Books

This is the end, but was the moment prepared for?

August 9, 2009

A couple of weeks ago, in the regular list of notable radio programmes I prepare each week, I plugged Radio 2’s relay of a recent live performance of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds. That mention spurred me to listen once more to the album. This prog rock opera contains some of the most well-known […]

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The Ghosts of Christmas

November 24, 2007

As I said back in October, my short story, Tell Me You Love Me is going to be included in the forthcoming anthology, Doctor Who Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. The Big Finish page for the book now includes an image, as well as a free PDF of one story from the collection — […]

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Why write?

October 16, 2007

It may be a tough question to answer, but I love Neil Gaiman’s attempt: The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it’s about and why you’re doing it and what these […]

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Coming soon: The Ghosts of Christmas

October 2, 2007

I’ve mentioned bits and pieces about getting a short story published, without going into further detail. Now, though, my publisher has announced full details, so I can officially go public. My story, Tell Me You Love Me, is going to be published in Big Finish’s forthcoming short story anthology, Short Trips: The Ghosts of Christmas. […]

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Diary of a C-List Celeb

July 18, 2004

At work, I’m currently working on rebuilding a directory of Light Entertainment into something that’s more useable and less admin-intensive. As such, I’m dealing with content that includes tribute bands, lookalikes, magicians and other acts that keep the smaller venues around the UK with someone to put on their stages. As such, reading Diary of […]

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A Dangerous Thing, by Josh Lanyon

July 23, 2002

Originally published on Gay.com UK A group of university archaeologists are camped out in a Californian forest. One of the team, of Native American descent, is convinced the place is haunted - and the weird nighttime sounds that are spooking them all out are slowly convincing the rest of them. It sounds more like the […]

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The Ropemaker’s Daughter, by Virginia Smith

June 17, 2002

Originally written for Gay.com UK We’ve all told little white lies on a first date. First impressions matter, we’re always being told, so it pays to come across as interesting as possible. A little hint of thrill in one’s job here, a dark secret in a slightly-murky-but-not-threateningly-so past there. After all, if the relationship doesn’t […]

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The Sacrifice, by Gordon Linton

June 13, 2002

Originally written for Gay.com UK Anybody who’s grown up gay in a small village will know how important it can suddenly become when you meet someone like you; someone who shares your secret. Greg Chaley, the hero of new novel The Sacrifice, finds out when he meets Kit, in his school choir. Two years older […]

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