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My Colony trilogy kicked off this week with the original novel published under a new cover. And the cover isn't the only thing that's been brushed-up. The story has been revamped, revised, rebooted - so if you haven't, read it! Details here http://www.fgcottam.com/titles/the-co...
The first of the two sequels, Dark Resurrection, is out in a couple of weeks.
My first two Jericho Society novellas also came out this week. They're An Absence of Natural Light and The Going and the Rise and they're pretty substantial reads as 25, 000 words apiece. If they're well-received I'll do more of these because they're so enjoyable to write.
Not that Dark Resurrection wasn't fun to write. It was great to revisit some fondly remembered characters and even if they didn't - and they really didn't - I enjoyed returning to New Hope Island. That's an authors' privilege. You know what's going to happen (most of the time) but can keep your characters in the dark. And the dark is sometimes frightening...
The first of the two sequels, Dark Resurrection, is out in a couple of weeks.
My first two Jericho Society novellas also came out this week. They're An Absence of Natural Light and The Going and the Rise and they're pretty substantial reads as 25, 000 words apiece. If they're well-received I'll do more of these because they're so enjoyable to write.
Not that Dark Resurrection wasn't fun to write. It was great to revisit some fondly remembered characters and even if they didn't - and they really didn't - I enjoyed returning to New Hope Island. That's an authors' privilege. You know what's going to happen (most of the time) but can keep your characters in the dark. And the dark is sometimes frightening...
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Dec 10, 2015 12:40PM
I can't wait to read Dark Resurrection! I think I might re-read the revamped version of The Colony (it's been a while since I read it first time around!). Going to get stuck into reading An Absence of Natural Light in the next few days. Always look forward to reading your novels FG. Brilliant stuff!
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I'll definitely re-read The Colony! Can't wait to get my hands on the novellas, you are hands down my favorite horror author.
Excellent, I've been looking forward to these for a while and I only have a few pages left of my current book.Time for a Cottam binge!
Need I read The Colony again in the new version before I read Dark Resurrection?
Absolutely not! I've very deliberately written it as a stand-alone. Very much hope you enjoy it.
I have read many, many horror/ghost stories in my rather long -- never mind -- life. The Waiting Room was the most well-constructed, plotted and thoughtful of them all. This includes the acknowledged masters of the genre. It is the touchstone of whatever I have and will ever read.Great plot, great characters and not one step out of place.
From little acorns, Nancy, because that one was going to be a short story about hubris until I outlined it verbally to my agent and she said, 'It's not a short anything, it's a novel. I suggest you go home and start it.' Which of course, was advice I followed and I'm glad I did! I'm delighted it resonated with you in the way it has. That's the perfect measure for me of an author's success.
I loved your having a character channel Rupert Brooke & the time travel in the last part of the story.
The opening is a nod to Conan Doyle and the ending is meant to be a Chesterton/H.G. Wells type resolution. The novel ended up being a sly Edwardian tribute. But then the waiting room itself dated from that period.
