Author Archives: Angela

In which North Yorkshire refuses to feed us

And so, after arriving at an expensive B&B which was not prepared for us (more of that tomorrow), we set off at 6.00 to try and find dinner. We do not smell bad, we look normal’ish and we have money.

The Italian restaurant in a nearby village, which had 8 free and empty tables, could not possibly fit us in until
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A plug for the Appletree

We had the absolute pleasure of staying at the Appletree B & B in Tavistock, Devon for two days.

Cannot say enough nice things about this place – the room was lovely, the decor of the whole place is gorgeous, the breakfasts were fantastic and our host, Andy, opened the door wearing a Star Wars t-shirt.

What more could you want????

Go there!! 

http://www.appletreebandb.com/

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Happiness is …

 … Being in Hay-on-Wye for the very first time :-) .

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And I woke up to …

… A BFS short listing for “The Coffin-maker’s Daughter”. Thanks to Stephen Jones for including it in A Book of Horrors!

Huzzah!

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Day 1: London

Regent’s Park in Spring,

Flowers run colour riot,

Grey cold sky wonder.

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Oops, Your Psychosis is Showing: in the Lair with Kirstyn McDermott

Kirstyn McDermott is the author of the critically acclaimed Madigan Mine and the upcoming Perfections. Her works plumbs the depths of the human (and inhuman) psyche, examining heart and soul with the intensity of a stylish Dr Frankenstein. She joined us by the cauldron
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Over at This is Horror: Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

Over at This is Horror, my flash fear piece has gone up, complete with awesome illustration by the excellent Nick Gucker. Soooo creepy.

Go here for “Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean”.

The story isn’t my usual style and it’s definitely showing how much
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Tuesday Therapy: Courage

Over at the Hannettorium, the lovely Julie Czernada talks about courageous writing.

Go here.

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Just in case you were wondering …

As part of the reinvigoration of Booklifenow, Jeremy L. C. Jones asked Lisa Hannett and I about our collaboration process.

So our answer, in the form of a guest post (interpretive dance being impractical), is in two parts. Part One is up now.

For the most
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Cate Gardner at This is Horror

Awesome Flash Fear by Cate is here.

The car stopped outside the caravan they’d stayed in when Sean went missing. Keith caught his breath and waited for the shake in his muscles to cease. His parents didn’t always remember Sean. For
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