“It is women who love horror. Gloat over it. Feed on it. Are nourished by it. Shudder and cling and cry out – and come back for more.” – Bela Lugosi This month is Women in Horror Month, a celebration of…

Last year I read 21 novels, my absolute top picks from these were:    I Am Behind You by John Ajvide Lindqvist This book was just stunning. From the premise it was hard to imagine how Lindqvist could pull this…

“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” – John Steinbeck For one week The Cundy is on sale for 99p (99c). It’s a promotion that’s been lined up…

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.” – Dracula, Bram Stoker It’s April already, which means I’m another year older (ugh), the…

Some pics from the launch event yesterday at Hartlepool Central Hub on York Road…

The Cundy is based in the northeast of England and so to keep it as real as possible, I stayed true to local dialect and terminology. I think international readers will easily be able to pick up on and identify…

The Cundy is a coming of age tale set in the mid-90s in my hometown, Horden, in the northeast of England. I took inspiration from local history, specifically from the time when Scula the Danish Viking warlord ruled the area…

It’s March! Which means, it’s the month of The Cundy! Yesterday I went on a field trip to where the book is based and took some photos. Buried deep within the dene, this water conduit (known locally as the cundy)…

On the final day of Women in Horror Month I’m choosing myself because, hey, I need some love too! It’s a tough gig being an indie horror author. One of my main strengths as a writer, so I’m told, is…

Today I’m choosing author Richie Tankersley Cusick. She wrote quite a few of the Point Horror books, which I devoured as a teen, including the very first one that I ever picked up and read – Trick or Treat. For…