Meta-Horde- off at the publisher

The zombie novel that Sean Page and I wrote together is now all polished up and off at the publisher being read right now. There's a slightly different take to normal zombie story, set many years after the outbreak people are beginning to rebuild some semblance of society. Living in medieval walled cities their defences seem to be holding until the undead start to swarm together in unimaginable numbers. As the cities start to fall in their wake a plan is hatched to save what's left of humanity.

I've really enjoyed working with Sean and I'm very proud of what we have created. With a bit of luck it'll be accepted and I'd love to see what other people think of our little creation. I'll update the blog when we get some word back from the publisher.

Pyramid of the Dead- edits back

I've just received the edits back for Pyramid of the Dead, my next novel from the Twisted Library Press. It's been a long time coming but so happy that they are finally here. Suffering from the flu at the moment so will wait until I'm feeling a little bit better before I give them a go.

In the 16th century a few hundred Spaniards land on the shores of the vast Inca Empire. Over the next few months events unfold that bring down one of the greatest civilisations the world has ever see. Pyramid of the Dead is a story about greed, black magic, betrayal and an army raised from the dead.

Oliver Spencer- our newest addition

Here's a couple of pictures of the newest addition to our family, our grandson Oliver. Pictured alongside him is my missus Pam, the very proud granny and our wonderful granddaughter Kaitlin.

Children of the Plague

Just released on the Kindle my short story collection, it'll be interesting to see how it goes. This is of course my first attempt at self publishing an E-book.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

http://www.amazon.com/Children-of-the-Plague-ebook/dp/B006MG22UW/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1323981741&sr=1-4

Twisted Library- Anthologies cancelled.

Due to the poor financial conditions the Twisted Library (Library of the Living Dead and Library of Horror)have cancelled all of their unpublished anthologies. I'm a huge fan of its owner, Doctor Pus, and this is a very sad turn of events but hopefully this action will in the long run save the Library from fully closing. It does however give me lots of stories back, these include-
4 x zombie short stories
2 x zombie flash
1 x zombie poem!
1 x zombie v vampire mash up
1 x vampire short story
1 x werewolf short story
A couple of these stories are actually some of my best work ever so its pretty sad. It all comes to about 25,000 words now without a home, not sure what to do with them yet, might even hold onto them for a while, add to them and maybe even one day put them out as an e-book collection. I might even self published them for a pound or so a go.
What do you think?

Holiday of the Dead book signing

Here's some photos of the book signing which took place on Saturday in my home town of Glasgow, Scotland. Also attending were Iain McKinnon, Ian Paton, Matt Hilton, Tony Wright and Rod Glenn. I had a great time and a few of my family also popped along to give me some much appreciated support. As this was my first time I was shaking like a leaf beforehand but once I got started I was fine, or at least I think I was. And also I'd like to say a big thank you to the guys at Wild Wolf Publishing for firstly accepting my story and then organising this event.

Attempting a trilogy!

I must be mad, I'm attempting to write a trilogy- all three books at roughly the same time. They involve Maggie and Lucas as they fight evil around the world, Lucas is a priest belonging to a secret order and Maggie is a cop who he encounters in the first book.

The status and working title of each book is-

Fallen Angel- set in London and first draft complete. An evil angel returns to earth to seek her vengeance.

Rise of the Valkyrie- set in Edinburgh and outline done along with the first few chapters. Demons who feed on the dead are travelling backwards and forwards in time, increasing their powers as they await the final battle.


Flesh Hunters- set in Venice, outline done only. Investigating a series of bloody murders Maggie and Lucas discover that werewolves are real and their numbers are growing.