Solstice ~ Second Story Research

 


Halloween Funkos 2020 #7

 Mr. Edgar Allen Poe, stood before my very own writing desk :)

Solstice ~ Story 2 Cover Design

One of my cats is easier to work with than the other :)



 

One Down, Three to Go...


The Dryad, the first of four connected festive folk horror short stories from my forthcoming portmanteau novel Solstice, has now been published (and is available here). One down, three to go...

Cracking on with Solstice ~ Story 2

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.