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Review: ANIMUS by Polly J. Mordant
In Animus we return to the anti-Dibley (aka the village of Flammark) of author Polly J. Mordant’s gruesome imagination to catch up with our traumatised hero Emma Blake, her gifted chum Abigail and her dog-collared friend, neighbour and landlord Will. If these guys are hoping for a little downtime following their harrowing adventures in When…
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MY FRIEND IMPOSTER SYNDROME
My life changed the day I read an article about Imposter Syndrome in a newspaper. That’s me, I thought. That’s what’s been ‘wrong’ with me all these years! In truth, of course, there’d never been anything ‘wrong’ with me. Imposter Syndrome – defined as a ‘an internal experience of believing that you are not as…
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QUENTIN TARANTINO AND THE ART OF THE FILM/TV TIE-IN NOVEL
“Do you have the novelisation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Quentin Tarantino in stock, please?” I asked the chap behind the counter in my local Waterstones. “Over there,” he said. Yeah, I’d walked past a whole display of them on my way in. If you know me, you’ll know that’s typically me.…
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REVIEW: HAVE COURAGE DEAR HEART by LIV KRISTINE
Imagine sinking into a warm, luxurious bath full of silky, caressing bubbles while, around you, sweetly scented candles gently illuminate the room with a soft, orange light. That right there is the best metaphor I can come up with to describe Liv Kristine’s singing voice. It’s a voice that beguiles and seduces, and it’s one…
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WHY THE ZOMBIE IS THE BOGEYMAN FOR THE MODERN AGE
In this extract from my debut horror novel DEEP LEVEL, Roz, who is enjoying breakfast with her friends Syeeda and Ffion, offers up a theory on a particular aspect of modern popular culture… *** As Syeeda was talking, Ffion was fishing her mobile phone out of her bag. She placed it on the table in…
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REVIEW: WHEN ANGELS FEAR by POLLY J. MORDANT
The cover pitches this book as a ‘supernatural thriller’. Not quite a crime novel, not quite a horror, a ‘supernatural thriller’ is a tricky thing to pull off. But worry not, friends, because author Polly J Mordant has succeeded, and then some. When we first meet our protagonist Emma, she is on the run from…
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10 FUN FACTS ABOUT RICHARD E. ROCK
I always enjoy discovering quirky scraps of information about writers I admire. It offers a valuable insight of them as human beings and helps to expand them in my mind beyond their craft. With that in mind, here’s 10 fun facts about me. If you keep up with my blog then you probably already know…
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DOING IT BACKWARDS – HOW I BECAME A WRITER
I became a paid, professional writer long before I had ever even thought about writing a novel. I know what you’re thinking; that doesn’t make any sense. How can it be? Allow me to explain… The year is 2002 and I get a phone call from a friend. He tells me that some guy he’s…
