NEVERLAND - Here Be Colouring Books!

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Gamebook Friday: NEVERLAND - Here Be Pirates!

Tomorrow, Saturday 19th September, is International Talk Like a Pirate Day, so today seemed like the perfect occasion to plug my pirate-themed ACE Gamebook NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!

In fact, I have a flash sale on. You can buy a signed copy direct from me, with playable character bookmarks included, for £10. And if you live in the UK, postage is free!

NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!

900 section gamebook

Signed by the author

4 playable character bookmarks

Post and packing

UK £10.00 GBP Europe £20.00 GBP Rest of World £28.00 GBP

Think you know Peter Pan? Think again!

Thought for the Day

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”

~ William Faulkner, author

National Teddy Bear Day

Held annually on 9th September, National Teddy Bear Day honours the history of one of childhood's favorite toys.

In 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub while out hunting in Mississippi. The incident made national news, with Clifford Berryman publishing a cartoon of the event in the Washington Post on 16th November 1902, and the caricature became an instant classic.

The Berryman cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt and the cub inspired New York store owner Morris Michtom. He created a new toy and even had a name in mind. Michtom wrote to President Roosevelt to ask permission to name the new toy a 'Teddy Bear'.

Naturally, the Teddy Bear is one of the PCs in the forthcoming 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas, and has the Special Abilities Charm, Fearsome and Strength. All it wants is to keep its child-owner safe from harm. The faithful, big-hearted bear can do this by giving the child a comforting cuddle, when required, or by fighting off those who would threaten its beloved owner, in a frenzy of flailing claws.

To find out more about 'TWAS - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas, an RPG based on last year's ACE Gamebooks release 'TWAS - The Krampus Night Before Christmas, follow this link.

Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland LIVE!

After a very successful four week run, playing through Beowulf Beastslayer, tonight Ken Boyter of The Bottled Imp Fellowship is going to commence a live readthrough of the original ACE Gamebook, Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland.

So why not join Mad Hatter Ken from 7:00pm BST on Facebook, and if you have yet to pick up a copy of Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland, you can do so here.

Thought for the Day

"Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."

~ Umberto Eco, author

Warhammer Wednesday: Uprising - A Necromunda Anthology

I love New Book Day. And the latest New Book Day was yesterday, when these arrived.

It is seventeen years since Necromunda Underhive appeared in 2003, which featured the last pieces of Necromunda fiction I have had published to date. And now Uprising: A Necromunda Anthology features my latest short story for the Black Library.

Paradise, sees a gang of Orlocks looking for a lost dome. It is rumoured to be an oasis of fresh water and clean air, a veritable... paradise. But the Dust Dogs aren't the only ones searching for it...

Uprising: A Necromunda Anthology is released on 1st October.