A snake had a drink on a winter’s night, and challenged a snowman to a fight. A crowd soon gathered and stood in a row, wincing and flinching at the sound of each blow. When the snake took a bite, they summoned a vet ‘Who won?’ the vet cried. ‘Am I too late to place…
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WHAT IS THE ZEITGEIST?
The second short story in the first volume of my new anthology series, Dark Matter, is entitled – The Zeitgeist Chapters. It tells the story of a struggling young writer who unwittingly sells his soul for an idea, to a mysterious stranger in a Zoot suit. This stranger goes by the name – Mr. Zeitgeist….
THE AMBER MOON PART ONE: OF SHADOWS & DRAGONS – coming soon!
The Third and penultimate book in my Wings, Wands & Weird Worlds series will be available on Kindle and in Paperback soon. I’ll keep you posted on the release dates and the all important cover reveal in the coming weeks, but to whet your appetite here is the back cover blurb… Over four deadly trials…
Brain Feeding: A Monster Calls
An utterly compelling read, its tone reminiscent of a classic fable in parts, A Monster Calls is one of those rare books that you wished you’d never read, so you could read it all over again. It tells the story of a young boy battling far bigger fears than the most gruesome and terrifying of all monsters – the reality of his…
The Great Amber Giveaway: Part II
Huge thanks for all my readers in their support of The Amber Room giveaway before Christmas, which saw the book climb into the Top 5 of its genre in the Free Download charts. So as a thank you for that, I wanted to offer everyone a chance to read the second book in the series….
Brain Feeding: The Hunger Games
Everyone and their dog now knows about Suzanne Collins’ amazing dystopian creation, but back in the deepest, darkest recesses of 2009/10, The Hunger Games was little more than a whisper on the lips of bookish bairns. Picture the scene, I was in the midst of my MA in Creative Writing at Portsmouth University when our tutor Sam Hawksmoor, a fine author with a bloodhound-like…
#RISE EP3: The Disease of the Dead
The skies have been black all summer. Only the rain is the same. Since the dead have been back, I’ve been feeling tired. I do less than before although Dad says it’s difficult to do less than nothing. It’s like the dead have bought back a disease. And it’s catching. I’m sure I have the…
#RISE Ep 2: The Necromancer
In the shadow of Halloween, here’s Episode 2 of my new blog series #RISE
#RISE: Ep 1: The Marigold Proclamation
#RISE EPISODE 1: THE MARIGOLD PROCLAMATION Friday on the 14th day of October in the year 2016… I don’t have long. Don’t have time to tell it all now. You see, they’re watching. Always watching. It started with Marigolds in the window. It started a year ago when #Marigolds went viral. ‘The flowers will connect you with…
#RISE – My new Blog Series
She followed me for some time down dark alleys and through derelict building sites, her breathing ragged and heavy at my back.
Tom Harris Writes 