Yet more proof that, even when it's an author I don't know - sorry, Mason - an exceptional cover will tempt me to look further, and ultimately, as in this case, add it to the tbr list.

🎙️Please REPOST (I'll return the favour)! This is my new podcast. If you enjoy stories about unexplained, unsolved mysteries, ghosts, poltergeists, UFOs, strange disappearances, true crime, and other topics like that, you should enjoy this! 😀

Tom Whalley, Wigan pet shop owner, pre-Dangerous Animals Act era (1971/72?) walking his pet puma round #Wigan . I remember seeing him once. I was a kid and he had a kind of chain harness on it and though he said it was okay to stroke it, my dad wouldn't let me.

Earliest known photograph of #London . 1839. Down Whitehall from what would later be Trafalgar Square. M. de St. Croix was the lensman. Charles Dickens was 27 when this pic was taken. The Duke of Wellington was still alive, and 70 years old. A real glimpse of #history .

Okay, it's Friday morning, which means it's Metal Morning. I know it still doesn't feel like spring - thick with frost this morning - but worry not. Summer's close, and to get you in the mood, here's another tune from the granddaddies of Southern Rock: youtube.com/watch?v=zQoJsv…

Villainy within villainy in this smart study of cruelty and manipulation in the Florida Keys. Michael Marshall Smith lays rotten souls bare in the land of wealth and sunshine, and chills us to the bone. A complex tale but written with fiendish pizazz. My review: paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2018/06/crossi…

Very excited to announce that I'll have a new Mark Heckenburg novella, called KILLER INSTINCT, out with Books on the Hill in October, as part of their dyslexic-friendly range. No cover to share yet, but keep watching this space. booksonthehill.co.uk/dyslexia-frien…

I must ... simply MUST have this. Out in October. Joe Lansdale.
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Fast, accessible thriller from Tony Parsons. Steeped in London mythos, filled with questions about law, order and the nature of crime and punishment. A well-written warning to any ruling class that pays no heed to the wishes of its subjects. Full review: paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com/2018/06/hecks-…

Big new blog today in which I explain why there'll be no TERROR TALES anthology this year, but also how myself and Telos Publishing Ltd intend to make up for it next year with a special bumper volume, which is going to go heavy - very heavy - on #MONSTERS . paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com

Big new blog today in which I explain why there'll be no TERROR TALES anthology this year, but also how myself and Telos Publishing Ltd intend to make up for it next year with a special bumper volume, which is going to go heavy - very heavy - on #MONSTERS . paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com

Big new blog today in which I explain why there'll be no TERROR TALES anthology this year, but also how myself and Telos Publishing Ltd intend to make up for it next year with a special bumper volume, which is going to go heavy - very heavy - on #MONSTERS . paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com

What I'm writing about this week, #15: The Battle of the Süntel Hills - angusdonaldbooks.com/uncategorized/…

Big new blog today in which I explain why there'll be no TERROR TALES anthology this year, but also how myself and Telos Publishing Ltd intend to make up for it next year with a special bumper volume, which is going to go heavy - very heavy - on #MONSTERS . paulfinch-writer.blogspot.com

Christian Cameron has a new book in his acclaimed CHIVALRY series out next week. Pre-order your copy now, and then listen to our interview with the man himself. He was a brilliant guest and this episode is one of our most popular so far! spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/NRjgh5sBXIb Miles is on vacation #histfic

Just finished the first series of FALLOUT. No SPOILERS here. Will just say that I confidently expected it to be another depressing, formulaic post-Apocalypse sci-fi, and hell ... I was delighted to be proved wrong.

Unbelievably honoured to be making my second appearance in an annual anthology series of all-new horror stories (as edited by Mark Morris) that surely must now be regarded as one of the premier horror series in the market. Just look at that line-up ...