Further promos!

Hi again! Twice in one week, how lucky for you! I had the opportunity to swap with another author, so I took it! You can find his title on offer below, as well as clickable images for Neon Zero (permafree) and The Risen (free for the remainder of the day). If you already grabbed it his week, thank you and hope you enjoy!

The Risen Part 2 is out now!  I first menstruated when I was nine years old; waking in bed to a small puddle of dampness, the morning light warming through the heavy curtains. When I felt the wetness there was shame, making itself known in the tears that came. It had been years since I wet the bed. I sat up slowly, and it felt as though I’d tipped something over, such was the gushing. The emptying. I squeezed as hard as I could and finally it stopped coming. It was too cold in the winter air and too warm beneath the layer of blankets to get up, so I guessed it was still real early, and figured it would dry. Two hours later and the day at full bloom was pressing into my bedroom, up the peeled wallpaper and the cracks of plaster, black mould spots in the corners of the ceiling. I wriggled my hips. It felt sticky. It would smell bad, I thought, wary of lifting the blanket. Mother would not be happy. I tentatively put a hand down there, feeling for the damp. Instead it was tacky, like wet cornbread dough, and when I brought my fingers to the light they were the colour of the mould.

From the far-flung corners of space, to the darkest recesses of the human mind, Write Like Hell: Dark Fantasy & Sci-Fi Vol. 2 features a carefully selected collection of short science fiction stories from both new and established authors. Tales of madness, and of discovery, of war and of isolation, the stories found within these pages explore the very nature of mankind, and the technology that drives us ever onward, toward the stars.

SIGNED PAPERBACKS - £10 All my titles apart from Neon Zero are available as paperback. However, if you'd like a signed copy of Neon Sands, get in touch!

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Keeping sane

It's interesting being able to incorporate real-life experiences into a post-apocalypse novel, which is what I've been doing with The Risen Part 2. And using that to have constant digs at the Contagion movie - where was the social distancing, and the lock-downs, in that movie? The main take-away of today's events that I've been incorporating into Part 2 is the social cohesion side of things - helping each other, social pride, that kind of thing. It can be easy sometimes to go down the negative route, highlight the darkness. But as they saying goes, there's no darkness without the light.

I now had a better understanding of what they said about cities becoming a river of flesh, and why mutates were solitary by nature. They’d just as happily eat each other as eat us.

- Ffion Adie, The Risen Part 2

One thing I've appreciated during the lockdown is the arts; movies, TV, music and books are getting us through, keeping us sane. I wish I could offer more right now, but only Neon Zero is available for free as things stand. Worth grabbing if you haven't already! As for other entertainment, here's what's kept me sane:

• Tales from the Loop - Prime TV. This is Simon Stalenhag's art come alive. If you like your sci-fi thoughtful, than you'll enjoy this. The eps are up and down, but all are beautiful to look at. Each ep tries to be a mini morality tale, my favourite one being the third episode that uses frozen time to tell a message.
• Devs - I'm only half-way through this series but again, another one with a mysterious core. Character-lead too, with Nick Offerman - can't go wrong.
• Modern Warfare - Damn you, PS4, sitting there with your sexy blue light. I should be writing!
• Donald Glover Presents - Childish Gambino's new album! Goes well with the sun and blue skies.
• Latest Bluray purchase: Alice Sweet Alice - a slasher from the 70s, an early Brooke Shields performance, directed by Alfred Sole. This was in my childhood VHS collection (I had multitudes of 100s, all given away at a car boot - why? Oh yeah, I needed space). And it deserved a revisit.

 Stay safe, everyone.