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The Terror Train Anthology – Now Available on Amazon Kindle

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My first anthology, The Terror Train, is now available on Kindle. The actual book is still scheduled for release on June 21 but for those who love their Kindle, you can now get the book online right now.

Featuring a story from legendary author William F. Nolan, and including my shortstory ‘FoolAboard’, as well as many stories fromvarious authors around the world, The Terror Train takes you on a journey of depravity, horror and absoluteterror.

The digital train has left the station. Get...

A Moment of Recognition – Julia Gibbs

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As a writer, the process and the creation can be a lonely yet thoroughly satisfying one. However, and many authors will know this, unless you’re multitalented you can’t do everything on your own.

I outsource covers, use beta readers and some research is done externally. And I read a lot.However, the key role I neverskimp onis the proofing. A book is only as good as the prose and literature within and if the words do not flow, you run the risk of alienating your audience.

Which is where...

My First Anthology – The Terror Train

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If you missed this announcement several weeks ago, in the past few weeks I’ve had several short stories accepted into a number of horror anthologies. For me, this is a huge moment in my career. Reviews and praise are flattering but when people deem your work good enough to be included in their work, their babies, their petprojects,it speaks volumes.I’m involved in threeanthologies due this year…and the first one is due on June 15th (sooner for Kindle).

The Terror Train Anthology.

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International Sales…

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Just surfing the Amazon sites, checking sales reports, etc. when I came across this little ditty.

I didn’t know I sold anything in India, let alone cracked the top 100 in three separate lists. A massive achievement. Very humbled by this.

Selling books internationally is something I never dreamed of doing, and despite performing well in the U.S, Canada and Australia too, India is a special place for me as they love their horror.

A sign of things to come? I hope so.

Cover Reveal – All or Nothing

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Today was an eventful day. I finally (and I say this because the anticipation was killing me) got the artwork back for All or Nothing. Steve Crisp, known for Richard Laymon and Stephen King covers, has produced a thrilling cover, one that I think encapsulates the book perfectly.

It’s been a pleasure working with Steve over the past few months. Hopefully we can work together again.

But what am I waiting for? Here’s the cover in all it’s glory.

Peoplereads – Weekly Feature

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Justa quick blog today as I’m currently busy editing several short stories.

The Customer is Always… is featured on Peoplereads.com’s Weekly Feature for this week. Exciting news! It means my book will be heavily featured for the week inthe US and UK Amazon Marketplaces.This is a huge opportunity for me and the novella itself. The exposure could be phenomenal and Twitter is already going crazy with Tweets for this.

You can check the page at www.peoplereads.com

There are some excellent book...

A Moment of Reflection…

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For those who know me, I can be a sentimental chap from time to time. Being a horror writer, a lot of people assume I’m cold, homicidal and love wading through the misery of the human condition. This isn’t strictly true, and most of the time it’s my weird brain conjuring the hatred and misery. Sometimes, I love to relive nostalgic moments and as I advertise and promote today, this little gem came to mind.

In 2o12, I met one of my writing idols, Lee Child. After some chatting, general...

Book Review – The Horror Hotel

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Just a quick blog post today. The Customer Is Always… has been reviewing and selling well since release. However, yesterday it received its first website review on The Horror Hotel. For the full review, click the link below.

I want to thank Kyle M Scott for the review, his kind words and promotion. I’ve met several amazing people on my writing journey but Kyle is fast becoming one of my friends. It’s an honour to share this dream with him. Thank you, Kyle.

Here’s the review. Enjoy!

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Two short stories – Two Horror Anthologies

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This week has been an amazing week for me. Not only have I been accepted into Journals of Horror: Found Fiction (as discussed in my previous blog post) but I’ve now been accepted into The Terror Train Anthology as well. See below.

So yes, an amazing week for me. I’m now part of two horror anthologies and as you can probably guess, I’m in excellent, very talented company. Details of release will be promoted when known. I will keep everyone updated.

My First Horror Anthology…and another clue to All or Nothing.

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Putting All or Nothing aside for a moment (not for long, check out the slide below), today I had some fantastic news.

One of my horrorshort stories has been included in the Journals of Horror: FoundFiction Anthology. The novel is aseries of short stories working on the ‘found footage’ theme. Details are scarce until the book is constructed butI will update here if and when necessary. Needless to say,I’ll be in excellent company with some of the authors in this book.

I would like to tha...