I wrote a short story called "Hagurosan" many years ago for the War Child anthology, "Kids' Night In". It used to be on my site, to read for free, but several years later, the publishers Barrington...

The Shans spent a week on holiday in Cork earlier in the summer, a trip from which these four photos originated.

The first was taken in Cobh, a harbour town that was close to our hotel. It's a...

"When Vancha March met with his end at the ripe old age of 837, killed by a pair of tigers (but only after he'd killed four other tigers in their pack), this world lost its bravest, strongest,...

A Shanster who was a recent visitor to the Hunt Museum in Limerick was tickled to spot an essay highlighting the Olmec Man sculpture, which is part of their collection, written by... ME?!?

I...

I'm always surprised by the response when I post pictures of bookshelves. I never would have thought, the first time I did it, that so many people would be as fascinated by other peoples'...

I released Archibald Lox and the Rubicon Dictate, the latest book in my Archibald Lox series, at the start of this month -- book 6 of 9, it draws the second volume story arc to its conclusion, with...