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J.C. & Hicks
A short story I wrote around seven or eight years ago. Published here to commemorate thirty years since the passing of my favourite comedian, Bill…
Feb 26
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December 2023
An Offering at Alderley Edge
A short story. This one is based on a conversation I had with my daughter Daisy at Alderley Edge. I wrote it in the wake of my mum passing away, so it…
Dec 26, 2023
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Brave Isabella
A short story I wrote a while back. I took inspiration from 'Paperbacks in the Window,' a photograph taken by Jules Aarons in Boston's West End during…
Dec 15, 2023
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November 2023
Noirvember
My month in noir.
Nov 28, 2023
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Kill or be Killed
Ed Brubaker goes horror noir.
Nov 5, 2023
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October 2023
Haxanvale
A story for Halloween.
Oct 31, 2023
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Hammer House of Horror
A run through of all 13 episodes in Hammer's televisual horror feast, and a brief look back on just how scary a childhood in 1980s Britain could be.
Oct 23, 2023
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Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds
How the master of suspense made us fear our feathered friends
Oct 4, 2023
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September 2023
A Man to be Feared
A brand new short story exclusive to Substack.
Sep 28, 2023
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Jackie Chan is Mr. Nice Guy
A short accompanying essay I was asked to write after guesting on the Comfort Films Podcast.
Sep 28, 2023
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Nigel Kneale
An appreciation of the creator behind Bernard Quatermass and two of the creepiest television plays of the 1970s.
Sep 10, 2023
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August 2023
The Ballad of Lou Jean Poplin
A poem based on the 1974 Steven Spielberg film 'The Sugarland Express,' as opposed to the real-life story that served as its inspiration.
Aug 3, 2023
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