Writing Animals: A Place to Dump Guinea PigsTuesday 13th September, Liar’s League in London, actor Greg Page reads my latest animal story “A Place to Dump Guinea Pigs”: Enjoy that?...
Is there a Doctorate in the House?Announcement time. As of the 19th September 2016 I will be returning to the University of Manchester to start a part-time PhD in Creative...
Dalliances and HappeningsWhat a tick-tock, wheely-whizzing, turnabout summer we’re having; it’s equal parts all over the place and nowhere at all. But things are...
Writing Animals: Shooting an ElephantIt is with rather astonished and delirious delight that I can say these words: the current issue of Ambit Magazine (no. 224) features one...
The 27th and 28th May 201648 Hours 48 of the most significant hours of my life so far. A bold statement perhaps, and one I make tentatively given that it is only...
Spiderseed on the Saboteur Award ShortlistExtremely delighted to say that Spiderseed has been shortlisted in the Best Short Story Collection category at the Saboteur Awards. Huge...
Spiderseed: Laying the EggsFor those of you who have read my latest collection Spiderseed, here's a bit more background about each of the stories. Enjoy! Trails In...
Spiderseed: Catching the FliesThe spider has hatched. The book is here. It has crawled out from it's web and is crawling all over peoples' skin and mouths and souls....
True Story: The Fourteen Stations of BlasphemyBack in the heady days of 1997, my drama teacher Dad ran foul of the local churchgoers of Preston after he decided to stage a theatre...
Spiderseed: Spinning the WebIn a little under two weeks my brand new collection of flash fictions will be birthed and screaming for your attention. The incy wincy...