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Robin of Sherwood: The Knights of the Apocalypse

On Tuesday I teased you with news of a new book of mine that will be out next Spring, and today I'm doing the same with regards to another book that will be out next Summer.

Now that the news has been released via the official Facebook page for the project, I am delighted to be able to announce that I will be writing the novelisation of Robin of Sherwood: The Knights of the Apocalypse, based on a script written by the creator of the iconic ITV show, Richard Carpenter.

You can read the official 'press release' here.

Tie-in Tuesday - Doctor Who: Night of the Kraken

Coming in 2016...


In 18th-century England, the Twelfth Doctor meets a roguish time-smuggler and faces terrifying creatures from both the land and the sea. Will the Doctor find a way to save the world?

Thought for the Day

"Never say no to adventures. Always say yes. Otherwise you will lead a very dull life."

~ Ian Fleming, creator of the James Bond novels

Anno Dracula - SFX #269 Book Club

SFX #269 is out now, in time for Christmas, and this month's Book Club feature is another piece by Yours Truly, this time about Kim Newman's sublime Anno Dracula (which might just have had a small impact on the creation of my own Pax Britannia universe).


This is my seventh Book Club piece. The complete list to date reads as follows:

SFX #219 - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
SFX #225 - The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
SFX #232 - The Tripods Trilogy
SFX #239 - The Haunting of Toby Jugg
SFX #254 - The Iron Man
SFX #259 - On Stranger Tides
SFX #269 - Anno Dracula

So, what's next...

Short Story Saturday: Miracle on 34th and Peltzer

Subscriber copies of the bumper Christmas issue of 2000AD have arrived through festive postboxes the country over today. This year the prog just has a normal number, rather than being numbered after the year, but that aside, it's still 100 pages of festive F, SF and WTF fun.

In previous years, the Christmas edition of 2000AD's sister title The Judge Dredd Megazine has featured a Judge Dredd short story by Yours Truly. This year I have also written a festive Dredd - but it's appearing in Prog 1961 instead! :-)

The story - entitled Miracle on 34th and Peltzer - returns to the same location as last year's You'd Better Be Good For Goodness' Sake but is a very different beast. Rather than being a seasonal ghost story about a festive fiend, this time I've gone for something a lot more comic in tone that harks back to the early days of 2000AD. I hope Tooth readers enjoy it.

 My first short story in 2000AD! :-) Can you tell I'm pleased? ;-)
Liking the font choice here. :-)
And I'm in good company in Prog 1961. The comic also features the work of m'colleagues Dan Abnett, Gordon Rennie, Tiernen Trevallion (who illustrated my short story The Plague Pit in Inferno! magazine and who is hopefully going to be contributing to Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu ), Clint Langley (who was responsible for the cover of my first novel The Dead and the Damned back in 2002), and Simon Davis (who illustrated my short story Mark of the Beast in Inferno! magazine).

Gamebook Friday: Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland

It's here...

Thought for the Day

Happy St Nicholas Day

In case you didn't already know, today is St Nicholas Day and for some children in Europe, that means that tonight is the equivalent of Christmas Eve, with the Big Man delivering their presents... if they've been good. But if they've been bad, they'll have the Krampus to deal with.

If you didn't see it last year, here's my own St Nicholas Day present to you. And on the subject of Krampus, you might want to check out the first of this year's new Christmas movie releases...

Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland launches at Dragonmeet 2015

Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland  , my brand-new adventure gamebook, launches at  Dragonmeet 2015  in London at 12.00pm today, Saturday 5 December, at Stand #1A. So whatever you do, don't be late for the Mad Hatter's Tea Party!

There will be cake, and books, and cake, and playing cards, and cake, and more books... And did I mention that there will be cake? And mince pies, but you'll need to bring your own tea.

I will also be selling signed hardback copies of YOU ARE THE HERO - A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks , as well as the brand-new The Ulysses Quicksilver Omnibus - Volume 2 !

So if you're visiting the convention today, why not stop by Stand #1A and say hi?



If you can't make it to Dragonmeet, you can order your copy of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland - and the spin-off  Colouring Book , featuring Kev Crossley's incredible illustrations - here.

Gamebook Friday: Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland

Tomorrow sees the launch of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland at Dragonmeet 2015 in London. And what began as an optimistic Kickstarter project 5 months ago today, is now an actual thing!



You can order your copy of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland - and the spin-off Colouring Book , featuring Kev Crossley's incredible illustrations - here.