• Seven Horror Books for Young Readers

    14 April 2022

    The website Novel Suspects featured a post a while back entitled Seven Horror Books For Young Readers. The title pretty much tells the whole story, although I would note that these all seem to be...

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  • Mr Crepsley oddities

    13 April 2022

    Mr Crepsley continues to captivate readers all these years after his first (and, indeed, final) appearance in my books. I always say he's my favourite out of all the characters I've created (though...

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  • Tattoo Tuesday - Danielle

    12 April 2022

    It's another Tattoo Tuesday!!! This one was shared with me by a fan called Danielle, who went for the quote-of-choice favoured by the vast majority of Shansters who decide to go down the...

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  • The return of HAGUROSAN

    11 April 2022

    I wrote a short story for the War Child anthology, "Kids' Night In," many, many years ago. There was a digital version on my website for several years, until the publishers Barrington Stoke, who...

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  • 2021 photos roundup

    10 April 2022

    I can't believe I'm still sharing photos from last year in these Sunday Shan clan posts!! But Mrs Shan takes an awful lot of photos, and I don't like to share more than four at a time, so we're...

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  • WOMBO Demonata

    09 April 2022

    A few Shansters experimented with WOMBO a while back, to create pictures based on titles of my books, or characters therein. (For those not in the know, WOMBO is a programme that generates art...

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