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Thursday 5 November 2020

Saturday 31 October 2020

A Halloween Woodland Walk

I went for a Halloween woodland walk through my local woods today, where I saw a witch!







 

Friday 30 October 2020

Halloween Horror

 Continuing my Halloween horror viewing with this classic!




Thursday 29 October 2020

A Bit of Morning Research

 I do love the research stage of writing a story. So many coalescing ideas. So many paths to choose from. Which route will I follow?

Wednesday 28 October 2020

Solstice 2 Research

 Making the most of a stormy autumn morning by doing a little research.

Tuesday 27 October 2020

Story-boarding Solstice Story 2

I started story-boarding my second tale of Solstice today. This is the first major scene in Story 2 (there are a couple of minor set-up scenes preceding this) and details the hallucinatory occurrence that really gets the action going in the story. This is also the scene that is explained more fully (and rationally) in the third tale in the portmanteau series of connecting festive folk horror tales that will eventually feature in my forthcoming book Solstice. 

Story-boarding Solstice Story 2

I hope to get this second tale, which is titled Amanita muscaria, published initially as a stand-alone story later next year. In the meantime, the first title in the Solstice series, The Dryad, is available to purchase now from Amazon.

Saturday 24 October 2020

Halloween Funko 2020 #8

Bringing this 2020's Halloween Funko photos to a close this year is... Nosferatu (stalking around our cat tower lol).