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Iris has always been a bit of a name-dropper. She was there when it all began, when it peaked, when it started going pear-shaped. Iris was..

December 21, 2018

A Spark

It has been, as my inevitable end of year summary will doubtless cover, an absolutely crappy few months writing. The things I’ve..

December 14, 2014

Disney is wise. As long as you only listen to individual phrases in a song and completely recontextualise them to suit the thing..

November 3, 2014

Third dates are awkward, right? You know you’re further along than before, and you’re maybe starting to get comfortable with..

October 23, 2014

The Red Planet. Everyone agrees about the colour, at least. The rest is up for grabs. Is Mars a dead and sterile desert, or teeming with..

September 24, 2014

The above is the wraparound cover art for the upcoming Iris Wildthyme Of Mars from Obverse Books. When I mentioned last week that I..

April 26, 2014

All being well, it’s going to be a busy week on the blog. On Saturday night, I’ll be jumping on a plane and crossing much of..

October 30, 2012

The first line from my story 'The Many Lives of Zorro', contained in the above treasure trove of Iris Wildthyme barminess. It's nearly the..

February 13, 2012

Nothing warms a bleak midwinter more than new Iris Wildthyme stories, and so I’m pleased to hear that the brand new Wildthyme in..

December 29, 2011

pur·ple (pûrpl) n. 1. Any of a group of colours with a hue between that of violet and red. 2. Cloth of a colour between violet and red,..

December 23, 2011