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September 4, 2025
A State of the Meikle Address
Writing's been like pulling teeth all year and I'm struggling with it. Some of it's age and health-related I'm sure, another part is the state of the world, and yet another part is disillusionment with the whole process.
For the past 20 years now, I've mostly defined myself through the writing; at some point it became not something I did, but something I was. And opening myself up to inspection like that isn't something that comes natural to me. While I was having fun, getting published regularly and making money I was able to keep that side of things at bay.
But as I age out of the business end of things and new writers / new voices come along, I'm finding it harder to reach readers with my form of entertainment. I'm mostly an analog man in a mostly digital world, and nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
Not done with it yet, but it sure feels like full retirement from it is closer than it's ever been, if only for the sake of my mental health.
Anyway, for now at least, onwards.
For the past 20 years now, I've mostly defined myself through the writing; at some point it became not something I did, but something I was. And opening myself up to inspection like that isn't something that comes natural to me. While I was having fun, getting published regularly and making money I was able to keep that side of things at bay.
But as I age out of the business end of things and new writers / new voices come along, I'm finding it harder to reach readers with my form of entertainment. I'm mostly an analog man in a mostly digital world, and nostalgia ain't what it used to be.
Not done with it yet, but it sure feels like full retirement from it is closer than it's ever been, if only for the sake of my mental health.
Anyway, for now at least, onwards.
September 2, 2025
A NEW CHAPBOOK FOR SEPTEMBER
A NEW CHAPBOOK: FEVERS: THREE SCOTTISH SUPERNATURAL STORIES
August 12, 2025
THE PLASM FREE
A free Lovecraftian SciFi / Horror Novella
August 8, 2025
August 5, 2025
A NEW CHAPBOOK FOR AUGUST
A NEW CHAPBOOK: APPORTS: THREE SCOTTISH SUPERNATURAL STORIES
July 10, 2025
18 years full time
18 years this week since I gave up permanent employment and gambled our future on me writing full time. We still haven't starved so I count that as a win...
July 9, 2025
A Lovecraftian Pair
Two collections of my Lovecraftian stories in a matching pair on Amazon... (available in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audiobook.)
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July 5, 2025
MIDNIGHT EYE FILES OMNIBUS 3
Out now. A 3rd collation of Scottish Occult Detection in ebook, print and on Kindle Unlimited
July 3, 2025
BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR JULY
FEATURED BOOK OF THE MONTH
SHERLOCK HOLMES: REVENANT
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: REVENANT: A Weird Sherlock Holmes Adventure
SHERLOCK HOLMES: REVENANT
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: REVENANT: A Weird Sherlock Holmes Adventure
July 2, 2025
The Squared Circle - price reduced
The Squared Circle - price reduced. Now only $2.99 on Kindle
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THE SQUARED CIRCLE: A Victorian Time Travel Adventure
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THE SQUARED CIRCLE: A Victorian Time Travel Adventure
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