Crispian Thurlborn's Blog: Wyldwood

Remembering to forgetis harder than it sounds…   I have a new book. It’s called Exit. It’s out now. Please buy it…   That’s what I want to say. The story disapproves of my directness. It wants me to delete the above sentence. I don’t. I won’t.   Many authors will tell you that writing … Continue reading EXIT – Book Release →

For those of you that may have stumbled by, taken a wrong turn, or just got lost… the old website/blog has gone. Yes, that’s right. The old Wyldwood Books has recently moved. My author page can now be found at Leaves from the Wyldwood. The Wyldwood Books that you are looking at will now be focused on … Continue reading Moving Forward… and Sideways. →

Never have we been more connected Never have we been so alone 01134 is a psychological horror/drama set in Japan. It’s sad. It’s strange. It’s a tad creepy in places. It’s… well, watch the book trailer and decide. 01134 is available only at Amazon Advertisements

Never have we been more connected Never have we been so alone So, about that short story… I started writing the idea back in December 2016 while I was passing through Kansai International Airport. I was just starting my winter vacation and was thinking about cracking on with Glade. Unfortunately, those good intentions got lost […]

I know. It has been an age since I actually posted anything. Work gets in the way and the little time that I do manage to scrape together I generally use for writing rather than updating. For what use is updating if I’m not writing anything to update about? In this instance, however, I thought […]

Originally posted on Interesting Literature:
Ten of Chaucer’s greatest tales Geoffrey Chaucer left his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, unfinished when he died in 1400, having completed only one-fifth of the projected undertaking. Nevertheless, he left 20-odd tales finished, some of which are somewhat longer than others. What are the ten best Canterbury Tales? Below are…

In October, I never got around to releasing the playlist I used whilst writing ‘Cinder’. So, here it is… not exactly seasonal, although, with a glass of mulled wine, a log fire, and a room of candles… it does work. Actually, the playlist has been public for a couple of months, so maybe you already […]

Christmas is but a few days away and very much like Christmas, I too have decided to make an end-of-year appearance. I haven’t been around much this year, despite the very best of intentions. Indeed, the posts I wrote for ‘Cinder’, brief as they were, had been written a month in advance and scheduled for […]

Trailing its fingers across your window late at night comes… CINDER… the book trailer! It’s not scary. Honest. WARNING: This trailer contains flashing images  Pre-orders for CINDER are live at Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo (Barnes & Noble – Oct 27th) The print edition will be released a week earlier on October 20th.

As promised, here’s the cover for Cinder. If you haven’t read the preview yet, then you can do so here. Cinder – haunting stores from October 27th… I had two ideas for the cover. I went with this one. The other was a moth that spread across the front and back covers. Quite nice, but it would […]