Fresh Blood for Halloween

Today I released a dark short story called My Mate Mark. Apart from the occasional flash fiction I share with my newsletter readers, this is the first thing of any significant length that should hold your attention longer than a commercial break, since…well… my last novel probably. This is good news. At least for me.

Code Read

code read

The title sums up my absence from the blogosphere in the past four months. I’m changing career and have enrolled in a course which will lead to (hopefully) opportunities to become a full stack web developer, something which I’ve been really enjoying in recent months. My spare time outside of creating buggy websites and novelty […]

Like New

I’VE BEEN BACK in Ireland for just over two months now. Weather hasn’t been very agreeable. Aside from that, it’s been good to have some downtime following the completion of my last freelance gig. I’ve had time to consider the next steps in my career and how much weight to give other interests in my […]

Irish Shores and the Kindle Paperwhite Giveaway

Back in Dublin. Christ, I had forgotten how cold it is here. 8 °C which is just plain silly for Spring. I have it on good authority that there’s a heatwave coming tomorrow. If not, I’m gonna find the nearest oven to climb into for heat.

There’s a (writing) storm comin’

Writing Storm Aidan Reid

A CERTAIN PRIEST has been bugging me again. Fr. Tom Regan to be precise. Fresh off the back of his travails in the jungles of Peru, he wants to be let off the leash again. I’ve been relatively quiet on the writing front so I was as surprised as anyone to hear him chirp up […]