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Enemy Unseen Chapter 1

Enemy Unseen Chapter 1

Nate Carver woke, heart racing. He snorted, sucking air into his lungs, then rolled off the bed and down onto the soft and impractical shag-pile carpet. Laying on his back as he fought to calm his breathing, he squinted to focus on the dim slivers of moonlight above…

After the End

After The END Chapter 3

Deviant SIGN UP TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES Reuben sat at a table and sipped at his drink, eyes taking in the bar. It had been six months since he’d last been in such a crowded space, and, within minutes, he found himself craving the relative quiet…

After the End

After The END Chapter 2

Exciser SIGN UP TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES Rueben swung his leg over the horse’s back and dropped from the saddle. He didn’t look up at the dead. He knew they were there. He’d seen them as he approached the ruined town. Their ropes groaned in the…

After the End

After The END Chapter 1

Bane SIGN UP TO STAY IN THE LOOP AND GET EXCLUSIVE UPDATES Reuben Bane sat with his back to a tree and stared into the embers, their gentle crackle like distant gunfire. Reverently, he lowered the ancient, battered, priceless e-reader and focused his attention on the…

Jericho, a Retrospective Look

Jericho, a Retrospective Look

Long before I began writing post apocalyptic science fiction, I’d enjoyed watching it – films such as 2012, Deep Impact and, more recently, The Road and The Book of Eli all examined the end of the world on the big screen. Jericho was one of the first to do the same…

Electromagnetic pulse

Electromagnetic pulse

There I was, working on my PC when, with no warning, the computer switched off. At first, I thought it had crashed (which would be the first time ever) but it turned out we were experiencing our first power cut for a good couple of years. In the past, this has always…

MailerLite

MailerLite

A mailing list is, in my view, the single most valuable marketing asset an author can own. Building an audience on Facebook, Instagram or TikTok is a great idea, but (as authors have discovered) any of these can amend their terms or policies, turning a fruitful method…

Foundation series: episode 1

Foundation series: episode 1

I’ll be honest. My expectations were low going into this adaptation, not only because it’s one of my favourite book series (dry though it undoubtedly is at times), but also because I just couldn’t see how they were going to pull this off without…