogy Flies High at Amazon

I was delighted to see that my fantasy adventure trilogy for young readers, Catacombia, written under the pseudonym R.L. Ferguson, has been amassing 5-star reviews on Amazon.

In the first book, Catacombia: Descent into the Deep, teenager Sam is unexpectedly transported deep beneath the surface of the earth. Here he discovers Catacombia, a city both ancient and modern, filled with a curious blend of high technology and magic. With the help of Ella, a denizen of the city, Sam delves de...

The Animation Time Machine

Interested in the history of animation? Check out my new column for Animation Magazine, in which I send a time machine 100 years into the past, then report back with news from all the movie journals of the day.

Here’s an extract from The Animation Time Machine, bringing news from November 1923:

The Machine’s first discovery was a copy of The Film Daily, dateline 15 November, 1923, carrying big news from the world of animation – and on the front page, no less. “Red Seal Gets Inkwell S...