Alternative History, Science Fiction & Transgressive Fiction
To celebrate the publication of my latest novel, “Genesis” (written as Shaun Martin), I thought I’d run a competition where one lucky winner will receive the hardback version of the book. So what do you have to do to win? Just answer this very simple question: In which book does the East End gangster Gaz Read More …
The genesis of a new character, a detective chief inspector called Woods (my late mother’s maiden name), a man with a forthright way of dealing with suspects and colleagues alike. Woods is religious, though he is a lapsed Catholic, and is not averse to quoting verses from the Bible, if only to sometimes discombobulate those Read More …
Last week, I managed to complete the first handwritten draft of my science fiction novel “The God of the Dead”. Now, I didn’t have much of a plan sorted out for this one, other than a basic premise and half of a plot, so I already know that the redrafts will be an absolute nightmare Read More …
Today, I tried to think of the things you did for meWhen I was young, the times when I needed helpWhen I couldn’t do things for myselfI thought of the times when you told me offBecause I’d done something wrongAnd sometimes it was because you was angryBut sometimes it was because you didn’t want me Read More …
Even before I met you, they called you Animal, and I don’t know why.I still don’t know, although I recall people telling me tales.Those tales.Some might’ve been true, others small-town apocrypha.When I asked you about them, you just laughed.You didn’t need to speak about the past.I knew you as a giant.In the physical sense, you Read More …
This was the original beginning to my novel, “Muslamic Ray Gun”, but I felt that it seemed distant from the rest of the plot, and ultimately didn’t seem to have the voice of the main protagonist, Andy Huxtable. Perhaps it is more a description of the reality of my home town, Peterborough, seen through the Read More …
Well, the first draft of “Maggie’s Children” is finished. This here is the first version of the cover. The book has taken me about 4 months to complete, but there’s still a long way to go. It’ll go through second and third drafts and then it’ll get proof-read. As it is, it’s not ready. I Read More …