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I maintain a profile on Bluesky and Substack Notes, or you can find me on the Edinburgh SFF Writers group despite the fact I live 400 miles away.

An investigator from the Danish Interior Ministry uncovers a decades-long conspiracy, set in the Kingdom of Denmark centuries after climate collapse where fevered witch hunts collide with the shadow of le Carré’s Cold War.

The Coronet
A novelette based on Robert W. Chambers 1895 anthology, The King in Yellow. Details to follow.

For any other writing which falls outside my roundup or fiction; such as short essays or resource guides. Published erratically. 

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The Acosta Dispatch #7 – Writing a First Chapter

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The Acosta Dispatch #6 – Greenland, What to Do Next & Resisting GenAi

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The Acosta Dispatch #5 – Editing for Submission & Dracula

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The Acosta Dispatch #4 – The London Book Fair & Editing

Reviews: Dissolution by Nicholas Binge, Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida, Severance, Series 1, Dir: Ben Stiller, Aoife McArdle et al.; and The Monkey, Dir: Osgood Perkins

The Acosta Dispatch #3 – Pitches & Robust Ideas

Reviews: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, A Bitter Taste by Josh Reynolds, Conclave by Robert Harris, A Real Pain, Dir: Jesse Eisenman; and Nosferatu, Dir: Robert Eggers

Reviews: EXTREMOPHILE by Ian Green, Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi, Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto; and The Florida Project, Dir: Sean Baker

The Acosta Dispatch #1 – Agents, Literary & Literary
Reviews: Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway, A Reluctant Spy by David Goodman, The Escher Man by T.R. Napper; and The Substance, Dir: Coralie Fargeat