Dracula - Curse of the Vampire

Dracula - Curse of the Vampire​ is now live on Kickstarter.

It is appropriate that my sixth ACE Gamebook should launch today, on Sunday 1st March 2020, seeing as today is St David's Day. And what do people think of when they think of St David's Day?

Wales!

And what do people think of when they think of Wales, and the Welsh flag in particular?

Dragons!

And what does 'Dracula' mean?

Well one possible translation is 'Son of the Dragon'.

Don't forget, everyone who backs the Kickstarter within the first 24 hours, and selects a reward level that includes a physical copy of the gamebook, will also receive a copy of The Grim and Gothic Art of Martin McKenna artbook, absolutely free!

The Grim and Gothic Art of Martin McKenna. [Cover art not final.]

Happy St Dragon's Day!

Since today it St David's Day, I thought I would draw your attention to works of mine with a Welsh focus... or at least ones featuring dragons!

Actually, my very first published book Spellbreaker features a lot of Welsh names.

When I was starting out as a writer, I consciously tried to steer clear of fantasy cliches in my writing (although a magic sword does appear in Spellbreaker), but one of my earlier gigs was writing an article about Dragons in Warhammer, for White Dwarf magazine, entitled Enter the Dragon.

Dragon-like creatures appear in Knights of Doom and Stormslayer, but there are not technically dragons.

There was a dragon in Warlock’s Bounty: Revenge of the Sorcerer, and there was a Zombie Dragon in Shadows over Sylvania.

I do have ideas for various stories featuring dragons, including a Pax Britannia one, but I just haven't got round to writing them yet.

I gave the old explorer's adage 'Here be Dragons' a twist with my Doctor Who novel Terrible Lizards, and I intend to revisit that concept later this year, in Neverland.

Dragons, look you!

In celebration of St David's Day today, and Google's doodle of the day, if you like your fiction to feature firedrakes, then you should check out these stories of mine.

1       Fighting Fantasy: Stormslayer (2009)

1     Warlock’s Bounty: Revenge of the Sorcerer (2012)

1       Black Library Gamebook: Shadows over Sylvania (2013)

1       Fighting Fantasy: YouAre The Hero – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (2014)

1       Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland (2015)