I’m sure that every writer, at one time or another in his or her creative life, hits that brick wall where the prose simply won’t flow. I’ve...

I read a lot. I mean, I read an awful lot. Mostly (in fact almost entirely) because I enjoy it. There’s nothing quite like a good book – and...

Collecting together the early Elric stories of Michael Moorcock, the 2008 Gollancz edition of Elric of Melniboné is a book that no aficionad...

I'm rather pleased to say that the audio version of my short story, The Bone House, is currently available at the very fine magazine Be...

HORROR EXPRESS (1972) Directed by Eugenio Martín. Starring Christopher Lee. Peter Cushing. Telly Savalas. Alberto de Mendoza. Julio Peña The...

The past few weeks have been something of a bonanza for me, with various bits of fiction appearing here and there, most notably in the first...

PSYCHOMANIA (1973). Directed by Don Sharp. Starring Nicky Henson, Beryl Reid, George Sanders, Ann Michelle. There are certain films in the ...

At its best, science fiction holds up a mirror to society and even the most workmanlike speculative fiction can often be reflective of the t...

At some point in their careers most writers will face rejection. It’s an inevitable fact of life. The reasons for rejection are many and var...

JACK BROOKS – MONSTER SLAYER (2007). Starring Robert Englund. Trevor Matthews. Directed by Jon Knautz. A film that wears its influences on ...

DEAD & BURIED (1981) Starring James Farentino, Melody Anderson, Jack Albertson. Directed by Gary Sherman. A rather effective, atmospheri...

What’s in a name? Or, more accurately, what’s in a title? What is there about certain words or combination of words that makes you want to s...

A short story of mine - The Dark Blessing - is due to appear in the very fine ezine Silver Blade at the end of this month, and, in addition ...

In the last few months I’ve had a fair few requests from editors for rewrites to various stories – in some ways it’s a good thing since it m...

In the early part of the twentieth century the French writer and critic Georges Polti published his Thirty Six Dramatic Situations, a descri...