the final chapter of the Raithaduine saga is now out there, and its fair to say that it shows just how much I've progressed as a writer. The first two books were really just every idea and joke that I could think of hammered into some sort of vaguely coherent storyline.

This third volume is (I hope) much more constructed and deliberate, with whole sections dedicated to character development so I could focus on a specific idea or situation before moving on with the storyline. I hope the jokes are still as good as the first two volumes, I'd hate to think I've lost my ability to do some good comedy writing.

added on as a bonus story is the novella Penny Dreadful: Back to School, this story is to really just introduce you to the characters, the set up and so forth, in advance of the first book proper, with the unoriginal working title of Volume One.

It's also got the story Penny Dreadful: Christmas Ghosts, which I'll be putting online for free on Christmas morning, as a spooky little something

there's a couple of additional stories in the book, that for one reason or another didn't make it into print, The Twister & Dr Tomorrow, my homage to HG Wells, and The Finder, a modern faerie tale that was inspired by the works of Holly Black, one of my favourite writers.