I’m deeply honoured that my story “The Legend Trap” has been nominated in the novella category of the 2015 Ditmar Awards.It’s a story I’m particular proud of – a slightly more meta riff on the urban myths I’ve been writing to accompany the Twinmaker series, one that I hope is chilling in its own right. […]
Yes, that’s me in the picture below. Circa 1970. How I envy that young lad’s hair . . . “The Child” You’ve all heard stories. Jump into the air when a d-mat booth switches on and you’ll arrive taller–or shorter, depending on if you’re going up or coming down at the other end. Spin clockwise […]
Tonight I’m DJing at the launch of MidnightSun’s anthology Breaking Beauty, edited by Lynette Washington, which contains my Twinmaker story “The Beholders”. Here’s the opening paragraph: “My aunt once told me a story about a friend of hers who belonged to a group called The Beholders. They weren’t a clique or a cult or anything […]
To celebrate the Humble Bookperk Bundle (ten plus books, including Twinmaker! DRM free! charity! bonus copy of Metal Fatigue!) and my new toy (a beautiful RØDE podcaster, pictured below) here’s a recording of me reading the very first Twinmaker urban myth, a version of the traditional body-horror matter-transmitter yarn (that you can read the full […]