EPISODE 6: CLOSURE They stared at the young ghost suspended inside the spirit trap. “Call no man happy till he is dead!” said Proverb, still trying to ease the pain of the spectre. “Before I release this kid, just be ready for what may come at us…” Verb said and nodded as he withdrew one…

Episode 5: The Invitation Toc… Toc… Toc… …It was the sound that eventually brought Verb back round; his brain as foggy as the city outside the joke shop window. Simile was gone and had veiled the front window of the store with a thick, black curtain. Fog clung to the small window on the wall behind…

Episode 4: The Spectre Verb paused near the vehicle as Proverb handed him the Spectre Spirit Level, which he pushed quickly into his plum jacket pocket. “A man’s spirit will endure sickness but a crushed spirit… who can bear?” “Yes, quite, Proverb… wait across the road, will you,” said Verb, and in seconds, the cab…

Episode 3: Proverb With the taxi beams penetrating the smoky alleyway with their electric white light, Verb flicked his fog guard gills open and turned to Simile. “Maleficent believes the headlamps to be a pair of spectres from the beyond, sent to guide us on our righteous path…” “I see that now, yes,” said Simile,…

Episode 2: The Black Cab “So where are we heading, Mr Simile? Disaster or ruin?” asked Verb, his footsteps echoing out of sync with his client’s as they descended the stairs to the lobby. “Mr Verb, you are like a ray of light on a foggy day,” chuckled Simile. “Your comedic repartee is more appropriate…

Episode 1: Simon Simile “Verb! Wake up will you! You have the work ethic of a sloth. Your client is here!” Verb flicked open an eye from beneath his bowler hat and grinned. “Just resting my weary peepers, Miss Metaphor, pray tell what does the weatherman bring us today?” he asked, adjusting his waistcoat and…

DEED VERB: COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU… A new episodic, supernatural, crime-noir series from the bloodied fingertips of Tom Harris. The fog lifts on the case of Simon Simile soon.

THE AMBER ROOM: CHAPTERS 1-5 ON AUDIO I was recently given the opportunity to record a podcast for the first five chapters of The Amber Room through Dom Kippin at Portsmouth City Council in conjunction with the excellent New Writing South Portsmouth Writers Hub based at the  New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth. I recorded the…

I just wanted to write a quick update on my new YA novel ‘Jackie Jones’ which I aim to publish before the end of the year. Yesterday, I put the finishing touches to the last chapter, after working on various edits over the last month. The new ending has really pulled this together and so I find…