It’s been a while since my last post. I guess time flies when you’re having fun. Or in my case – time flies when you’re having a root canal retreatment. … Read More
Death of a Story
In the Hall of Rusted Widows is dead. It happens sometimes – a story I think is going to be great just doesn’t quite work. Sometimes it’s because I don’t really have … Read More
“Put some pants on”
A new track from The Doubleclicks. [“Put some pants on” by Philip Harris first appeared on Solitary Mindset on 26th November 2014]
Tales from Pennsylvania Out Today
The first anthology of stories set in the world of Michael Bunker’s Pennsylvania – Tales from Pennsylvania – is now available. Here’s the blurb from Amazon. Pennsylvania. The groundbreaking dystopian vision Hugh Howey … Read More
“Is it by mistake or design?”
My wife and I are a couple of weeks behind on our viewing of American Horror Story but we’re really enjoying it. In part, because of things like this: That was … Read More
Five Stories I Enjoyed Recently
I’ve been talking about my own stories a lot recently so to redress the balance a bit, here’s five stories from Daily Science Fiction that I enjoyed. Simon Says by Nina Kiriki … Read More
NaNoWriMoLax
So, we’re about half way through NaNoWriMo. Things may be going swimmingly, you may be rattling out the most spectacular prose you’ve ever written and be well on your way to becoming … Read More
500 Days of Writing
Holy carp! Yesterday marked the 500th day of my writing streak! That’s hard to believe. On 30th June 2013, I sat down and decided I would write every day. I … Read More
“The way we stalk”
In celebration of the fact that my wife and I managed to snag tickets to the sold-out-almost-immediately gig The Cure are playing at Christmas… The Lovecats also happens to … Read More
Thoughts on the New Doctor
My earliest memories of Doctor Who are of jelly babies and a long scarf so, naturally, Tom Baker is “my” Doctor. Fandom wasn’t as big a business back then as it is now … Read More