DANIEL CHURCH

Another of my writing heroes is Ramsey Campbell. Since the publication of his first book, The Inhabitant of the Lake, in 1964, he's...

Way back in the 1990s, when I was making my first fumbling attempts to put words together in story form, one of the writers whose work I...

So - things have happened, are happening and will continue to happen, which is good. Things that have happened: I finally finished edits...

The red night of bells heralds global catastrophe. Annihilation on a biblical scale. Seeing the morning is no blessing. The handful of...

One of the weird things about the writing life is the timescale. I sometimes think I missed my vocation and should have learned to play...

'The road ahead was empty as far as he could see' - Daniel Easterman, The Final Judgement. At the end of the day, of course, 31st...

Well, it took longer than I expected - I ended up working on it all through our Welsh break, but this morning, after a marathon writing...

It's been a while since I blogged, mainly as I've been a bit busy. So here I am, popping my head up, to wave hello and confirm I haven't...

Well, I was quieter than I intended to be here for the last few weeks. Most of it's been mental health-related; the old Black Dog (aka...

I was tempted to use that final shot from Blackadder Goes Forth, from just before they all go over the top, in this blogpost, but as I...

I am absolutely delighted to announce that I've signed a two-book deal with Angry Robot, the publishers of The Hollows. The first book,...

The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...

Again, not talking about the decade here, although I have to admit that as someone who was in his late teens when it began I have a huge...

The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...

The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...

(Again, not the decade...) I tend to write by what’s sometimes called the flashlight – or headlight – method. With The Hollows, for...

The August Derleth Award is the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel, and The Hollows has been shortlisted for it. I decided to...

No, I'm not talking about the decade. When I wrote The Hollows, I wrote the complete draft before editing a word of it. The first draft...

Things were comparatively quieter at some times than at others over the course of 2022, but there was usually something Hollows-related...

Well, that was an interesting week. The Saturday before last, I was close to finishing the story I'd taken some time off the current...