Barry's Books
The Darkest Corners
The concluding part of this darkly funny, horror series Darren Shan called... read more
The 13th Horseman
Drake is surprised to find three Horsemen of the Apocalypse playing snakes and... read more
Doc Mortis
The fourth thrilling book in this darkly funny horror series Darren Shan called... read more
Raggy Maggie
The second book in the award-winning Invisible Fiends series. Billy is the... read more
Monthly Archives: August 2009
5 page Gangrene preview
I’m not sure how well this gallery thing is going to work, but I’ll give it a bash. Below is a preview of the first five pages of the comic mini-series I’m working on with some very talented artist types – namely Neil Chenier, Travis Stephens, Fran Ros and Kel Nuttal. Click the first thumbnail to enlarge, then use the arrows directly below the enlarged images to move through the pages. When you’re done, click the large image to close …
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Fingers…bleeding. Must…rest.
Today I have written a book. Not a bit of a book. Not most of a book. A whole book, from the first chapter to the last. It’s not a big book by any means. It’s barely 7,500 words. But it’s a book. It has a beginning, a middle and an end. And I wrote it in a day. Although in actual fact I wrote it in much, much less than a day. If I was to count up all …
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Gangrene Sneak Peek
Due to a number of little hiccups, my comic book mini-series, GANGRENE, was put on the back burner for a while. It’s back on track now, though, with pages coming back from the letterer, Kel Nuttal, at an incredible rate. Here’s a random page from the first issue. Let me know what you think.
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My visit to Edinburgh
I popped down to Edinburgh on Saturday, and had a quick browse around the book festival. I didn’t really have time to catch any events, but I did manage to meet Keith Gray, wave at Malorie Blackman in what could have been perceived as a mildly sinister fashion, and mistake Michael Morpurgo for the guy who played Lewis in Morse. With Fiona approaching critical mass, I wasn’t sure if I should leave her on her own, in case she selfishly …
Frivolous science? Perhaps not…
It’s not unusual to open a newspaper, or catch the end of an evening news bulletin, only to be presented with the latest ‘findings’ of some team of government funded scientists somewhere – findings which, to the average person, seem like an utter and unforgivable waste of time and resources. Equally as often, you’ll hear those same people complaining about how millions of pounds of their tax money is being chucked at speccy nerds in white coats, who’ve got nothing …
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Yet more Invisible Fiends pre-ordering japes
I really must get round to doing a proper blog post soon. I’ve actually got some stuff worth writing about for a change, but finding the time to do it isn’t proving easy. Maybe tomorrow… Anyway, just found out that Invisible Fiends: Mr Mumbles is available to pre-order at Blackwell Bookshop Online. It’s also showing up at Pickabook.co.uk, although they don’t offer a pre-order option on their site. There is now less than 150 days until the book is released. …
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Achtung! Herr Mumbles kommen
I’m flippin’ delighted to be able to announce that Invisible Fiends has been sold to German publisher, Beltz & Gelberg. As I write this, the first manuscript is being translated into German, so it can be ready for release in January 2010 – pretty much the same date as here in the UK. I’m really pleased Germany was the first country to take foreign rights, since Fiona and I became friends with a few German people when we lived in …
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