• Best opening lines

    29 September 2023

    An article was published in the UK recently, listing the best opening lines of a book as voted for by 2000 readers in a poll. I agree with the number 1 choice -- Dickens' brilliant opening to A...

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  • Phantasmagoria website

    27 September 2023

    The latest issue of PHANTASMAGORIA magazine is now on sale through the magazine's website. It contains a long, wide-ranging interview with ME, a special focus on the original King Kong movie, and...

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  • TRY YouTube

    26 September 2023

    TRY is a YouTube chanel, whose aim is to bring quality Irish comedy to the world. It boasts more than a million subscribers, and offers lots and LOTS of fun video clips -- you could lost yourself...

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  • SYFY - will Cirque Du Freak rise again?

    25 September 2023

    Cirque Du Freak: Will Darren Shan's YA Vampire Saga Rise from the Coffin After Film Version? (We haven't seen the last of Larten Crepsley and his vampiric protégée!)

     

    That was the heading (and...

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  • Father of the Typesetting

    21 September 2023

    I finished typsetting the paperback edition of Father Of The Future today, my next Darren Dash book for older readers. Typesetting is when you play around with the text to make sure everything...

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  • Phantasmagoria on Amazon

    20 September 2023

    The latest issue of PHANTASMAGORIA magazine is now on sale through Amazon stores worldwide -- there are links to the USA and UK stores below. It contains a long, wide-ranging interview with ME, and...

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