GUEST POST: Osbert and Me by GAVIN SCOTT

Name: GAVIN SCOTT Author of: THE AGE OF TREACHERY (2016) THE AGE OF OLYMPUS (2017) On the web: gavinscott.co On Twitter: @gavinscott942 Osbert and Me Gavin Scott The first character to speak in The Age of Olympus is Osbert Lancaster, who was, in real life the press attaché to the British Embassy in Athens […]

GUEST POST: World Building in the RELICS Universe by Tim Lebbon

Name: TIM LEBBON Author of: COLDBROOK (2012) THE HUNT (2015) RELICS (2017) On the web: http://www.timlebbon.net On Twitter: @timlebbon I love world building. A few years ago I wrote a series of fantasy novels for Bantam in the USA, and also a couple for Orbit in the UK. Four of these––the Noreela novels––all […]

RELICS by Tim Lebbon

RELICS Tim Lebbon (www.timlebbon.net) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 Angela Gough’s life is happy and normal until the day her boyfriend, Vince, leaves for work and doesn’t come back. Mysterious notes through the door, which may be in his handwriting tell her to stay away, not to look for him, but Angela isn’t about to let […]

GUEST POST–PARALLEL LINES: On Heroes by ADAM SHAW

Name: STEVEN SAVILE Author of: PARALLEL LINES (2017) On the web: http://www.stevensavile.com On Twitter: @StevenSavile Steven Savile’s latest novel, PARALLEL LINES, is published in the UK on 14th March by Titan Books. To celebrate the launch, Reader Dad is very pleased to welcome the book’s protagonist, Adam Shaw, to talk about heroes. I find heroes […]

SNATCH by Gregory McDonald

SNATCH Gregory McDonald (www.gregorymcdonald.com) Hard Case Crime (www.hardcasecrime.com) £7.99 Two eight-year-old boys from very different backgrounds. Two sets of less-than-competent kidnappers. In the hands of Gregory McDonald, almost anything could happen. Like many people of my generation, my first exposure to the work of Gregory McDonald was the wonderful 1985 film Fletch, in which Chevy […]

GUEST POST: On Locations by CONRAD WILLIAMS

Name: CONRAD WILLIAMS Author of: DUST AND DESIRE (2015) SONATA OF THE DEAD (2016) HELL IS EMPTY (2016) On the web: conradwilliams.wordpress.com On Twitter: @salavaria When I teach creative writing at university (I’ve had a few gigs over the years at Manchester Metropolitan, Edge Hill and, in the new year, I’ll be at […]

GUEST POST: The Problems With Time Travel by MARK MORRIS

Name: Mark Morris Author of: THE WOLVES OF LONDON (2014) THE SOCIETY OF BLOOD (2015) THE WRAITHS OF WAR (2016) On the web: http://www.markmorrisfiction.com On Twitter: @MarkMorris10 I’ve been a big fan of Doctor Who ever since I was terrified by the Yeti, the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen when I was four, […]

DUST AND DESIRE by Conrad Williams

DUST AND DESIRE (A Joel Sorrell Novel) Conrad Williams (conradwilliams.wordpress.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 London-based private investigator Joel Sorrell has gotten himself entangled in a most bizarre missing person case. Hired to look into the disappearance of his client’s brother, Sorrell begins to believe that he may be on a wild goose chase, especially when […]

A Newbury & Hobbes 100-Word Short Story by George Mann

THE EXECUTIONER’S HEART: A NEWBURY AND HOBBES INVESTIGATION George Mann (georgemann.wordpress.com) Titan Books (titanbooks.com) £7.99 Released: 12th July 2013 To celebrate the release of George Mann’s latest Newbury and Hobbes novel, The Executioner’s Heart, this coming Friday, 12th July, I’m very pleased to offer you a 100-word short story that George has kindly allowed us […]

JOYLAND by Stephen King

JOYLAND Stephen King (www.stephenking.com) Titan Books / Hard Case Crime (titanbooks.com / http://www.hardcasecrime.com) £7.99 The safety bars came down with a clank, and a few girls tuned up with preparatory screams. Clearing their vocal chords for dark-ride arias to come, you might say. There was a jerk, and we rode into Horror House. Summer, 1973. […]