Month: October 2012

"The bare sleeve of grass outside the garden is empty, and the forest is black and deep and bottomless. Beyond the fence the thin trail slides almost imperceptibly away from the garden to the trees that reach up like blackened limbs, and my eyes are drawn along it. For a moment the forest seems to… Continue reading Slender Man ebook

I'm really excited by the interest that's been shown so far in the launch of my ebook short story The Slender Man.The Facebook launch event is thrumming along quite nicely, with more than 40 lovely people attending and getting involved along the way, and my advance readers have already returned some quite unexpected praise for… Continue reading The Slender Man – ebook launch – update

I've just read Sara Ghost by Matt Posner, a short story from the School Of The Ages series. Three caveats: one, it's not my usual genre, two, I've not ready any of the other School Of The Ages series so I'm coming at it completely cold, and three, everything here is just my opinion (which… Continue reading Sara Ghost by Matt Posner

I recently downloaded a demo of an upcoming game called Sniper Elite V2. "Ooh," I thought, "A game in which I get to sneak around Berlin with a sniper rifle, secretly thinning the ranks of evil Nazis before melting away into the night. That sounds like fun.""I hope I can ignore the fact that many… Continue reading Killing Nazis has never been so depressing

As a taster, here's an excerpt from my upcoming horror short story The Slender Man:TranscriptStephen Connor / Keston, Lancashire, England / 12.2.83Interviewer: Det. Derek BarnesSC: Is it on?DB: Yes, it’s on.SC: Is anyone listening?DB: It’s just you and me and the tape recorder.SC: There’s no-one in the other room?DB: Why don’t you tell me what… Continue reading The Slender Man ebook – excerpt