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Friday, July 2nd, 2010
It’s THE PITS!
Yesterday I did my stuff at St Ivo School, Cambridgeshire. The above headline is no comment on the school or the wonderful welcome I received there: I’m referring to one of the most astonishing pieces of art inspired by my stories that it’s yet been my privilege to see. Feast yer eyes on THIS: Yes, […]
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Heave!
Kind of Crawlers-related, especially (heh!) when the legs come out… have you seen this amazing time-lapse video of a giant spider crab shedding its old shell? I first spotted it on one of my favourite blogs, Pink Tentacle. As one of the YouTube commenters aptly put it, “Aaaaww, must feel so good.” PS: For my […]
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
‘Revoltingly Entertaining’
This weekend UK national newspaper The Independent published a feature listing The 50 Best Summer Reads, as chosen by a panel including TBM‘s own Ali Sparkes. Guess what was number 22? Before anyone gets tempted to start yelling ‘fix’, here’s a review on TBM in which Ali talks about Crawlers in a bit more detail. […]
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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Two Views on CRAWLERS
This one’s from Books For Keeps: “[…] When ‘a long line of spider-like creatures’ starts to emerge from the air vents of the theatre’s foyer, the stage is set (so to speak) for a schlock horror story which, in some moments at least, is definitely not for the faint-hearted, though it must be said that […]
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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Cry ‘Havoc!’ And Let Slip The Dawgs – And Bats
Two quick pieces of news about The Black Tattoo. First up, I’m thrilled and delighted to say that I’ve been interviewed about the book for Fresh Dawgs’ Book Blog, a new site written and produced by young readers in the USA. My thanks and best wishes to MG, who kindly described Black Tat as “so […]
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
It’s Uncanny!
The cartoon in the ‘In the City’ column of the current issue of my favourite satirical magazine Private Eye made me giggle like a loon. But I couldn’t help but be struck by a strange resemblance. In the style of their Lookalikes feature, I present the following: ‘Tim, Defender of the Earth’ — ‘Awesome Cartoon […]
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Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
Bite Me
The onslaught continues! Here’s a link to another interview, this time about Crawlers, for terrific new horror fan website Snakebite Horror. This one contains an exclusive sneaky early announcement of thrilling developments afoot at Trapped By Monsters. Take a look. ;D
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Monday, May 31st, 2010
When Tim Met Godzilla!
OK, this is something I’m really proud of: I’ve been interviewed by G-Fan Magazine – the official periodical of The Godzilla Society of North America! To my enormous glee and delight I was approached by Allen Debus, one of the magazine’s writers, who’d read Tim, Defender of the Earth, liked it, and wanted to put […]
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
Diabolical Housekeeping
Just a quick post to let you know that The Mighty WebSphinx has come through with some important updates to the website of my debut novel The Black Tattoo. She’s straightened up the Editions and Links pages. No less than eight recent questions and answers have been added to the Black Tat Q&A Page. We’ve […]
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
Trapped By Monsters Live in Lincoln 2010: A Survivor’s Tale
Ali Sparkes, Mark Robson, Tommy Donbavand and I have returned from our show at the Lincoln Book Festival. One of us returned inside a monster. But all of us will bear the psychological scars of what transpired… After an opening section in which the monsters allowed each of us thirty seconds to plead pathetically not […]
