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Book Review: 4/5 stars to HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES by Tim Powers

Hide Me Among the Graves by Tim Powers My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been a big Tim Powers fan for many years now. I adore the way he attacks a plot with exuberance and bravado. In this one... Continue Reading →

Book Review: 4/5 Stars to REVIVAL by Stephen King

Revival by Stephen King My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been a constant reader of the man since CARRIE – over forty years now, and in recent years have found his work a bit hit or miss for me... Continue Reading →

Book Review: 4/5 stars to Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers

Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Another one-sitting read from the great Tim Powers. I’ve been a fan since reading THE DRAWING OF THE DARK in 1980, and over the years since he’s never failed... Continue Reading →

When Hollywood doesn’t call.

One of my regrets in my writing career is that I never managed to get anywhere with my script writing apart from seeing a handful of no-budget shorts get produced, and having a shared credit on a low budget feature,... Continue Reading →

No retreat, no surrender.

I was tidying up my Facebook history and came across this, from Sep. 2008.. It seems I was going through something of an existential crisis with regards to my writing. These nine or more years later I can’t really remember... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 5/5 stars to The Nickronomicon by Nick Mamatas

The Nickronomicon by Nick Mamatas My rating: 5 of 5 stars There’s a keen intelligence at work in Nick Mamatas’ fiction, and he’s not afraid to let it show. This collection of Lovecraftian works of his shows off his various... Continue Reading →

Dreamlands – Shall we talk about the black bird?

The black bird has been with me for a long time – 50 years and more now. I think I first saw The Maltese Falcon in around 1963. My granddad was a big Bogart fan, and I remember long Sunday... Continue Reading →

That favorite movies for every year I’ve been alive thing

That favorite movies for every year I’ve been alive thing… a long one, as I’m an old fart… 1958 The Vikings 1959 North By Northwest 1960 Village of the Damned 1961 The Innocents 1962 The Manchurian Candidate 1963 The Haunting... Continue Reading →

FUNGOID

There’s been a bit of chat around about FUNGOID in the past few days. Here’s some thoughts from me on how it came about. When the end came, it wasn’t zombies, asteroids, global warming or nuclear winter. It was something... Continue Reading →

Dreamlands – Part 1 of several

Anybody that has known me for a while knows that I’ve always had a penchant for the weird and wondrous side of life. But sometimes life surprises even me. This happened a good few years ago now, but stays fresh... Continue Reading →