“Time slowed to nothing; I waited with bated breath for the outcome. It all rested on this moment. Our final chance to succeed.”

The Picture of Dorian Gray almost acts as a direct mockery of Plato’s theories, taunting the idea that Art is any more immoral than Reality.

Hello all, How are you feeling as we enter into spring? You can really feel it in the air down here in Brighton, and the new buds are...

I think to really understand my characters’ stories, you also need to understand mine.

Yes, yes, I know, it's a silly commercial holiday... but it gives me an excuse to write soppy letters from Kai to Rune.

Imbolc evolved into a celebration of the Pagan Goddess Brigid, who oversaw poetry, crafting, healing, inspiration, prophecies, and fertility

Let’s explore further into Samhain, or as it’s more commonly known today, Halloween.

The Scarlet Cherie: Vampire Series is set in Britchelstone, a fictional city based heavily on my home city of Brighton

“All’s fair in love and war, and Monopoly is the battlefield on which I will die.”

Abraham Ortelius and Gerardus Mercator are the grandfathers of the modern atlases as we know them.

Marked by eldritch ritual, Lupercalia honoured Lupercus, Roman protector of the farmers, harvesting, and packs of wild animals.

Lore and wordbuilding are integral to a good fantasy story, whether that be urban, dark or high fantasy.

Death is a tale as old as time itself, and mortal’s attempts to explain, and subsequently accept, death is prevalent throughout history.

...the etymology of the word ‘birthday’ comes from the Old English word ‘gebyrddæg’.

The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year.

Britchelstone, my (not so) fictional city in which The Fire Within My Heart is set is a combination of several of the original names