• Chessington photos

    20 November 2022

    At the start of the summer holidays, the Shans decamped to London for a couple of weeks, and on a couple of days we visited Chessington World Of Adventures, and stayed in a campsite on the premises...

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  • Gannen Harst fan art

    19 November 2022

    Gannen Harst was a key cast member in my Saga Of Darren Shan / Cirque Du Freak series, even though I didn't introduce him until well into the second half of the storyline. He clearly made a big...

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  • November weekend Memes

    18 November 2022

    Who fancies some Shantastic MEMES for the weekend?!?

    First up we have one of Lord Loss, courtesy of CORY (and Stranger Things!!!).

    Second we have one of Darren, courtesy of BRADLEYSTRETCHSOUP...

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  • Getting Medieval

    17 November 2022

    I've never written a book set in Medieval times, so at first I was rather confused when I was sent a link informing me that one of my books had been picked in an article on the TOR NIGHTFIRE site,...

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  • A Change of Heart

    16 November 2022

    Should I be worried that I just read a story that I wrote but can't remember writing?!?

     

    Somebody recently linked to a short story of mine in reply to a Facebook post. It's called A Change Of...

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  • Going… going…

    15 November 2022

    It's going... it's going... it's... ALMOST gone!!!

    If you live in the UK or Ireland, and if you have a NETFLIX subscription, and if you'd like to watch the Cirque Du Freak movie, you have until...

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