Dark | Gothic | Epic Fantasy
In honour of spooky season, this month’s blog is dedicated to some of the more chilling elements of Augustine. Every October, as the nights grow long and the air becomes redolent with the smell of wood smoke, rain, and burning leaves, the world seems to shift slightly. Shadows linger longer than they should, and forgotten... Continue Reading →
Unravelling the mystic emblems at the heart of The Knights of Aster. Symbols and symbolism are a fascinating subject—one I’ll no doubt dive deeper into one day, if only for my own gratification. But for this blog, I’ll focus on three of the most prominent symbols that lie at the heart of Aster’s lore. In... Continue Reading →
Where grief lingers in the walls, and the dead are never truly gone. There’s a certain kind of house that lives long after its last occupant has gone. Where its floorboards creak not from age, but from memory. Where silence is not peace, but a warning. We’ve all seen them. Watched them in movies. Read... Continue Reading →
The real-world nightmare that inspired the Gothic dark fantasy - Augustine. He appears at the foot of your bed Tall. Motionless. Watching. A silhouette darker than the room around him. Always in a wide-brimmed hat. Always just out of reach. This is The Hat Man At least, this is my experience of The Hat Man.... Continue Reading →
Research is a big part of writing fiction, especially for the type of stories I like to write. While there are a lot of fantasy elements in my books, I try to base as much as I can on fact, history, myths, and legends. Which brings me to my latest study, of the Vitruvian Man.... Continue Reading →
This is the part where I apologise. If you've read Augustine, you'll know it's taken me a good while to complete Book Two - Azrael. And it still isn't complete (I can sense the eyeballs rolling from here). But, in my defense, I haven't been sitting idly around. Far from it. Also in my defense,... Continue Reading →
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