4.5
Fiction Review: The Last Reef and Other Stories by Gareth L. Powell
I make no secret of the fact that Gareth Powell is one of my favourite authors. As well as thoroughly enjoying his work, I love that he's fantastic at building ...
4.5
New Release: Baby Up the Chimney by Claire Ladds
I would like to extend my thanks to Emma for hosting me on her blog. I’ve popped in to talk about my latest novel, Baby up the Chimney, which is released to...
Cats in Space and Time
There are few certainties in life: death, taxes and cats on the internet. Despite being allergic, I get a vicarious cat fix from friends' felines, Twitter, ...
Blackstone Towers Blog Tour – Day One
First, I’d like to thank Emma for allowing me to bring my blog tour here today. This is day one of the blog tour and I’m very excited because I’ve written a...
Rainbow Crochet Blanket #1
When I first became ill during UK lockdown, I soon realised anything needing brainpower wasn't going to happen: reading, writing or using the computer gave me i...
Froggy Emma (or, early book influences)
For GCSE English Lit, we studied Macbeth, Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd and my personal essay choice was Steinbeck's Of Mice ...
Nothing to Lose, published by Grindstone Literary
I entered Grindstone Literary's microfiction competition and was one of the top twelve aka 'The Dirty Dozen' - participating was a risk for me but I was confide...
Staring Into the 4am Void
Lockdown has been going on in the UK for how many weeks now? Too many. I got ill mid-March and am only now recovering. We very, very strongly suspect COVID-19 b...
Invocation, published in Drabbles of Dread
My 100-word story, 'Invocation' appears in Drabbles of Dread, published by Macabre Ladies. It's an original piece and very loosely based off "Something for the...