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From 24th March 2024, US/UK Kindle readers will be able to benefit from an Easter Blowout Sale on 2/3 of my horror backlist.

That’s eight titles, each selling at 99c/99p for seven days.

The following books are included:

Maria’s Walk
Caveat Emptor
Maypole
Scribe
Pilgrim
Penanggal
White Hill
Underwood

Feel free to share this post/information with anyone you believe may benefit.

Happy Easter and happy reading, Folks!

As part of the ‘Caveat Emptor‘ re-cover/re-launch I posted the book on NetGalley for a month. Positive results are already drifting in, including this excellent video review by David Royce over at Horror Reads.

I especially like his assessment ‘This is not really a haunted house, but it is a house that is haunted.’ What a brilliant way to sum the story up. The influences of writers like the late, great James Herbert (who lived and is buried 76 miles from me) on my own work weren’t lost on him...

In the previous post, I mentioned the cover re-designs for ‘Devon’s Dozen.’ You’ll find the new covers on the ‘Titles’ page and associated images of the paperback versions here.

Now they’re all dressed up for Halloween, and picking up the pace from a sales perspective as one might expect on the back of such excellent work.

With that in mind, it’s fitting to name and link to the gifted professional cover artists responsible for these twelve masterpieces. Quality graphic design is an exc...

Five years on from when I set out to write ‘Devon’s Dozen,’ I’ve decided the covers could use some much needed professional love. My ‘Titles‘ page has now been simplified with thumbnail links to your local Amazon and/or B&N store for each book (note e-book versions are only available in Kindle format via Amazon).

I produced the original twelve horror novels on pretty much zero budget. These days I’m busy writing in other genres, but haven’t forgotten these lovelies that helped hone my craft; ...

It’s been a while since I posted on this site. I’ve been busy world building and creating a series of fantasy novels under the pen name, Jack Peregrine. If you’ve enjoyed my horror titles and also like fantasy stories, you can read more about ‘The Arisendia Chronicles’ here: www.Arisendia.world

Here’s a trailer for the series starter:

As we roll into the festive season during a tight financial time for many, I’m sure we’d all appreciate the odd bargain or saving. Readers in the UK an...

21st June saw my twelfth and final (for now, at least) paranormal novel undergo publication. Almost three years to the day from when I started writing the first, ‘Maria’s Walk,’ it represents the culmination of a self-imposed summer 2018 goal: to produce 12 well written and edited full-length horror/supernatural suspense novels in paperback and e-book formats over a 36-month period on a negligible budget.

It’s been a manic three years in which my feet have hardly touched the ground, but repre...

Further to my last, ‘White Hill‘ also made No.1 in ‘Amazon Hot New Releases’ for ‘British Horror Fiction.’

Thank you all!

Devon.

Just a quick note to thank all my readers who either pre-ordered or have bought ‘White Hill‘ in the few days since its release. As I write this, it occupies the No.1 Best Seller slot for ‘British Horror Fiction’ on Amazon in the US (Amazon.com).

Since their stats are updated hourly and I’m relatively unknown, that won’t last long. However, it’s a nice feeling and I appreciate all of you. A special thanks to my fabulous American readers. You rock!

The title will revert to full price in the ...

My eleventh horror novel, ‘White Hill,’ sees a return to my home county of Kent. It features a tale spun around actual hauntings attributed to a real life location and its surrounding woods.

We’ve several road ghosts in this part of the world. Bluebell Hill is by far the most famous, but White Hill comes in a close second. It was well known to colleagues during my police career, who periodically dealt with distraught motorists there. Panicked souls labouring under the honest assumption they’d...

My tenth horror/supernatural thriller/suspense novel, ‘Dead Eyes,’ focuses on a jilted bride who develops the ability to connect with the victims of a murderous, deranged psychopath at the moment of their demise. She literally sees and experiences what they are going through. This unfortunate twist, combined with a fresh sensitivity to other souls left behind after death, overshadows her attempts at recovery from a true annus horribilis.

The character of Gillian Crane was a delightful protago...