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Ice-cold terror as the Autons march again
I’m over the moon to report that I’ve renewed my association with the greatest long-running British television show of all time.DR WHO, has gone from strength to strength to strength in the last decade...
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A literary lunch with some special ladies
To anyone popping onto this blog regularly, I can only apologise for the lack of posts in recent weeks. I've been astoundingly busy.Not only did I surrender my Christmas break to dive into TALES OF...
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More journeys into darkness, but what fun
A rarity to kick off with this week - details of a new short story shortly due to be published.For a long time I've been an avid short story fan, both as writer and reader. It used to be the case that...
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Checking out those spooky rites of spring
One question I was asked a lot after the second novel in my DS Heckenburg series - SACRIFICE - was published last year, was why, of all four seasons, I opted to set it in the spring. Surely autumn and...
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Blazing on towards next publication date
It’s a bit difficult to post a blog this month and not talk about the latest developments in the world of Heck – aka Detective Sergeant Mark Heckenburg, my fictional crime investigator. There seems to...
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Waxing lyrical on mayhem and murder
We kick off this week with the full interview I did about a month ago with Lars Schafft and Silke Wronkowski, the two charming hosts of KRIMI-COUCH-TV, a massive German website with a strong focus on...
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Killing Club imminent, blog tour hits road
As part of what is a pretty big week for me - THE KILLING CLUB is published tomorrow - I today embark on my first ever official blog tour.What this means is that various bloggers and web-masters have...
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Here at last: TERROR TALES OF WALES
In the midst of the ongoing HECK saga, and with WAR WOLF now looking as if it's going to be a major project for me in 2014, I still consider it vital that the TERROR TALES series - the collection of...
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How it began: Heck vs the weirdest killers
Anyone following this blog will know that my new Heck novel, THE KILLING CLUB, was published at the end of last month, and that a blog tour accompanied it. What that basically meant was that I was...
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Cold sweat and stomach-churning terror
It seems like an age since I last blogged. In fact, it's only been a month or so, but an awful lot of water has passed under the career bridge since then. And it's been far from easy: as one job after...
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Yorkshire blood and Green Men - all here!
I'm very pleased to announce the imminent arrival of the next volume in our TERROR TALES anthology series. This, as you can see from the image, is TERROR TALES OF YORKSHIRE. Okay, those among you with...
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A stranger stalks the night with evil intent
Here, for your delectation, is an exclusive first peek at the cover for the next Heck novel, DEAD MAN WALKING, which is published on November 20 this year.In a nutshell, after the tumultuous events of...
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Witchcraft, woodland devils and a big loss
Quite a few bits and bobs to chat about this week.I’m very happy to report that THE POPPET, a short story of mine, first published in 2012, has now been given the audio treatment by WHOLE STORY...
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How to create terror, tension and suspense
Here's an item I wrote for my blog tour last spring, in anticipation of THE KILLING CLUB's imminent publication. I can't quite remember now which site it appeared on, but for this article I was...
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Waiting for another Deep, Dark December
Here's something that may be of interest to fans of festive ghost and horror stories. IN A DEEP, DARK DECEMBER will be my Christmas e-offering later this year. This is just an early heads-up because...
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Ahh, the Lake District - so lovely, so lethal!
Writers are often asked where they get their inspiration from. It's a time-honoured question which crops up again and again. And yet there is never an easy answer. In my own case, there are lots of...
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Tis nearly the season to be jolly well scared
I’m happy to report that my Christmas e-collection, IN A DEEP, DARK DECEMBER is now available to purchase. All one needs to do is follow the link.I put this lot together especially for release this...
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Take a peek inside DEAD MAN WALKING
The pre-publication reviews for DEAD MAN WALKING have been pretty good so far, I’m happy to report, but the real business starts on Thursday this week, November 20, when the book is officially...
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Dark promise of 'A Christmas Yet To Come'
Well, the calendar has rolled around again - and that most wonderful time of the year is imminent. Of course, it isn't wonderful for everyone. Christmas is also seen as the occasion on which we should...
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Another year, another bunch of evil killers
Well … there’s all sorts to talk about as we close out 2014, which has been yet another year I won’t forget easily. But I’m aware that it’s almost Christmas and you’ll have lots of other more important...
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