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November 27, 2015
Gamebook Friday: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
As of writing there are only three days to go until
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain Kickstarter
funds (at 11.00pm on Sunday, UK time). If you've not backed it yet, don't miss out on this unique opportunity.
In other Kickstarter gamebook news, we're just waiting on the delivery of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland from the printers in Poland, which will be here imminently. I can't wait to unleash this, my 16th gamebook, upon the world.
And finally, yesterday I was sent the cover image for my next piece of interactive fiction... but you'll just have to wait until another time to find out more about that one. ;-)
In other Kickstarter gamebook news, we're just waiting on the delivery of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland from the printers in Poland, which will be here imminently. I can't wait to unleash this, my 16th gamebook, upon the world.
And finally, yesterday I was sent the cover image for my next piece of interactive fiction... but you'll just have to wait until another time to find out more about that one. ;-)
November 26, 2015
Steampunk Thursday: Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
26 November 1865, the mass market edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published. And now, 150 years later, this is on the horizon...
November 23, 2015
Happy 52nd Birthday, Doctor Who!
He may over 2,000 years old, but today actually marks the 52nd anniversary of Doctor Who appearing for the first time on terrestrial television sets, on 23 November 1963.It also means it's already two years since the 50th anniversary episode The Day of the Doctor aired, in what was the world's biggest simulcast at the time.
It seems that this month is all about anniversaries. On Thursday it will be the 150th anniversary of the mass market publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and hopefully, by then, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland will be poised to be unleashed upon the world.
So, see you Thursday!
November 21, 2015
Short Story Saturday: The Sssentence isss Death...
The
Judge Dredd Megazine
has launched a Dark Judges short story competition*. I've had short stories appear in the Megazine before and recently submitted another one for publication, but I've never written one about Judges Fire, Fear, Mortis and Death.
You can write about any aspect of the foetid four. Your story can be set during Necropolis, the Day of Chaos, or even or Deadworld. It could be told from the point of view of Dredd, Psi-Judge Anderson, or the Dark Judges themselves.
Stories must be no longer than 3,000 words and should be emailed as an rtf file to dreddlines@2000ADonline.com, with your name, address and email address at the top of the document. You are also restricted to just one entry per person.
The winner will receive a stunning replica Judge Death badge, courtesy of of Planet Replicas , while the two runners-up will each get a copy of the Dark Justice hardback collection. All three stories will be published in the Meg in 2016. Deadline for entries is 19 January 2016. Ssso get ssscribbling, sssinnersss!
* The competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.
You can write about any aspect of the foetid four. Your story can be set during Necropolis, the Day of Chaos, or even or Deadworld. It could be told from the point of view of Dredd, Psi-Judge Anderson, or the Dark Judges themselves.
Stories must be no longer than 3,000 words and should be emailed as an rtf file to dreddlines@2000ADonline.com, with your name, address and email address at the top of the document. You are also restricted to just one entry per person.
The winner will receive a stunning replica Judge Death badge, courtesy of of Planet Replicas , while the two runners-up will each get a copy of the Dark Justice hardback collection. All three stories will be published in the Meg in 2016. Deadline for entries is 19 January 2016. Ssso get ssscribbling, sssinnersss!
* The competition is only open to residents of the UK and Ireland.
November 20, 2015
Gamebook Friday: Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
It's not long now until
Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
is published, and coming not long after that is another new project from the
Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
stable...
Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland Colouring Book is a spin-off title from the soon to be released gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland , that backers of the original Kickstarter helped to fund. It was first proposed by publishing supremo Emma Barnes when she saw Kev Crossley's finished illustrations for the book. And now it's an actual thing, the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who enjoys indulging their artistic side, no matter how old or young they are.
You can pre-order the book now direct from Snowbooks, and I will have a few to sell as Dragonmeet on Saturday 5 December.
Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland Colouring Book is a spin-off title from the soon to be released gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland , that backers of the original Kickstarter helped to fund. It was first proposed by publishing supremo Emma Barnes when she saw Kev Crossley's finished illustrations for the book. And now it's an actual thing, the perfect Christmas gift for anyone who enjoys indulging their artistic side, no matter how old or young they are.
You can pre-order the book now direct from Snowbooks, and I will have a few to sell as Dragonmeet on Saturday 5 December.
November 16, 2015
November 14, 2015
Short Story Saturday: Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu... Coming Soon!
Coming soon to Kickstarter, a squamous*, cyclopean** anthology of short stories that blend the best of Shakespeare with the worst of H P Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos.
Please consider joining the Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu Facebook Group and help spread the word about this new book. After all, Kickstarter projects only work if people get to hear about them. And some indecently brilliant authors have already signed up to the anthology - and signed their sanity over to Great Cthulhu in the process.
Talking of Kickstarters, three weeks today I'll be attending Dragonmeet , and launching my brand new, Kickstarter-funded gamebook Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland on an unsuspecting gaming public.
Click image to enlarge.
The book is going to have a substantial presence in the event programme too, including this rather fine advert.
This year the Special Guests are Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - not to mention Lone Wolf creator Joe Dever) - so if you're in the West London/Ibis Hotel Earls Court area, why not stop by and say hello?
* It's not actually going to be scaly.
** It's not actually going to be that big either.
Please consider joining the Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu Facebook Group and help spread the word about this new book. After all, Kickstarter projects only work if people get to hear about them. And some indecently brilliant authors have already signed up to the anthology - and signed their sanity over to Great Cthulhu in the process.
Talking of Kickstarters, three weeks today I'll be attending Dragonmeet , and launching my brand new, Kickstarter-funded gamebook Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland on an unsuspecting gaming public.
Click image to enlarge.The book is going to have a substantial presence in the event programme too, including this rather fine advert.
This year the Special Guests are Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone - not to mention Lone Wolf creator Joe Dever) - so if you're in the West London/Ibis Hotel Earls Court area, why not stop by and say hello?
* It's not actually going to be scaly.
** It's not actually going to be that big either.
November 9, 2015
November 7, 2015
Short Story Saturday: One-Way Ticket
I stumbled across a review today, of a story that first came out a year and a half ago. It's for Part 1 of
One-Way Ticket
. It comes with a picture attached, the relevance of which you'll see as you read on.
That imposing figure above is the only artwork for this story, as it’s a two-page prose piece. But just because it doesn’t have pictures doesn’t mean it’s any less of a slice of Dredd and The Meg as what you’ll find in 2000 AD or the Megazine. And like most of the good stories, Dredd is more of a support character, leaving the focus on Judge Thomas Arnold. It seems Judge Arnold has taken as much of the punishment Mega-City One dishes out as he can take. So what’s his other option? A one-way ticket out, of course! Simple, right? When has that ever been the case…
That imposing figure above is the only artwork for this story, as it’s a two-page prose piece. But just because it doesn’t have pictures doesn’t mean it’s any less of a slice of Dredd and The Meg as what you’ll find in 2000 AD or the Megazine. And like most of the good stories, Dredd is more of a support character, leaving the focus on Judge Thomas Arnold. It seems Judge Arnold has taken as much of the punishment Mega-City One dishes out as he can take. So what’s his other option? A one-way ticket out, of course! Simple, right? When has that ever been the case…
