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The Dead Kingdom Released

The Dead Kingdom is out now in hardback, audio, and e-book.

Build Worlds – Part II

World Building is ultimately about creating the illusion of reality and depth. To create that illusion, we need to use details, to evoke mood and tone with d...

Build Worlds – Part I

Creating the world that your story takes place in is a difficult and vital art, and one that is best approached by building it up from small details.

Get Notes and Fix Problems

Getting notes and feedback is vital to making sure that your writing is great, but to get the most from them you have to know yourself as a writer, what you ...

Ahriman: Undying and The Dead Kingdom Announced

Ahriman: Undying, the fifth book in the Ahriman series, and The Dead Kingdom, the second Cado Ezechiar book have been announced.

Story: Harbour of Dreams

Kalik travels to a town beside the sea that is home to old dreams, and new nightmares.

Cypher Out Now

Cypher: Lord of the Fallen is out now in hardback, audio and ebook.

Rest and Recharge

To be able to create, you need endurance. To build endurance, you need to make a conscious practice of doing what makes you feel energised, making a habit of...

Agent of Weird Interview

I talk writer-to-writer with Alec Worley about craft, getting published and staying focused, as well as revealing my new creator-owned fantasy project 'Lette...

Story: Hollow

Kalik ventures into the hollow land beneath the Oracles, and things take a turn...

What are Letters From An Unknown Land?

As you look around this site you might have noticed a series of stories all labelled s 'Letters From An Unknown Land' and thought what are they and what is g...

Gather Ideas

Ideas don’t arrive by lightning strike. They come from paying attention to the world and gathering what you find curious.