“The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.” Old Proverb Two years ago today, my debut speculative fiction novel, New Gillion Street , was published by Fly on the Wall Press. As we watch with horror the madness unfolding in Minnesota right now, my little old book has been on my mind a lot. I wrote the story in 2018 while I lived in Houston, Texas.

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings   And so, dear reader, at the dawn of 2026, we begin again, anew, afresh, and march ever onward, with a spring in our step and a gleam in our eye.   After an exceedingly dubious end to 2025, when the publication of The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner  was heartbreakingly ca

“Once you’ve got a task to do, it’s better to do it than live with the fear of it.” Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself   In light of the recent announcement by Northodox Press, I regret to inform you that  The Peculiar Journey of Cecil Tabiner  will NOT be published. Due to a major change of personnel, the press has decided to only publish historical fiction going forward, which means that my and many others' books will miss out.   I won’t pretend I’m not disappointed and a li