Welcome to my website where you’ll find my writing, artwork and perhaps even some of my music (if you like pain that is) … Been a long while since I’ve updated this page, so some things have moved on (like my music, to the relief of the masses), but I’m still chugging along.
My Latest Release
The Skyship of Truskal: A standalone fantasy tale of a girl who wants to build a ship and explore the ends of the world, and she will break centuries of tradition to achieve her goal.
This book was written for readers aged 12 to 18 years old. I can see why that is, because my imagination just wasn’t up to par!
– Dianne of Goodreads
What surprised me was getting so caught up in Telana’s life that it excluded all else.
– Nick Snape (a kick butt author who is miles better than me (Seriously, check him out)
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Other big things to wow you into buying my book. Charlie Duke bought a copy. Yes, that Charlie Duke, one of the moon dozen. (weird way to put it, but I lol’d at myself – yes, I lol at myself often.) … I don’t know if he read it, and if he did I don’t know if he liked it. But he bought it, and I’m so stoked over that.
My main baby: The Book of Ominiue Series:
… I was completely captivated by the main character. I’ve never read a character quite like this and I felt completely connected to his otherness.
RDD Amazon Reviewer
If you’re a fan of detailed, convincing, immersive worldbuilding and lore, this book is for you.
Nathan Jones, author of ‘Travelling without Moving’
Note: These are my debut novels and are a bit rough. I’m trying to write the third (and final, but it’s proving difficult). If it does happen (I’m trying), then I’ll probably lightly rewrite these (again), try and improve on the cringe that’s within … regardless. I still love them. They have a special spot in my heart. And I still think it’s a cool story. It’s just … rough.
Independent Authors I Dig
Want to give an indie author a go? I really dug these books and want to share the love with you. Check them out. There might be something you like.
How to describe this one? TBH, I don’t know, but I loved it. Kinda a drug-fueled adventure into madness. You’re left not quite knowing what’s real and what’s not. And that’s the magic of it. Nathan also has some of the most amazing prose I’ve come across. The most beautiful writing I’ve seen since perhaps Frank Herbert.
Napalm is an unreliable and sometimes unlikeable protagonist who is stuck in the dome world just like everyone else. Only he believes he knows the way out and will do anything to achieve his escape.
The most impressive thing about this book is it’s a debut (okay, Bryan did release a short story before, which was also awesome). I haven’t read this level of quality in a book in a long time and I loved it. To the point I might even be a tinsy, winsey bit jealous.
A futuristic detective story that ends up being a whole lot bigger than the protagonist is used to.
The world is essentially a dystopia, but it’s one which I thing the average citizen could enjoy living in. I reckon I’d like being part of it, if I didn’t know anything better. It’s a fascinating, and kind of terrifying world.
Sisters of Jade by James Downe
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Genre: Speculative Fiction – Sea-Faring Fantasy
It’s not often I’m impressed with a male author trying his hand at an all-female group of heroes. But here I am, so glad that James gave it a tilt. I have a love-hate relationship with Fantasy. Love because — well, I do love it. Hate, because so often it’s just, bad. Hate to be that person. But it’s true. As such I always hesitate picking up new content.
Sisters of Jade follow an all-female adventure group down on their luck and ready to give up. That is until they discover that an old patron of their leader has been captured and tortured. With a sense of loyalty in a very grey world they set out to save him and his remaining family.
This felt like a Caribbean-type fantasy, but not the Caribbean. Like Middle-Earth feels like Europe but isn’t. If anything it’s a breath of fresh air from Anglocentric fantasy. I’d like to see more.
Paper Castles by B. Fox
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Genre: General Fiction
Any Gen Y’er (Yeha I refuse to use that other term) would understand this book and the pain that follows, but alas it looks past the dreadful inheritance of our generation and teaches us there is more to life. We follow a graduate who has previously lost his mother and is now living back with his father in a small rural town, struggling to find himself in this world. Along the way he makes a friend who helps him to alter his outlook on life. – I admit this book made me teary on more than one occasion. It’s been so long since a book has done that. It cuts deep but it also offers hope.
Reality and Contagion by M.Maponi
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Genre: Speculative Fiction – Short Stories
It’s been years since I sunk myself into a series of short stories and boy did I miss it.
This is up there as far as I’m concerned with the psychological legends of old. It’s a fascinating mix of spiritualism and science. Of concepts of gods and technology. Life and death. Some of the stories hit better than others but there isn’t really a bad one in there and the good ones, well damn, they are good!
Cold Rising by Rohan O’Duill
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Genre: Speculative Fiction – Tech Dystopian Scifi
I’ve known Rohan from the Twitter days. A lot has happened since then. We both fled the horror that was “he who shall not be named” and continued following each other on Threads and BlueSky (which at the time of writing this aren’t too evil). And he published his first book. So I might be a bit biased when it comes to him.
I really enjoy his stories (as of writing this he has also got his second book out: Cold Blooded, which is probably even better). The books are rather short, so one never gets bored. They’re nicely written and they are brutal, as is the world the characters inhabit. In a solar colonised world, it’s tough and just surviving means making hard decisions.
Subtitle: Another Gorram Post Okay, I don’t mean to be annoying. But I feel I have to upload this here. It’s basically a revisit of all my previous posts, but I made a small correction and well … that changed everything. So all the old posts are actually wrong (well, this probably is too, but … More Alternate Theory of Gravitation – the Rough, Unfinished Script
Blog Note: Been a while. I was always meant to explore Cosmology and Blackholes before moving into this direction. But a moment of inspiration brought me here instead. As such, when I convert these to a proper dedicated page the chapters might be changed, or not add up. (that’s if I move in that direction). … More Chapter 07: The Move to Quantum – Discovering the Casimir Effect
Yes, you heard that right. Three days until the SkyShip of Truskal is out in the big wide world. And the few arc readers who’ve read it say good things. Which is surprising; I’m used to them ghosting me in the night, hahaha. Anyways. Don’t forget you can still preorder: Physical copies are also now … More Three Days Until Launch – Skyship of Truskal
