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Blood Point: The Bloody Edition. Get it here!

There’s a special edition of Blood Point that you can only buy direct from my new web store, through the Great British Book Shop and in person at events around the UK. The Bloody Edition features the original artwork from Design for Writers, which Amazon Advertising has deemed too gory for their store. Amazon shoppers […]

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Blood Point meets Uncaged Book Reviews

I’m one of the featured authors in the July 2025 edition of Uncaged Book Reviews, an online magazine promoting indie and small press authors. My interview with editor Cyrene Olson covers Blood Point, Blood River and the exciting future of the Nightmare Vacations stories. There’s also a bonus spotlight on my wonderful dog, Layla the […]

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Early reviews roll out the crimson carpet for Blood Point

That nail-biting moment has arrived when early reviews come in for Blood Point…and it’s a solid thumbs-up all round! Goodreads rates Blood Point at 4.86 as it heads towards the ebook launch on June 23rd. This is Midsummer’s Eve, when the Kinnitty Pyramid opens and unleashes hell on Earth. The heatwave across the UK and […]

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Blood Point is in print from today

The print edition of Blood Point is now available in paperback and hardback for all you print-loving horror readers. Blood Point: An Irish Escape becomes a Midsummer Night’s terror A haunting tale of grief, love and the monstrous cost of second chances, Blood Point is the second of my Nightmare Vacations stories. With a heart-stopping […]

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The cone and the gibbet: Blood Point’s cover story

Blood Point is on the way to the printers, so it’s time to reveal how that dramatic cover emerged from my story of an Irish Nightmare Vacation. And what’s going on with that pine cone? Spoiler alert: gibbets and pine cones? Hmmm… You’ll have to read the full story to find out, but there are […]

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Blood Point: pre-orders are open

Blood Point pre-orders are now open as the countdown begins to my second novel’s live date: Midsummer 2025. (FYI that’s June 23rd) Blood Point is a supernatural horror novel of Irish folklore, vengeful banshees, ancient curses and a father’s fight against a deadly legend. An Irish escape becomes a Midsummer Night’s terror in my second […]

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Blood Point: coming this summer

Blood Point will be published in Midsummer 2025, a fitting date for a story set at the ancient Irish festival of Litha. I’d really hoped to release the second Nightmare Vacations novel in time for Midsummer 2024. That was a wildly over-ambitious underestimate of the time it would take to reach the end of the […]

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Blood River’s new cover shows why you need a professional designer

Blood River, my first Nightmare Vacations story, has a new cover to celebrate its second birthday and the imminent arrival of its sibling: Blood Point. With this new cover, Blood River is available in hardcover for the first time and includes a preview of my new story. Although Blood Point is not a sequel, both […]

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Lughnasadh: the first harvest

August 1st marked the festival of Lughnasadh (loo-nasser if your mouth mangles those Irish phonemes). It’s the beginning of harvest season and a key date in Blood Point, my Irish Nightmare Vacations novel. Named after the pagan god Lugh, it’s another of those Irish festivals that sits between a solstice and an equinox. The big […]

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Wanted: beta readers for Blood Point

Would you like to test drive the final drafts of Blood Point, my next Nightmare Vacations horror story? If so, register below to become a Beta Reader. Beta Readers are one of the last stops on the road from a story idea to a published novel. They’re a final chance to revise a book and […]