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Tag Archives: Lancashire
October 2024 book blog
I just logged in to blog my November 2024 reading and realised that I’d neglected to blog my October reading. So, here goes. My first book of the month was Geoff Ryman’s ‘The Child Garden’. It’s an old book and … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged Bolton, China Mieville, Eragon, Fantasy, Fiction, Geoff Ryman, Horror, Lancashire, Review, Science Fiction
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The hole in the pantry
I wrote this earlier this week, for a performance with Sid Calderbank, the Lancashire Society, and Lancashire Authors’ Association at Tarleton Library. It’s based on a true story. There was a crack in my grandma’s pantry floor. There probably still … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Stuff that rhymes.
Tagged Childhood, Dark poetry, Horror, Lancashire, Mines, poetry
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September 2024 book blog
After the leviathan of a book that was ‘999’, I stuck to shorter volumes in September. The first was ‘Underground’ by Al Ramsay. Al is a local author and we’ve known each other for a while. ‘Underground’ came out around … Continue reading
Posted in Book blog
Tagged Al Ramsay, Apocalypse, C J Tudor, Caroline Blake, Hartley, Indie, Lancashire, Local Author, Preston, Review, vampires
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May 2023 book blog
It’s nearly the end of June, and I’ve only just got round to this. I blame a rather nasty bout of food poisoning and some stupidly hot weather for me being so out of it recently. So. What did I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Non fiction
Tagged Adrian Tchaikovsky, Al Ramsay, anthology, Autobiography, Fantasy, Fiction, Lancashire, Mahmood Ahmed, Review, Tales of the Apt, Tour de France
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Fight For The Future
Many, many years ago, I started getting spectral visits from a young red headed woman. She wouldn’t tell me her name at first, but she did tell me that she was a shapeshifter, and that she had a story for … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged England, Lancashire, Paris, Romance, Shapeshifter, werewolf, Werewolves
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Bonfire ’68
Bonfire ’68 Bonfire Night isn’t what it used to be. These days it’s all about the fireworks, and who has the most, the best, the noisiest. The fires themselves are tamed, organised, run by the local authority or a worthy … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction
Tagged 1960s, 1968, Bereavement, Bonfire, Fireworks, Grief, Lancashire, Nostalgia
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