Folk Horror Titles Relaunch New Cover Designs!

February 29, 2020

Having looked through my back catalogue of books on Amazon with fresh eyes, I have come to the conclusion that the cover design of my first novel appears a little tired. And so I have started work on a classy new relaunch of my folk-horror titles. Look out for these spanking new cover artworks on heading your way soon...

Working on a classy new book cover for Crawley ~ an adult faery tale

Working late into the night on the new cover of Pixie-Led

Storm Jorge

All I seem to have recorded on my Tascam DR40 this year is the rain and the wind. It will be lovely when the weather finally improves and I get to do some rambling and record some less inclement sounds... Still, there's nothing quite as atmospheric as listening to a storm when you are chilling at home in the warmth, so here we go - Storm Jorge, recorded from my living room this afternoon. As usual, this is best appreciated whilst wearing a good pair of headphones (by the way, you can see the audio recorder to the right on the mantelpiece in the accompanying photograph to the audio):

Storm Jorge

All I seem to have recorded on my Tascam DR40 this year is the rain and the wind. It will be lovely when the weather finally improves and I get to do some rambling and record some less inclement sounds... Still, there's nothing quite as atmospheric as listening to a storm when you are chilling at home in the warmth, so here we go - Storm Jorge, recorded from my living room this afternoon. As usual, this is best appreciated whilst wearing a good pair of headphones (by the way, you can see the audio recorder to the right on the mantelpiece in the accompanying photograph to the audio):

Perfect Balance!

My favourite character amongst our garden birds. He has been visiting us for the nearly seven years we have been living in our house and is always a welcome sight.  Given his chunky size, he is still a bit of an acrobat. Look at those balancing skills!

Perfect Balance!

Given that he is a bit of hungry fella, and that we have known him for so long, he has earned himself a nickname. Here is is arriving, and lingering, on our birdfeeder the other day. He added to his girth quite considerably on this visit, and continued to eat until an impatient starling came and chased him off (caught at the end of the following video):

Sparrow

When we first moved into our house, nearly seven years ago now, the only birds we saw here were jackdaws, magpies, pigeons and seagulls. All lovely birds. But we really missed the smaller birds that used to frequent our previous garden. 

Despite setting up a bird table and keeping it well stocked, it took several years before we finally managed to attract smaller birds into the garden. But then, a couple of summer's ago, these little fellows, House Sparrows, suddenly arrived en masse in our garden. Not only did they feed from our bird feeders and enjoy the water from our bird-bath, they also nested in our privet hedge.  And last summer, the colony of house sparrows expanded again when the little birds nested for a second time in our hedge. Now, our garden is abuzz with the birds and their constant chattering from our hedge is a real joy to behold :) All great news given the population of these precious little creatures are in decline nationally.

House Sparrow Atop Our Garden Birdfeeder

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)


The amount of seed and suet these guys get through on our birdfeeder is incredible and we sometimes have to restock it twice a day!

To further encourage the House Sparrows and retain them as residents in our garden, we have also installed a communal nesting box on our house. More news on the hopeful success of this if and when it happens...

Solstice Ghost Story...

My month-long break from writing is coming to a close. I am so looking forward to opening this writing bureau again on March 1st and cracking on with my Christmas ghost story...


Sweyne's Eye - Bish Bash Bosh

Whilst I have taken a break from creative writing this month, I have kept myself busy producing these three zines for my new Sweyne's Eye photography range:

Sweyne's Eye  -  Issues 1-3

The first three issues of my new Sweyne's Eye Photography zine

It's been an interesting month putting these zines together and there will definitely further issues in the range published soon. Watch this space...

You can purchase copies of this zine here:

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