Sha 2: Soul Wound KS update! All 50 Jump Onboard rewards are gone so we released a 2nd batch: If you missed the first campaign, jump onboard with the Standard hardcover editions of Vol 1: The Shadow One & Vol 2: Soul Wound. Includes signed Vol 1 Bookplate. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Sha 2: Soul Wound Kickstarter is cooking nicely. 18 days to go. Already over 180% funded. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Strictly speaking not 'Just funded', as we hit our target within 12 hours. But there isn't a badge for '167% funded'. If you'd like to get hold of a standard edition or KS exclusive Deluxe edition, or even a digital download: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Wow, fully funded overnight! Huge thanks to all our backers, you've been amazing! 30 more days to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Sha 2: Soul Wound launches 25th July! We've got a very limited quantity of Early Bird Big Collectors for those who missed the Vol 1 deluxe edition. The first 100 backers get a free signed A4 art print. Follow us and find out as soon as we go live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Olivier Ledroit's WIP on Requiem Vampire Knight 1

If you missed our Kickstarter, never fear because the hard cover edition of Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood is now on sale over on our direct sales website www.millsverse.com/product/hell... Here's a little taste of the book, from our successfully funded campaign:

Some of our EU readers are frustrated because they can't buy from millsverse.com (VAT reasons). Happy to announce that both American Reaper & Sha 1: The Shadow One are now on sale on Amazon as softcovers: Reaper amazon.co.uk/dp/1739958047 Sha amazon.co.uk/dp/1739958098

Merry Christmas to all our friends and followers! Wishing you all a great holiday and a fantastic New Year. From Pat and Lisa

All our deluxe editions of Hellbreaker Fire in the Blood come with a free signed bookplate. Kickstarter ends tomorrow! Don't miss out - link in comments

I just found out that some people think our Hellbreaker Kickstarter is a reprint! It's 48 pages of a BRAND NEW STORY, Fire in the Blood. The deluxe ed. includes a bonus story by Ian Ashcroft & George McDonald. Back us here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

This Friday, 8pm GMT! We launch Hellbreaker. Hope you'll join us! fb.me/e/8A4FeUiIy

Rough diamond cops and agents are always popular. There was the Sweeney, Gene Hunt and now Jackson Lamb. So I got writer George McDonald - who has expert knowledge - to come up with a genuinely different cop for Hellbreaker: Asquith.

I made the entrance to Hell the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich. Firstly, because I know it well, but also because George Orwell named after himself the river Orwell. The Hell world the protagonists enter is even more nightmarish than his 1984. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

One reader asked me about Hellbreaker’s name: Anton De La Rue. It means ‘from the street’. E.g. A working class hero. I wanted a hero who had the style and costume of the Raffles archetype, but wasn’t a ‘gentleman’, most of whom I detest. Follow our KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

There are the classic monsters: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. So I’m thrilled for a new breed of monster to join them: Infernals, injected with fire in their blood in Hellbreaker. Check out our KS and follow us so you don't miss our launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

A big appeal to me of Ian art is his incredibly handsome hero which is essential to the story. Glenn Fabry is the only artist I can think of who could portray anyone so impossibly good looking. There’s a unique chemistry between Hellbreaker and his female cop pursuer that I find very compelling 1/2

Hellbreaker looks at different versions of Hell and why many people still believe in punishment in the afterlife. Christianity seems to have been responsible for the idea of Eternal Damnation, as a form of control. Great fun exploring it all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Hellbreaker is coming to Kickstarter in early Nov! Follow us now so you get notified when we launch - Ian Ashcroft has a limited number of original art sketches available! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

Ian Ashcroft and I just pre-launched our KS campaign! Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood. Hell is real – and it's a supermax prison. But the Infernals have escaped, and their leader is on a mission of vengeance on Earth. Follow us so you don't miss our launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

CHANGE OF PLANS ON AMERICAN REAPER We decided that, rather than go for a Kickstarter, we'd get Book One of Reaper out in time for Christmas. There's so much love for Reaper, but we weren't getting the followers that we needed.

Pencils from Gary Welsh 'Beating Churchill' in Ragtime Soldier. Churchill was sick. True story: MAN (to bearer): How much is he paying you to carry him? BEARER: Ten bob. MAN: I'll gie' you double to drop him. (love it!) Churchill lost the Dundee election and blames Ragtime.

New York City, 2062. Reapers hunt coffin cheaters: members of an ageing rich elite who become young again by inhabiting the bodies of innocent teenagers. A story torn from tomorrow's headlines: a future that's perilously near! Follow our Kickstarter: tinyurl.com/4a9yb25v

Rather unfortunate top line juxtaposition with the cover image

I always like to have catchphrases for my stories. Like Kiss My Axe! Dundee is famous for its jam. So I think the catch-phrase for Ragtime Soldier is likely to be the Dundee Black Watch's battle-cry 'Marmalade!' We've just 5 days and £3,800 to go on our KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

In this week of BATTLE’S 50th ANNIVERSARY, I thought I’d show some of the INTERNATIONAL editions of CHARLEY’S WAR. The FRENCH colourful covers - I think they sold better in France than the Titan editions in the UK because their bright covers appealed to younger readers. 1/3

Rebellion were keen on me writing a Charley’s War for Battle 50th anniversary. Then I heard no more. Whether it was because I turned down their suggested artist, or my story was too controversial, we’ll never know. So I wrote it for Ragtime Soldier instead www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Researching Dundee’s gangs for Ragtime Soldier, I discovered there weren’t any with the same high profile as Glasgow gangs. So my Sergeant was a (Catholic) Norman Conk from Glasgow who lost an eye after he showed mercy to a (Protestant) Billy Boy. www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Page one from Olivier Ledroit of our short story Hellfest in Hell, for Metal Hurlant.

8 hours left! Bag yourself a Kickstarter-exclusive deluxe edition of Sha Vol 1. The deluxe edition won't be available post-campaign – when it's gone, it's gone! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sha...