Tracy and me, Ingoldmells, 1977 On this anniversary of my sister passing away. Thinking of you, TJ.

In 1981, I was 12 years old and already a film buff.  Having fallen in love with “Star Wars” in early 1978, I loved the cinema and behind-th...

Tomorrow, November 22nd 2014, marks the 17th anniversary of the death of Michael Hutchence, lead singer of my favourite band INXS .  As I me...

Since my last post ( which you can see here ), my novella "Drive" has continued to pick up some good notices from round and about....

James Bennett, Hardeep Sangha, me, K T Davies Last night saw the inaugural Fox Spirit Writers evening at Leicester Central Library, orga...

Yesterday, I discovered that my story "The Bureau Of Lost Children" had received an honorable mention from  Ellen Datlow , a list ...

Thrilled to announce that the latest anthology edited by Dean M. Drinkel, "Phobophobias", is available this Halloween from Western...

Regular readers of this blog will know that I'm a big fan of behind-the-scenes stuff in films (my various posts on matte paintings can b...

Since 2014 marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Three Investigators being published, I thought it’d be enjoyable to re-read and compile my ...

Over the past couple of years, I've had a lot of fun writing blog posts that celebrate things I enjoy (namely on my Nostalgic For My Chi...