Out now

Out now - Solomon Kane: Where the Whitethorn Meets the Black

Apologies for popping back into your inbox so soon after my last mail, but I've just found out that my Solomon Kane novelette, Where the Whitethorn Meets the Black, was brought forward from its planned April publication and is available... right now! Part of Titan Books' Heroic

Five Things For Friday

Five for Friday #8: Animated mice, reading goals, curling and folk horror

Five things I loved and think you might, too!

Days out

Crikey DM! It's the Cosgrove Hall Films Archive!

Visiting the brand new home of Danger Mouse, Duckula and other childhood heroes

News

Announcing Star Wars: Galactic Tales of Terror

A spooky new Star Wars library edition, plus audio adventures for Obi-Wan and Anakin and a few Choose Your Destiny signed books still available!

Creative Life

Novel milestone ahoy!

Please clap

Gear

Gear Review: The Lochby Field Journal and Tool Roll

Expanding my Lochby collection – all in the name of keeping myself organised!

Hobbies

New hobby alert!

Taking the plunge and painting my first miniature!

Five Things For Friday

Five for Friday #7: Batman, Dracula fangs, drama, fonts and disappearing crafts

Hello there! It's Friday 13th. Hope you survive. To help you get through the most superstitious of all days, I’m back with another five things I’ve enjoyed this week and hope you will too! 1. Film: Tuesday night, we watched the second-best Batman movie* with a

Creative Life

The time I was caught in the headlights

When fear froze me in place... and how I started moving again

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #6: Suede, puppets and doing it yourself!

Even a little bit of Vic and Bob, too!

Q&A

How do you get your name out there?

A question from a creative writing student — and a few things I wish I’d known when I was starting out.

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #5: Comedy, frost fairies and public panic

Podcasts, videos and brilliant articles galore!

Creative Life

My morning routine

Sharing the habits that start my days

News

Newsflash: Announcing my new Star Wars graphic novel

Jaxxon’s back, baby!

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #4: Magazine design, not-so-dead languages and the love of fountain pens

Links I enjoyed this week and thought you might too!

Creative Life

The importance of real things in a digital age

How an encounter with Charles Dickens and Winnie the Pooh gave me hope for the future

Creative Life

You’re going to mess up — and that’s a good thing!

Getting comfortable with getting it wrong

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #3: Peter Capaldi, pocketbooks and the Goblin King

Things I enjoyed this week and thought you might too!

Gear

Gear review: The Lochby Mini-Field Journal

A pocket notebook system I use every day!

News

Announcing a new short story anthology – plus, Gwenpool trade paperback out today!

It lies beneath!

Booklife

My 2026 reading challenge

An experiment in self-control (with several very important loopholes)

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #2: Tiny worlds, gigantic starships and clever spiders

Five things I enjoyed this week — from miniature libraries to surprisingly clever web-slingers

Online life

It’s not for me – A healthier way to disagree online

Four little words with the power to make all the difference.

Creative Life

My word of the year 2026

Plus, how to choose a word of your own

Five Things For Friday

Five things for Friday #1: Ghost stories, creative tips and frosty folklore

Things I loved and think you might too