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July 18, 1962

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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, my most recent book is a short-story anthology, Big Bang Over The Western General.

Written in a terse style reminiscent of the American genius of short fiction, the late Raymond Carver, these 19 stories focus on everyday situations which can suddenly spiral out of control. The timescale of the opening story, Apples, is the two minutes of the silence commemorating the war dead. The protagonist, a decorated veteran, flashes back to a terrible incident from 1945 which has plagued him every since. This is the tip of a veritable iceberg of drama, tension, sex and violence, the remaining 18 stories touching numerous bases, from Goth parties to house fires, post-club sex to horrific gang initiations. Not for the feint-h
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How easily stories grow legs

When I look back at the early drafts of my debut horror/fantasy novel, THE WOLF WARRIORS, the story that is unfolding seems remarkably distant to the one that I recently concluded.

There is certainly an argument that any work of fiction should be like a journey. There is a point A and a point Z, and everything that happens in-between is all about propelling the reader along the way. In order to cre Read more of this blog post »
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Published on August 05, 2014 08:17 Tags: fantasy-writing, novel-concepts, the-wolf-warriors, why-i-wrote-the-book
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