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Holiday Reading: 1Q84
Posted on August 9, 2022 | No CommentsMy summer holiday this year was in Mallorca – two nights in Palma, then a week on the north eastern coast at a lovely resort called Puerto Pollensa. One... -
THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS WITH A DETECTIVE HERO
Posted on August 8, 2022 | No CommentsTHE BEST FANTASY NOVELS WITH A DETECTIVE HERO! Crime pays…for writers at any rate. I’ve written extensively in the crime genre as well as fantasy and SF and here’s my... -
Version 43
Posted on May 9, 2022 | No CommentsOne of my SF novels which I’m most proud of is VERSION 43, a fast-paced crime SF thriller about a cyborg cop who keeps getting killed – but always comes... -
The Ballad of Billy McCrae
Posted on March 15, 2022 | No CommentsIt’s out – and on a television set near you. My Welsh film noir THE BALLAD OF BILLY McCRAE is now available for download on Amazon Prime, Sky and iTunes.... -
The Ballad of Billy McCrae
Posted on September 15, 2021 | No CommentsI’ve written a film noir. Why? Because I love that genre of film. Crime dramas with existential dread at the heart of the stories; thrillers about real people trapped by... -
The Ballad of Billy McCrae – coming soon
Posted on April 17, 2021 | No CommentsA Welsh film noir. A character drama. A powerful story set in industrial South Wales -not the pretty bit, the area I grew up in dominated by steel works and... -
Wolf
Posted on April 17, 2021 | 3 Comments1960s Hungary. The Cold War is at its height. Bertalan Lazar is Budapest cop trying to do his job in a corrupt world; his wife Franciska is his ally and... -
Hell on Earth – January sale
Posted on December 31, 2019 | No CommentsThis is a book readers seem to love. The e-book is available in a JANUARY SALE for a limited period in, er, January, for a paltry 99p. If you like... -
MURDER OF THE HEART
Posted on November 10, 2017 | No CommentsJust published by Hellbooks and available on Amazon – MURDER OF THE HEART. This is a novella – a scary ghost story first published in the Aethernet magazine for... -
HELL ON EARTH is here
Posted on June 22, 2017 | No CommentsImagine a London full of evil and malice and monstrous injustice. Now stop watching the news, and read THIS instead. My new book HELL ON EARTH is a science fiction... -
Meet Fillide
Posted on April 18, 2017 | No CommentsMeet Fillide Melandroni – courtesan and artist’s model, and now an RDC (Resurrected Detective Constable) in the Metropolitan Police Murder Squad Number Five… -
Hell on Earth: Coming Even Sooner
Posted on March 17, 2017 | No CommentsHELL ON EARTH, my new novel, is coming soon. Expect crime. Action. Demons. And warlocks. HOE is set in a near future London where Hell has come to Earth. Murder... -
Red and Blue – the first six episodes
Posted on November 21, 2016 | 10 CommentsThanks Auntie Beeb…for repeating the entire first two series of RED AND BLUE, my wargame/state of the planet drama series which I’ve been writing over the last four or five... -
Red and Blue Two
Posted on August 17, 2013 | 13 CommentsBradley Shoreham returns!!!! ACOUSTIC: THE CYBER SUITE IN PEMBERLEY FINANCE A ROOM FULL OF ‘TECHIES’ HARD AT WORK; TYPING ON COMPUTERS. CHIEF GEEK TOBY DRISCOLL IS IN CHARGE. BRADLEY:... -
March to Time
Posted on August 17, 2013 | No CommentsThis is the moment to March to Time… Check out Tony Ballantyne’s mission to save us from the bankers… -
Space Fiction
Posted on February 15, 2013 | 1 CommentThis Sunday I’ll be travelling to Leicester to take part in the 2 week long Space Fiction event at the National Space Centre. I’ll be giving a talk & reading... -
Fantasy Con 2012
Posted on September 28, 2012 | 2 CommentsOff to Fantasy Con today! For more details, here’s the website. I’ll be arriving this evening in time for the mass signing. Then on two panels on Saturday – one... -
Radio Bookcase
Posted on September 6, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the best kept secrets in the world of BBC Radio is the site called Audiogo. It’s where they sell audio books; and then some smart cookie had the... -
Resurrection Engines
Posted on May 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsI absolutely love this cover! It’s an anthology of steampunk stories edited by Scott Harrison, and I’m delighted to be part of it. For an account of the book and... -
Red and Blued…
Posted on May 5, 2012 | 1 CommentSeries 1 of Red and Blue has been and gone…I’m thrilled with the response. And the consensus seems to be that Tim Woodward (above) stole the show as former...