The Dryad is Published!

It's out now - in paperback and on kindle. The first in a series of four connected festive folk horror short stories :)



Halloween Funkos 2020 #6

 Leatherface, from Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Cracking On...



Halloween Funkos 2020 #5

Dracula (Special Edition)

The Dark is Rising...

Winter is coming. But for now, let's enjoy the colour :)


Halloween 2020 Funkos #3

 The Chatterer, from Hellraiser 3:


October (Halloween) Films

Time to make a start on the Halloween movies I have lined up for this month. 


 

Halloween 2020 - Funkos #2

 Stephen King (Special Edition) Pop Funko:



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Halloween 2020 - Funkos #1

Continuing last year's Horror Pop Funko Halloween, here is the scarier special edition version of this fella. Jeepers!

Damn Those Squinting/Dangling Modifiers

Grammar sorted (damn those squinting and dangling modifiers). Now just a final read-through/edit before this thing gets published (hopefully well in time for the Christmas market).



Nostalgia #2

My grandmother gave me the gardening bug, and there are several plants I regularly grow in memory of her love for the flowers. Amongst their number are these precious beauties - Night-scented Stock:

Solstice (Dryad) Edits -21

Making the most of my last 36 hours of Covid lockdown.


Nostalgia #1

Old Manor Ware ornament from the early 1970s. My father used to buy these on his trips around the country as a coach driver and they have always fascinated me.

The Dryad - a solstice story

I spent this morning continuing my work on the cover of my next book :)




 

Solstice Stories - The Dryad Cover Design

Coming soon - my first in a series of 4 connected Christmas ghost stories... Started working on the cover design tonight - here's my initial effort:


Solstice ~ Story 2

The second tale of my portmanteau Christmas ghost story is coming along nicely now. The two protagonists are now heading out into the words to kickstart their evening of fun...