Because it has been a while.
Recent Releases
The Bones of Our Fathers – the first book of what I hope will be a multibook contemporary series based in and around a [fictional] small town right on the Welsh border.
Here’s the blurb:
Malcolm Bright, brand new museum curator in a small Welsh Border town, is a little lonely until – acting as emergency archaeological consultant on a new housing development – he crosses the path of Rob Escley, aka Dirty Rob, who makes Mal’s earth move in more ways than one.
Then Rob discovers something wonderful, and together they must combat greedy developers and a treasure hunter determined to get his hands on the find. Are desperate measures justified to save the bones of our fathers? Will Dirty Rob live up to his reputation? Do museum curators really do it meticulously?
Answers must be found for the sake of Mal’s future, his happiness and his heart.
In November:
Calon Lan – a short historical set during the Great War [as the 1st world war was known then] on a farm where a farmer and his wife are having problems making a living and the wife’s brother, an injured and neurasthenic ex-soldier, is doing his best as he comes to terms with his injuries.
Here’s the blurb:
As war rages in France, battles are also being fought on the Home Front.
Bethan Harrhy, farmer’s wife, does her best to keep her family happy as prices rise and the weather worsens. Nye, her husband, is angry and worried. Alwyn, her brother, is injured and shaken by his experiences in the trenches. Her baby is teething and there’s another on the way. Surely having her brother’s best friend to stay, another face, another voice, another pair of hands, can only be a good thing? But when Joe arrives, Bethan is forced to confront ideas she had never even guessed at and makes a terrible mistake.
With conflict at home and abroad, can there be a happy ending for any of them?
In December:
He’s Behind You – a jokey little short set in the word of Eleventh Hour and featuring the same characters.
In February:
Sheep’s Clothing – a short sweet paranormal set in Wales, previously published in an anthology from Wayward Ink Press, now realeased on its own by Manifold. I won’t post the cover because it’s part of Manifold Press’s Espresso Shots range of short stories and so has the same cover as Calon Lan.
Here’s the blurb:
A terrifying personal change plus a family bereavement might have been bearable, but the break up of a relationship as well is just too much for handyman Darren Murchison to take. Everywhere needs someone who can fix pipes and fit lights, right? So he ups stakes and moves to a quiet valley in rural Wales.
With work to do, a house to improve and a hunky farmer to lust after, things are looking up! In sheep country just how much trouble can a gay, English, werewolf plumber get into?
Also in February:
A Taste of Copper – a mud, blood and heroics medieval tale of knightly honour and difficulties with politics previously published with Love Lane books and released again by Manifold with some revisions.
Here’s the Blurb:
Your master has the field for today, but his name, whatever it might be, is without honour.
Olivier the squire worships the Black Knight and takes a fierce joy in his prowess as he defends a bridge against all comers. Olivier only wishes that his master loved him as much in return instead of treating him as a servant and occasional plaything.
Then word comes that the King desires to cross the bridge. With an army approaching, a bright eyed archer enticing him to desert and the first cracks beginning to show in the Black Knight’s gruff demeanour, Olivier is left wondering if his honour is worth more than a chance for happiness.
Works in Progress
I have just finished a rewrite of another old anthology story- The Lunar Imperative. I hope that will be published in the summer.
Works continues on Midnight Flit – a sequel to Eleventh Hour set in 1931.