• Hagurosan is back!!!

    13 July 2021

    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...

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  • Limerick Leader - Older and Wiser!

    12 July 2021

    There was a lovely article about me in the Limerick Leader last week, in which I chat about how lockdown has affected my work and my family, and talk about the new Archibald Lox book that I...

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  • Ballybunion May day

    11 July 2021

    As usual, the Irish summer has been more like what would be called autumn in most countries -- very grey, very wet, not overly cold but far from hot. But we've had the occasional sunny day here and...

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  • eMerging artists!

    10 July 2021

    I normally share fan art on a Saturday, and I'm continuing that trend this weekend, but I'm extra stoked today to be able to feature four pieces of Archibald Lox inspired fan art!! Archibald Lox is...

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  • Want to host Darren Shan?!?

    09 July 2021

    Readers of my monthly newsletter (the Shanville Monthly) will be aware that I've dubbed this the Summer Of Shan, because I'm releasing not one... not two... but THREE new books over the course of...

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  • An Undead dreamy cast

    08 July 2021

    A Tweeter called Festival Of The Undead - their user handle is @m1kaverleth - recently posted the photos below, featuring the actors they would cast in their dream version of the Vampire Mountain...

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