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March 22, 2020
Alice's Nightmare in Lockdown-Land
Having to occupy restless children while the schools are shut due to the Corona Crisis? Feeling stressed and need something to help you relax, now that you can't go to the gym or down the pub?
Then you need the Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland Colouring Books, illustrated by Kev Crossley and published by Snowbooks.
Then you need the Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland Colouring Books, illustrated by Kev Crossley and published by Snowbooks.
March 21, 2020
Short Story Saturday: FREE Reads
I suspect that a large number of people who read this blog will currently be self-isolating in their homes, or are practising social distancing and so will be looking for alternative forms of entertainment for the next month or so. As a result, I thought you might like to know about some of my stories that are available to read for FREE.
If zombies, steampunk alternative histories, Lovecraftian horrors, or occult detective stories are your thing, then this little lot should keep you going for a couple of days. Simply click on the cover of the story you would like to read...
The Nazis, desperate for victory at all costs, explored every avenue open to science, including some long forgotten... and some best left dead. But what if they had succeeded?
In the obscure village of Totenstadt, a team of the Reich's best minds, under the terrible Colonel von Teufel, are blending technology and the occult to create a new and terrible weapon, to test the boundary between life and death itself.
Elite British snipers Joe Randall, George "Ginger" Gibbs and Harry Atkins are sent deep into enemy lines to locate and destroy the facility. The mission will test their courage - and their sanity - to the limits...
When Courtney got together with Jimmy, she thought she was taking one small step towards getting out of this god forsaken mining town. Years went by and still she was barely making ends meet, peddling drinks and hoping for tips at the local strip joint. Little did she know, her new life was just about to begin as a new infection spreads throughout town. Forget the beer soaked dollar bills and chump change, a new hunger is taking over now... hunger for fresh human flesh.
Action and adventure in a new Age of Steam!
In two scant months the nation and all her colonies will celebrate 160 years of Queen Victoria's glorious reign. But all is not well at the heart of the empire. It begins with a break-in at the Natural History Museum. A night watchman is murdered. An eminent Professor of Evolutionary Biology goes missing. Then a catastrophic Overground rail-crash unleashes the dinosaurs of London Zoo. But how are all these events connected? Is it really the work of crazed revolutionaries? Or are there yet more sinister forces at work?
Enter Ulysses Quicksilver - dandy, rogue and agent of the throne. It is up to this dashing soldier of fortune to solve the mystery and uncover the truth before London degenerates into primitive madness and a villainous mastermind brings about the unthinkable - the downfall of the British Empire!
Pax Britannia is an exciting steampunk series, set on an alternate Earth where the British Empire still reigns and steam technology rules. This, the first Ulysses Quicksilver adventure, is a must-have for fans of steampunk and swashbuckling adventure alike!
Begleiten Sie Ulysses Quicksilver bei einem mysteriös-spannendem Abenteuer und lernen Sie die fantastische Welt von PAX BRITANNIA kennen.
VANISHING POINT ist eine Kurzgeschichte aus dem PAX-BRITANNIA-Zyklus von Jonathan Green, von welchem bisher die Titel UNNATURAL HISTORY und LEVIATHAN RISING auf deutsch erschienen sind.
“When oblivion comes, it is forever, as endless as the slumber of those beings that lie buried beneath the roots of the world, dreaming in darkness.”
A writer’s research into the legend of the Lambton Worm takes a horrifying twist when he uncovers the true origin of the story: a legend that stirs, knowing the time for its rebirth is near…
A chilling tale of the Cthulhu mythos, written by award-winning author Jonathan Green.
A year on from the events of Charles Dickens’ 'A Christmas Carol', Ebenezer Scrooge finds himself visited once again by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who brings with him a new proposition. Just as Marley helped Scrooge to avoid the cruel fate that the last of the Three Spirits foretold, Marley wants Scrooge to help him reduce his time in Purgatory.
And so begins an epic adventure that will see the former friends face off against all manner of phantasms, freaks and fiends, with only one thing at stake… Everything!
Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghost-hunting partner Jacob Marley (already a ghost himself) visit the cathedral city of Cloisterham in order to investigate the disappearance of a young man... A certain Mr Edwin Drood.
If zombies, steampunk alternative histories, Lovecraftian horrors, or occult detective stories are your thing, then this little lot should keep you going for a couple of days. Simply click on the cover of the story you would like to read...
The Nazis, desperate for victory at all costs, explored every avenue open to science, including some long forgotten... and some best left dead. But what if they had succeeded?
In the obscure village of Totenstadt, a team of the Reich's best minds, under the terrible Colonel von Teufel, are blending technology and the occult to create a new and terrible weapon, to test the boundary between life and death itself.
Elite British snipers Joe Randall, George "Ginger" Gibbs and Harry Atkins are sent deep into enemy lines to locate and destroy the facility. The mission will test their courage - and their sanity - to the limits...
When Courtney got together with Jimmy, she thought she was taking one small step towards getting out of this god forsaken mining town. Years went by and still she was barely making ends meet, peddling drinks and hoping for tips at the local strip joint. Little did she know, her new life was just about to begin as a new infection spreads throughout town. Forget the beer soaked dollar bills and chump change, a new hunger is taking over now... hunger for fresh human flesh.
Action and adventure in a new Age of Steam!
In two scant months the nation and all her colonies will celebrate 160 years of Queen Victoria's glorious reign. But all is not well at the heart of the empire. It begins with a break-in at the Natural History Museum. A night watchman is murdered. An eminent Professor of Evolutionary Biology goes missing. Then a catastrophic Overground rail-crash unleashes the dinosaurs of London Zoo. But how are all these events connected? Is it really the work of crazed revolutionaries? Or are there yet more sinister forces at work?
Enter Ulysses Quicksilver - dandy, rogue and agent of the throne. It is up to this dashing soldier of fortune to solve the mystery and uncover the truth before London degenerates into primitive madness and a villainous mastermind brings about the unthinkable - the downfall of the British Empire!
Pax Britannia is an exciting steampunk series, set on an alternate Earth where the British Empire still reigns and steam technology rules. This, the first Ulysses Quicksilver adventure, is a must-have for fans of steampunk and swashbuckling adventure alike!
Begleiten Sie Ulysses Quicksilver bei einem mysteriös-spannendem Abenteuer und lernen Sie die fantastische Welt von PAX BRITANNIA kennen.
VANISHING POINT ist eine Kurzgeschichte aus dem PAX-BRITANNIA-Zyklus von Jonathan Green, von welchem bisher die Titel UNNATURAL HISTORY und LEVIATHAN RISING auf deutsch erschienen sind.
“When oblivion comes, it is forever, as endless as the slumber of those beings that lie buried beneath the roots of the world, dreaming in darkness.”
A writer’s research into the legend of the Lambton Worm takes a horrifying twist when he uncovers the true origin of the story: a legend that stirs, knowing the time for its rebirth is near…
A chilling tale of the Cthulhu mythos, written by award-winning author Jonathan Green.
A year on from the events of Charles Dickens’ 'A Christmas Carol', Ebenezer Scrooge finds himself visited once again by the ghost of his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who brings with him a new proposition. Just as Marley helped Scrooge to avoid the cruel fate that the last of the Three Spirits foretold, Marley wants Scrooge to help him reduce his time in Purgatory.
And so begins an epic adventure that will see the former friends face off against all manner of phantasms, freaks and fiends, with only one thing at stake… Everything!
Ebenezer Scrooge and his ghost-hunting partner Jacob Marley (already a ghost himself) visit the cathedral city of Cloisterham in order to investigate the disappearance of a young man... A certain Mr Edwin Drood.
March 20, 2020
Gamebook Friday: FREE Beowulf Beastslayer Teaching Resources
One thing is certain as the Coronavirus crisis deepens; we are most definitely living in interesting times.
If you are a student who has been sent home from school and you have been studying Beowulf in English, or if you are a teacher looking to support your students' work on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem while they are remote learning, my teaching resources, based on the gamebook Beowulf Beastslayer , are now FREE to download from the TES website .
Click the image above to download the Beowulf Beastslayer Teacher's Pack.
In other gamebook-related news, the Kickstarter I am currently running to fund production of my 6th ACE Gamebook , Dracula - Curse of the Vampire , is already two-thirds done, with just 10 days left to go.
Currently we are working towards the first Stretch Goal , which will pay for more of Martin McKenna's amazing artwork for the book. So if you haven't backed it yet, please consider doing so and let all your friends know about it too.
If you are a student who has been sent home from school and you have been studying Beowulf in English, or if you are a teacher looking to support your students' work on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem while they are remote learning, my teaching resources, based on the gamebook Beowulf Beastslayer , are now FREE to download from the TES website .
Click the image above to download the Beowulf Beastslayer Teacher's Pack.
In other gamebook-related news, the Kickstarter I am currently running to fund production of my 6th ACE Gamebook , Dracula - Curse of the Vampire , is already two-thirds done, with just 10 days left to go.
Currently we are working towards the first Stretch Goal , which will pay for more of Martin McKenna's amazing artwork for the book. So if you haven't backed it yet, please consider doing so and let all your friends know about it too.
March 18, 2020
Warhammer Wednesday: Surviving Self-Isolation
If you are self-isolating, and a Warhammer/40K fan looking for something to read, why not download one of these eBooks?
Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer
Warhammer 40,000
Warhammer
March 16, 2020
Thought for the Day
"People ask why I became a writer, and it's because I once went to a travelling carnival and this guy called Mr Electrico knighted me with a flaming sword and yelled, 'Live forever!' and when I woke up the next day I was a writer."~ David M Barnett, author
March 15, 2020
Shakespeare Sunday: Happy Deathday, Mr Lovecraft!
Today is the 83rd anniversary of H P Lovecraft's death, in 1937. This event coincides with the world generally shutting down because of COVID-19.I have seen much mention, on social media, of the fact that, whilst he was in quarantine during a time of plague, England's foremost playwright wrote not just Macbeth but also King Lear .
Lovecraft-corrupted versions of both these tales appear in the anthology Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu . In The Terrors of the Earth, Pat Kelleher gives us his squamous take on The Tragedy of King Lear , while noted Scottish author Graham McNeill, re-imagines the Scottish Play for a modern, genre audience, with his tale, Something Wicked This Way Comes.
So in case you find yourself in lockdown due to the Coronavirus, why not make sure you have a copy of Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu to hand, just in case.
March 13, 2020
Gamebook Friday: Alice's Nightmare in France
Alice au Pays des Cauchemars
, the French language edition of
Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland
, is now available to buy from Éditions Alkonost. So if you are a French fan of
ACE Gamebooks
, or a hardcore collector of interactive fiction titles, then visit Alkonost's online store and grab yourself a copy.
In other ACE Gamebooks -related news, Dracula - Curse of the Vampire has funded on Kickstarter, and is heading inexorably towards Stretch Goal #1, which will pay for more of Martin McKenna's phenomenal artwork.
So, if you haven't backed the Kickstarter yet, you know what to do , and if you have, please keep spreading the word. Thank you.
In other ACE Gamebooks -related news, Dracula - Curse of the Vampire has funded on Kickstarter, and is heading inexorably towards Stretch Goal #1, which will pay for more of Martin McKenna's phenomenal artwork.
So, if you haven't backed the Kickstarter yet, you know what to do , and if you have, please keep spreading the word. Thank you.
March 9, 2020
Thought for the Day
"There's a direct link between those who dismiss fiction as 'not real' and those who think mental illness is 'all in our head'. Thoughts; feelings; memories; dreams; the subconscious; depression; the imagination. All these are real. All these determine the way we live our lives."~ Joanne Harris
March 8, 2020
Holding Out For A Heroine
ACE Gamebooks
re-imagine classics of literature, including the protagonists of those stories.
There's Alice from Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland ...
Dorothy Gale, from The Wicked Wizard of Oz ...
And Wendy Darling, the shipwreck survivor, from NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!
I am currently doing the same thing with Mina Murray, who is one of the characters you can play as in Dracula - Curse of the Vampire , which is currently 92% funded on Kickstarter.
There's Alice from Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland ...
Dorothy Gale, from The Wicked Wizard of Oz ...
And Wendy Darling, the shipwreck survivor, from NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!
I am currently doing the same thing with Mina Murray, who is one of the characters you can play as in Dracula - Curse of the Vampire , which is currently 92% funded on Kickstarter.
March 6, 2020
Gamebook Friday: Dracula - Curse of the Vampire
Dracula - Curse of the Vampire
has been live on Kickstarter for five days so far, and what a five days it has been. £5,555 raised in the first 11 hours, £7,585 within the first day, and as of this evening the project is 90% funded with 24 days left to run.
Of course, the £10,000 funding goal is just the minimum amount that is required to ensure the book gets published. For us to have the optimum premium edition we are going to need to hit some stretch goals, and the best way for that to happen is for those people who have already backed the project to tell their friends about, and for those who haven't to pledge their support now.
Of course, the £10,000 funding goal is just the minimum amount that is required to ensure the book gets published. For us to have the optimum premium edition we are going to need to hit some stretch goals, and the best way for that to happen is for those people who have already backed the project to tell their friends about, and for those who haven't to pledge their support now.
