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James Herbert goodness
Ash covercredit: jamesherbert.com James Herbert fans, this second half of 2012 is yours. Not only do we have a new book with a familiar character but also a TV adaptation due to hit our screens....
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The Secret of Crickley Hall to air at Halloween
The horror story based on the James Herbert novel is coming to BBC1 this Halloween. I enjoyed the book and as it is set on Exmoor – one of my favourite parts of the country – I’m going to watch with...
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The Secret of Crickley Hall to air at Halloween
mgm75:Reblogged as BBC decided to shelve the initial date of Halloween. It now starts Sunday 18th… tomorrow night! I’ll offer my thoughts in the coming days. Originally posted on Sweat, Tears and...
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300 words of… Angel’s Mass
Greetings on the first day of Advent! Ghost stories at Christmas have become a bit of a tradition in British media. It probably all started with Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and over the years both...
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Stage Review: The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black – currently on national tour It was nine thirty on Christmas Eve… Forgive my amateur attempt at theatre review but I saw the stage version of The Woman in Black over the weekend and...
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Hide – Episode Review & Analysis
digitalspy.co.uk Ah, Ah, Ah… Spoilers It is a dark and stormy night (a cliche already, hmmm). A young woman and Dougray Scott are setting up some equipment in a large and forbidding house. Thankfully...
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Book Review: Ghosts and Other Supernatural Guests by P.J. Hodge
Halloween is upon us (almost)! What better than a few scary stories to whet the appetite for whatever you might be getting up to in the next couple of days? And what better than supporting a fellow...
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Angel’s Mass: A Ghost Story for Christmas
Below is an excerpt from my Christmas ghost story Angel’s Mass from the volume Herrenvolk and Other Stories. It is 1345 and the story is of young Brother Edmund of Tintern Abbey (south Wales) who is...
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A Coming of Age Story Perfect for Spring
Despite that spring is my favourite season, it seems that I’ve written few stories set during the three months between the end of March and June. It’s a period that defines new life, a new start, new...
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Book Review: The Christmas Ghost Stories of Lawrence Gordon Clark
Not heard of Lawrence Gordon Clark? Nope, neither did I, but I had heard of M.R. James whose stories he was adapting . I have also heard of Mark Gatiss who wrote the foreward. Awww, come on… who but...
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Snippet Sunday 7/12/14: The Cold Man Part 9 (Finale)
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 My twin sister and I Lizzy have just had our 17th birthday. It should have been a joyous day where we celebrated being old enough to learn...
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Book Review: Ghosts and Other Supernatural Guests by P.J. Hodge
Halloween is upon us (almost)! What better than a few scary stories to whet the appetite for whatever you might be getting up to in the next couple of days? And what better than supporting a fellow...
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Book Review: The House on Cold Hill by Peter James
I seem to be attracting requests for review for commercial work these days; that’s why I am reviewing this book several days before its official release. An interview with the author will follow so...
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Author Interview: Peter James on The House on Cold Hill
Ladies and gentlemen, dear readers old and new. I am very, very delighted and proud to present you with my very first author interview and it is with one of the most celebrated writer’s of crime. A few...
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My NaNoWriMo 2015 Efforts So Far
I promised I would provide a sample of my daft idea from Salmonweird when I got the chance to put my idea into text. A couple of nights ago, I wrote around 1500 words – the following piece is around...
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Book Review: Ash by James Herbert
The last bow of David Ash, the only protagonist of James Herbert’s books to have appeared in more than one novel. That’s not a plot spoiler by the way; Herbert died shortly after publication of this...
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The Best of James Herbert
The last book published before James Herbert’s death at age 69 was Ash. A few days ago, I finished that book – it was the only novel of his I had left to read so this feels like the end of an era. Over...
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“There’s Nobody There!”– Ghostly Flash Fiction for Halloween
It’s a while since I last posted some flash fiction, but there’s no better time than Halloween I guess! A couple of days early, and Sunday is usually the day I post original fiction, but nothing wrong...
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