This sketch of a Dodo was drawn in the research phase of a W.I.P (work in progress) entitled – The Forbidden Library. My research for this project drew me into the world of extinction, the fragility of ecosystems, and the sadness and finality of life on earth. The fascinating history of this flightless bird was…
Month: May 2025
MY BROTHER’S EYE – KINDLE PROMO POSTER & EXCERPT
Again, there was no reply, just an eerie silence, as he pulled at the flap out of stubborn curiosity, which eventually folded open, just as an envelope would. Firash wrinkled his face in disgust as he pushed his fingers in through the sap-laden pouch made of bark. The familiar flash of the electric blue shell…
THE CROW STONES: COMING SOON
I press on, in the darkness, throwing out my hands to navigate via the walls, stepping carefully as I track the contours. I reach a more traditional doorway and find a knob. I turn it, gently. It opens. There is light behind this door. I peer through the jamb. A hidden room of grey slate….
My Sketches: Common Dolphin
Here is a sketch of a dolphin, inspired by the old insignia of Hall Green Secondary school in Birmingham, where I grew up. Did you know…? Dolphins sleep with only half of their brain at a time…a phenomenon called uni-hemispheric slow wave sleep (USWS). This allows them to rest whilst remaining alert to utilise critical…
THE CROW STONES: LOCATIONS – THE RIVER HINGE
As he carries on with these lies, designed to humanise himself before me, I remain abstract, detached from his plans, and I say what needs to be said. ‘The Swimming of Witches was probably the most famous of all the trials carried out by your brethren. Innocent girls and women, dubbed witches, because they were…
My Sketches: Black Cerva
Sketching nature has had a profound influence in imagining some of the beasts, monsters and hybrids, I depict in my books. Here is a pencil sketch of a hybrid stag, known as a Black Cerva, a nocturnal creature that roams the grounds of an orphanage in my forthcoming YA Novel – The Sweep… Did you…
THE CROW STONES: LOCATIONS – BLACK LARCH WOOD
This is sheer, abject terror. The worst kind of fear. The unknown. It is when we are at our most vulnerable… I recognise fear and my amygdala is activated. It has alerted my nervous system, which has set my body’s fear response into motion. Cortisol and adrenaline are released. Blood pressure and heart rate increase….
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