Happy Book Birthday to The Balance & Thanks

The Balance Cover High QualitySo, today’s the day. The Balance is out! Seeing my book out there in the world, two and a half years after I first wrote ‘The end’ is a surreal feeling. But a satisfying one. Early reviews have been really positive and, while no book is ever going to be for everyone, I’m pleased it’s resonated with some of the readers who’ve read it to date.

As is the way with life, nothing is without its little hitches. Amazon delisted the release, two days before launch without any real explanation as to why. So, if you want to get hold of it and can’t wait for Amazon to sort themselves out, you can pick it up direct from the publisher, in eBook format here, audiobook here & paperback (in North America), here. Until May 4th, both eBook and audiobook can be picked up with 50% off, using the promo code StayAtHome .

If you do pick it up and check it out, please do leave an honest review on goodreads and/or amazon. It makes a world of difference. Aside from that, leave me a comment here on the website, or tweet me. I’d love to hear how you get on with it.

Finally, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone in the horror community who has helped me to promote the release. To Kendall Reviews and the Gingernuts of Horror as well as S.J. Budd and Aphotic Realm, for hosting early reviews. To Sci-fi and Scary and Janine’s Ghost Stories for having me on for some really thoughtful interviews, to the fantastic writer Dave Jeffrey for his dream-come-true blurb of the book, to the Staring into the Abyss podcast team and just to anyone that has retweeted, shared or talked about The Balance to anyone. I try to thank everyone, but if I’ve missed you, THANK YOU so very much.

Now, it’s back to work on the new novel.

Charity anthology A Tree Lighting in Deathlehem, featuring my story, ‘A Christmas Eve Visitor’ out now from Grinning Skull Press

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The annual charity ‘Deathlehem’ anthology is out now from Grinning Skull Press and features my story ‘A Christmas Eve Visitor,’ which was previously unavailable in print.

This year’s entry, A Tree Lighting in Deathlehem, features the gruesomely brilliant cover you see above, and has work by Dave Jeffrey, Rose Blackthorn, Christopher Stanley and many more excellent writers of horror and dark fiction. Edited by Michael J. Evans and Harrison Graves, proceeds from the anthology will go to The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

If you’d like some Christmas-themed scares in your life, and would like to help this excellent cause at the same time, pick up your copy of the Kindle edition right now, here or wait a few more days and snag the paperback.