Burn The Witch (March 2020, The Black Light Engine Room Press) is a chapbook publication with a similar tone and style to Death Is A Terrible House Guest, which was published in October 2019.
Burn The Witch introduces the Witch character who, after being persecuted through unnamed witch trials, holds her breath in the belly of a river until the trials have passed. She emerges into what she thinks is a new world, only to find startling similarities with her old one. The Witch tries to navigate a male-led world in a way that allows her to be woman-witch-other, with startling consequences for those around her...
The chapbook is a love-child of magic, mayhem and feminism. Further information regarding the book's publication date will follow shortly.
Burn The Witch introduces the Witch character who, after being persecuted through unnamed witch trials, holds her breath in the belly of a river until the trials have passed. She emerges into what she thinks is a new world, only to find startling similarities with her old one. The Witch tries to navigate a male-led world in a way that allows her to be woman-witch-other, with startling consequences for those around her...
The chapbook is a love-child of magic, mayhem and feminism. Further information regarding the book's publication date will follow shortly.
Play (April 2020, Bloodhound Books) is a full-length detective novel that revisits the characters introduced in my sophomore novel, Copycat. In this second book, DI Watton and her team are forced to face down a new killer with an entirely different method and motive, that leaves them searching for their victim as well as for the person responsible.
A blend of technology, detection and teamwork, this will be a strong addition to the DI Watton series whether you're coming back to these characters or coming to them as a fresh reader.
For a taste of what to expect, you can find the first DI Watton novel on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle editions.
A blend of technology, detection and teamwork, this will be a strong addition to the DI Watton series whether you're coming back to these characters or coming to them as a fresh reader.
For a taste of what to expect, you can find the first DI Watton novel on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle editions.
Hierarchy of Needs: A Retelling is a poetry pamphlet in collaboration with Claire Walker, a fellow Worcestershire-based poet (Autumn 2020, V. Press). Claire and I have structured a call and response pamphlet in which one writer is always responding to something that resonates with them from the preceding poem. While the topic and structure is somewhat experimental, the contents deal with human needs, the natural world, and how these two things interact with each other.
You can find more information about Claire's solo publications on her personal website, and you can keep up to date with her poetry by following her on Twitter as well.
For more information about the publisher behind this project, V. Press, you can access their website and browse their latest projects here.
You can find more information about Claire's solo publications on her personal website, and you can keep up to date with her poetry by following her on Twitter as well.
For more information about the publisher behind this project, V. Press, you can access their website and browse their latest projects here.