"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the flat
Not a creature was stirring, not even a cat.
The black bags were hung outside by the lifts,
In the hope that old Santa would drop off...

Fair warning! My Christmas short story, SHANTA CLAUS, will only be live online for a few more days. After that I'll remove it from my site and put it into storage for another twelve months, until...

As long-time followers of this page will know, I share family photos here most Sundays of the year, and with Christmas almost upon us, how could I not feature a few yuletide-specific snaps today?!?...

With Christmas almost upon us, I'm delighted to be able to share with you one of my favourite fan drawings of 2019. This was sent to me a while ago by Amity Lee, and is a re-working of a famous ...

I'm always nervous when I submit a book to Kirkus for review. They're great book-lovers, but they can be fairly savage when a story doesn't tick all their boxes, and I've had a few zingers from...

You might need to be subscribed to Twitter to see these little babies, which I'm guessing most of you are. If you're not, and have no wish to create a Twitter account, my apologies, but these were...