Author of dark things – thrilling novels and haunting stories
October has come which means it's time for me to swap my work schedule around. September was spent drafting a fantasy thing, which I'm collaborating on with a friend, and I think I just about finished a first draft (Yey!) Sure, I know I need to add some stuff here and there, but it's best... Continue Reading →
A rogue timefather. An immortal captain. A mythical earthmother. A dying continent. These are just some of the things you'll experience in The Tree That Grew Through Iron, as Nicholai Addihein joins Captain Kazuaki Hidataka and his crew in a quest to save the world, and hopefully, his love. Austin has created a magnificent fantasy... Continue Reading →
Set in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, The Engine What Runs The World follow Smoke Callahan, private detective in his quest to find a missing girl in a world that's taken to live underground. Ripe with murderers, thieves and conspiracies, this story will get your mind racing. What first struck me as absolutely brilliant about this... Continue Reading →
One of the best places to be a writer is Twitter. No joke. I love it not only to find cool books, meet new people, and talk about the books we love, but also because it's a great place to brainstorm with like-minded people. One thing we talked about a little while ago was working... Continue Reading →
When I'm not writing or reading, I love to talk about writing and reading. Whether that's discussing my own books with my editor, beta readers or readers, or discussing books I love myself with like-minded people, I love it all. These last few weeks, I haven't had much time to do either unfortunately, because I've... Continue Reading →
When high school student Sheri disappears, the local community is devastated. Her boyfriend Anthony Shepherd, who's been enjoying keeping on track with his homework, basketball, and hanging out with his friends, feels like his world is crumbling around him. He doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know how to cope. That's until he meets... Continue Reading →
The 3rd (or 5th) book in the series, and definitely the best one so far, Baptism of Fire ramps up absolutely everything and it seems to be that we're on a much steadier course now than before. With the first two books (excluding the short stories) there's a lot of setting up plot lines, understanding... Continue Reading →
Yet again, I've been reading a collection of short stories, and this was something very special. First of all, I don't really know how to describe this, or the stories. If I was to put a genre on it, I don't know, maybe I'd call them dramas. Family dramas, or romantic dramas. That's at least... Continue Reading →
I finally got around to reading a Brandon Sanderson book. Took me a while, I've been eyeing the Mistborn series for ages, but I think I'll get it on audiobook, and I had this lying around since Christmas. I don't remember how I heard about Sanderson, but his name floats around in writing circles and... Continue Reading →
Great captivating writing. One of the better short story collections and some of the best horror I've read in ages. Welch's writing is gorgeous and these stories are fantastic. Welch has a way of writing these beautiful, delicate passages, and then suddenly hitting us with the cold, hard truth. It's refreshing. I loved that there's... Continue Reading →