Australian spec fic reviewing stalwart Mark Webb has been kind enough to review Bloody Waters, and… well, I guess he liked it. Mark says: “…very different to a lot of the horror I’ve been reading recently, with a clarity and deceptive simplicity that really suits the story.” “The escalating series of supernatural encounters had a […]
It has been a while since I posted a deleted scene, so… here are two for you. Both of these scenes are from chapter 7 again, and they are both consecutive. In the end I felt that it was a bit too Scooby Doo to have Clarice and Johnny playing detective so I cut […]
While I was writing Bloody Waters I paid special attention to the way that I presented the songs that band plays, and in particular their live performances of these songs. The very first one I wrote was “Davy Jones’ Locker” from Chapter 9 and it remains still my favourite. I wrote a handful more following […]
It’s come to my attention that I don’t have much scheduled for publication at the moment. I’m working hard but right now I can’t tell… Read More »Viva La Schedule
This scene from Chapter 7 was originally the introduction of Billy Wales, Bloody Waters’ initial-alike guitar tech. Billy is a minor character who only really gets to appear in two or three scenes in the book, beyond this one, and most of those are only walk-on parts. The truth is, this scene only ever existed […]