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VEIL KNIGHTS #4 – THE QUESTING BEAST launches.

With the release today of The Questing Beast, the first four books of the VEIL KNIGHTS series (The Circle Gathers, Hound of Night, Cloak of Fury and The Questing Beast) are now all available, with book 5 coming in February.... Continue Reading →

Samurai and Other Stories

My story collection SAMURAI AND OTHER STORIES from Crystal Lake is currently on discount at 99c for Kindle at AMAZON Here you’ll find numerous ghosts, many Scotsmen, a big blob, some holy relics, some unholy relics, a Mothman, a barbarian,... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 3/5 stars to EARTHQUAKE WEATHER by Tim Powers

Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers My rating: 3 of 5 stars EARTHQUAKE WEATHER was, unfortunately a bit of a slog to get through. Powers mashes together the worlds and characters of LAST CALL and EXPIRATION DATE, but although, like all... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 3/5 stars to EXPIRATION DATE by Tim Powers

Expiration Date by Tim Powers My rating: 3 of 5 stars Tim Powers is one of my favorite writers, but EXPIRATION DATE isn’t among my favorite of his books. I’ve started and stopped it several times in the past, but... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 5/5 stars to LAST CALL by Tim Powers

Last Call by Tim Powers My rating: 5 of 5 stars My first read of 2017 straddled the old and new year, which is pretty apt for a tale of the death of an old king and the ascension of... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 4/5 stars to DROOD by Dan Simmons

Drood by Dan Simmons My rating: 4 of 5 stars I suspect DROOD is the Marmite of novels set in the Victorian era. Like all Simmons’ recent work, it is meticulously researched, but there also lies the problem, for he... Continue Reading →

Book Review – 5/5 stars to DECLARE by Tim Powers

Declare by Tim Powers My rating: 5 of 5 stars DECLARE is Tim Powers’ take on a British, Le Carre style spy novel, with his own added supernatural twists. And as such, it’s a resounding success. What starts in murky... Continue Reading →

Coming up from me in 2017

Got a busy year next year for publications after being relatively quiet this year… Coming up in 2017… Longer works – Songs of Dreaming Gods (novel) (HC / TPB / ebook) / DarkFuse – The Boathouse (novel) (HC / TPB... Continue Reading →

FUNGOID – apocalyptic horror, launches today.

When the end came, it wasn’t zombies, asteroids, global warming or nuclear winter. It was something that escaped from a lab. Something small, and very hungry. In this one you’ll find a chunk of Newfoundland, a fireman, some nasty rain,... Continue Reading →

Merry Christmas

A very merry Christmas to all my readers from a snowy east of Newfoundland.