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: October 2009
Zombie Boy
For Halloween my son, Kyle, decided to dress up as a zombie. While I’m sure he would’ve been happy with a rubber mask, I was determined we were doing things properly. One hour of make-up later, and this was the result…
The Halloween Pic Pick
Happy Halloween to you, dear reader, and thanks for stopping by the blog. I’m painfully aware that I should have updated long before now, but life has been extremely busy over the past few weeks and this is one of the few chances I’ve had to blog. I wish I’d had time to write a suitable scary Halloween story to post here, but I didn’t. Sorry. Why not console yourself by reading over this 366 word short story which was …
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A Big Bag of Everything
I should probably start by apologising for not posting much recently. Oh, sure, I stuck up a deeply unsettling video of my face stuck onto the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz, but that’s hardly quality content now, is it? Actually, it’s probably better than 90% of the stuff on here, but let’s not dwell too much on that. To be honest, the last month or so has been one big blur of dirty nappies, school visits, press interviews and …
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Let Battle Commence!
Over at Mr Ripley’s Enchanted Books, his ‘Book Cover Wars’ competition has entered its third week. Each week, he posts four book covers and invites readers to vote for their favourite. This week sees Mr Mumbles put in an appearance, and he’s up against some very strong competition. To see the four competing covers and cast your vote for your favourite, scoot along to this page right here.
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