Jeff Bridges, also known as ‘The Dude’ is not only, in my opinion, one of the greatest North American character actors of his generation, but also an accomplished photographer. He uses a Widelux camera, for panoramic images. Here is what … Continue reading
There’s a standing joke amongst my family, that I simply cannot walk past a bookshop without going in for a browse. Once in there, nine times out of ten, I can’t walk out of the bookshop without having bought a … Continue reading
Wait, hold on a minute there! What am I trying to say here? Can it be true? Ken Preston, author of cowboy/zombie mashup Population:DEAD! and the supernatural pirate novel The Devil and Edward Teach has written a My Weekly Pocket … Continue reading
I read the The Rats when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I was on holiday with my parents, somewhere along the South English coast. We were in the local fishing town and, for some reason, my parents had popped … Continue reading
Written in 1949, The Screaming Mimi is probably Fredric Brown’s most popular book. It is certainly one of my favourites. I first discovered it in my early twenties, back in the days when I used to browse the bookshelves in … Continue reading
My two boys, aged 9 and 6, had an inset day in January, and I was going to be looking after them. We decided we were going to make a Lego movie. In the weekend leading up to our day … Continue reading
It’s not a big deal. I haven’t suddenly decided that self-publishing is the devil’s work, or that ‘indie authors’ are self-deluded losers, who need a swift kick up the rear end and a hard life lesson. (Although, looking at the … Continue reading
Ordinarily I’m not in the habit of taking photographs of other people’s pets. Especially without asking their permission first. I mean, I guess it’s nowhere near as bad as snapping a quick shot of somebody stranger’s kids, (in fact, that … Continue reading
I recently picked up Stephen King’s The Stand in my local library. It’s got to be somewhere around 30 years since I first read that book, a fact of my life which I find far scarier than anything King has … Continue reading
Arr harr me hearties! To celebrate the release of my latest novel, The Devil and Edward Teach, I present here five horrible facts (and myths) about pirates. 1. No pirate ever made anyone walk the plank. It never happened! Or, … Continue reading