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9 April 2023

Hugh Proctor – Tonypandy, 1910

This is the opening to an Alternate History novel I’m writing. Pretty much the full story up to 1914 is … Read More “Hugh Proctor – Tonypandy, 1910”

11 November 2022

I’m pleased to say that my short story, The Fire This Time, has been published in a new anthology from … Read More “Apocalypse How?”

30 September 2022

This is from a collection of short stories set in the same fictional universe. Like much of my writing, it … Read More “The ‘Wizard of Wallsend’”

2 September 2022

This is a meme I first took part in back in 2008, picking it up from Normblog, the blog of … Read More “A book meme”

17 August 2022

I finally made it! At the age of 75, I’ve finally made it into print as a published author. It’s … Read More “Published!”

12 August 2022

This is the backstory for a story I’m working on. The story is an alternate history where the point of … Read More “What If? France and Spain do not agree the Treaty of Fontainbleau in 1762”

22 July 2022

This is a vignette written for an on-line contest. It is yet another piece of alternate history. The basic premise … Read More “Republic Day”

15 July 2022

For some time, I have been writing a novel set in the years just before World War 1. Like much … Read More “A Frozen Spring – extract”

22 June 2022

The Brian Aldiss novel, Hothouse, is set on an Earth completely covered by a tangled jungle. This short piece looks … Read More “Green Earth”

I grew up on Tyneside in the 1950s and 60s, the only son of a steel works crane driver and … Read More “About me”