In Rye today, the Scarecrow telling me he's really Batman.

Delighted that artist Tom Brown has agreed to do the cover for The Flying Dutchman Book 2 GRAVE HAVENS. We’ve agreed not to repeat Liselotte & Peter Haelen lounging about on the ship, the two divergent character progressions have been sufficiently depicted already. Instead, we have a cunning plan…

Alea iacta est. No longer writing a trilogy. Malign Shadows, originally intended as book 2, has been cut in half. Got a fitting title and all. Something is still missing though, scratching me head here, I need something else but for the life of me cannot figure out what. Can someone help me out?

I had hoped to get away with: They stopped at the Cape of Good Hope for fresh water and then pressed on. Now four chapters and counting! This tale might not fit into a Trilogy, time to look up the proper name for a Fourthology? (Photo Dietmar Temps)

Still beavering away on Malign Shadows. The Trilogy now an eight-year project already. Unlike Artificial Crap Prompters, I can't write three books before lunch, so here we are.

One heck of a yarn, based on a contemporary Arthur Pendragon, relayed in that crisp, wry & often hilarious manner that C.J. Stone has mastered over the decades. I much recommend this deep-dive into British counterculture!! Get your copy now and you won't regret a single minute of reading time.

I thought she was banging Paris, tbh, but hey, if she also fancied a bit of Troy, who am I to judge? Besides, it's in the Bible apparently, so must be kosher (Oh, the ignorance, the ignorance. These culture war idjits hurt my brain).

Sharing this one again, as a reminder that I got books out there y'all ought to be reading (and reviewing).

You sure you want to know? ;-)

Funny sort of day, something odd about it but dunno zackly what.

Brighton folk may know the (Stone Age) Whitehawk Woman in Brighton Museum. Her name, btw, was Toksi. I know, because I wrote a story about her, woven around a poem by Jovannah Bar. 'The Sky Stones' has now been added to with an illustration by Eldad Druks (which I personally think is fantabulous)

Couple of years ago this place was crawling with Starmtrooper centrists defending Peter Mandelson tooth and nail against us loony lefties. Can't wait for these folk to demonstrate their consistency and middle-class suburban wisdom now by commenting on recent news involving their hero.

Dear Sweden. Since you haven't given me the Nobel Prize in Literature (again!), I can only.....presume you've read my 'Draka Raid'. MWUAHAHAHAHA.

Imma painting!

Uit DNA onderzoek blijkt dat de 'Saksen' in het graafschap Sussex veelal Fries waren. Vandaar dat ik het geclaimed hebt voor Zeeland (deel van Magna Frisia), ziehier het tonen van de vlag te Camber Sands. Ik ben best bereid om te onderhandelen betreffende aansluiting van mijn Nova Mare Terrae.

(picture by Piers Helm). The South Downs in Sussex bidding adieu to the year tonight. I do expect a certain someone to come strolling into the picture at any moment now, trailed by an excitable horde of wee blue rascals.

Kewl. I wrote about Australia's most ruthless, bloodthirsty, and cunning predators.

Ah, didn't read it. I used to take Bungi there when we lived in Whitty (early 90s). Sometimes all the way to Thanet, sometimes just to Reculver. This was him in Clowes Wood. He was born in a Tankerton squat.

I have yet to regret commissioning a book cover from illustrator Tom Brown, truly a master at what he does. Check the video link in the comments for a brief oversight of the Flying Dutchman covers as well!

Yeah, so, not to brag, but Imma comic book character in a proper graphic novel (Hopeless, Maine). Just a one page appearance, but none-the-less, there bain't much else to aim for in life after this apex, is there?

Aww shucks, now Imma have to write a story about the palace (I've done one on the Brighton (Patcham) finds at the Elaine Evans Exhibition in the Brighton Museum). Anyhow, here's evidence of our visit, I'm the one who's clearly mastered Roman re-enactment unlike my mate who obviously does a poor job.

I recently wrote something similar about the Procoptodon Goliah, i.e. stick him in a Tatooine canteen and none would be the wiser.

You mean Eamonn Mullally's wife, right?

When @tomsbrown.bsky.social asked me what Professor Penning in Rousing the Duvelsbeest should look like, I sent him a bunch of pictures of Dr. Jane Goodall. Her character is different, but similar look and Tom captured her well, methinks. Sharing now as tribute.

Preliminary sketch by Eldad Druks for the short story 'Forsaken'. Based on the brilliant Elaine Evans exhibition at Brighton Museum, this story (woven around a poem by Jo B.) appeared in the 'Elements of Horror: Water' Anthology. 2b republished in "Brighton Folk: A Blast from the Past" next year.

I have a cunning plan.

Now who could gaze at this awesome picture of yours truly at the Fishermen's Museum in Hastings and not be convinced that I'm clearly very knowledgeable regarding the nautical matters I write about?