Horror writer T. Fox Dunham asked me if I had any true-life ghostly experiences he could use for an episode called Back from the Dead on What Are You Afraid Of? - the...

Pop quiz. What do Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash and, perhaps more surprisingly, the Tragically Hip all have in common? The answer: All of them...

My copy of the Coming Through in Waves anthology arrived in the post today, containing my first piece as a published crime fiction author: the short story Have A Cigar....

If you’re making a resolution to read more good crime books in the new year, but are not too sure where to start, I may be able to help. The end of every year is filled...

I wrote a piece for the grand-daddy of all the crime fiction blogs The Rap Sheet (which currently receives up to 3,500 hits a day) looking back on this year’s literary...

The year 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. The Dickens’ Fellowship and the Journalists’ Charity (which the great man helped found)...

My first (and possibly last ever) nomination for a Crime Fiction Award. So exciting. Will Dean, who is nominated in the Best Independent Voice category for his...