It’s November, so it seen a fitting time to revisit my alternative history trilogy, Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter. Guy Fawkes has to be one of
I’m going to start with a bold claim: everyone plots a little bit. It doesn’t have to be written down, but there has to be
I’ve been reading Stephen King for a long time. More often than not, something he gets very right is the narrative voice. I’m going to
People often debate whether Richard Matheson’s excellent debut, I Am Legend is horror or sci-fi. When it’s that damned good, who cares what label it’s
I’m going to focus on the setting of Catherine Cavendish’s 2019 novel The Haunting of Henderson Close published by Flame Tree Press. It is 100%
Tim Waggoner’s Writing in the Dark is an excellent guide for any writer of dark fiction. It covers a range of topics in detail providing
Now it’s the weekend, and I’ve recovered somewhat from chaos of the world and the steep learning curve of the week, I’m back to developing
Recently, I’ve been reading Tim Waggoner’s ‘textbook devoted to the craft of writing horror fiction’ Writing in the Dark. It’s incredibly informative, and it also
People often ask me why we still teach Dickens. There are a number of excellent reasons. For one, it’s still culturally and politically relevant to