Author Archives: darkscrybe

When I was at university studying journalism in the late 90’s I enrolled in Literary Theory as an elective. After the first lecture I questioned whether I should drop out of the course. What I really hoped to get out of the course was to learn the art of writing (as if it had aContinue reading “From the back of the desk drawer”

Just last week I had to clean out my office so it could be painted. Amongst all the dog-eared paperbacks, art materials, blank notebooks, Doctor Who figurines, hand-crafted Father’s Day presents and old photographs there were fragments of notepaper, all bearing the scrawl of me, the mad writer. Seeing all those pieces of paper scatteredContinue reading “Paper or Pixels?”

2011 has been a great year from a writing perspective, but 2012 is looking even better!In the past year, I’ve had two novellas published by Damnation Books “Torment” (March) and “The Noctuary” (December) and a few short stories. Reception to both novellas has been positive, but as I am an emerging author it seems toContinue reading “Thanks 2011 and Bring on 2012!”

So the blog tour for my new release The Noctuary is over … but I must say it’s been a great success! The word about The Noctuary was heard far and wide with reviews and guest blog posts appearing all over the internet for two weeks, thanks to the wonderful promotions company Pump Up YourContinue reading “What happens on tour stays on tour”

Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author Lisa Morton has hijacked my blog to talk about her new short story collection Monsters of L.A. out now from Bad Moon Books! At some point in 2010, I looked at the last few works of short fiction I’d written and I realized they all had an odd themeContinue reading “Guest blog: Lisa Morton”

Gary W. Olson may be new to the horror fiction scene, but he’s already well on his way with his debut novel Brutal Light, which was released by Damnation Books on December 1. He took the time to answer a few questions about the book: Tell us about your forthcoming book Brutal Light. Going by first appearancesContinue reading “Author Interview: Gary W. Olson”

Although it’s been available to buy for almost a week, my new horror novella The Noctuary, has now been officially released by Damnation Books! The e-book can be purchased direct from the publisher’s website HERE in various formats (the very first e-book sale is FREE and each thereafter goes up by 25 cents for 24 hours or until itContinue reading “The Noctuary is here!”

American author Benjamin Kane Ethridge has taken the horror world by storm with his first novel Black & Orange tieing the win for Superior Achievement in a First Novel at last year’s Bram Stoker Awards. Ben is holding an online tour for his novel in December and I recently interviewed him about the book andContinue reading “Author Interview: Benjamin Kane Ethridge”

As part of my promotion of my new horror novella The Noctuary, I’ve released the short story “Invocation – A Prelude to The Noctuary” through Smashwords. The short story introduces Meknok, the leader of the Dark Muses of Hell, the key antagonists in The Noctuary novella. The short story is FREE for a limited time. ToContinue reading “Invocation – A Prelude to The Noctuary”

In part 2 of my interview with Rocky, he talks about how he became involved with the Horror Writers Association, his struggle with Motor Neurone Disease and his forthcoming authorial works. How did you get involved in the Horror Writers Association? When I realized my foreseeable writing future was going to be tied to theContinue reading “Author Interview: Rocky Wood (part 2)”