New book announcement!
'A Strange Belief' is now available for pre-order. You heard it here first!
Writing news
Ever since the public chose ‘weird fiction’ for my next short story collection (in a poll on Twitter), I’ve been crafting some suitably odd tales. The result is A Strange Belief: Weird Stories, which I have just made available for pre-order. The publication date is October 5th. It will be a Kindle book and included in Kindle Unlimited.
Eight strange tales, some dark, some delightful. Unique and curious, these stories will frighten and amaze you.
Shudder at the ancient horror waiting in an old well. Marvel at a man with a very unusual and delicious disorder. Confuse dreams with reality at your peril. Admire the seeker of gold pursued by flames. Fear the slippery creatures which slither through the night. Muse upon the unknowable inner life of inanimate objects. Descend into paranoia as you listen to the wearer of the tinfoil hat. Join a cult which began from mysterious footprints in the sand…
Are you ready to encounter some strange beliefs? Then dive into this story collection and immerse yourself in the weird world of N S Ford, author of After the Burning, They Lie Here and We Watch You.
Blog news
I intend to announce A Strange Belief on my blog this week, as well as on my social media, but it may not be all at once. I have recently begun a full-time job and I don’t have any large blocks of time in which to work on other things. Following on from that, I’m starting to stretch out the time between my blog posts, just a little, so that’s there’s always a new post to read at least every three days, if not every two.
Recent posts
Fiction review: Nightshade Revenge by Anthony Horowitz
Non-fiction review: Dead Famous by Greg Jenner
Discussion: Copycat book trends
Film of the book: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Coming soon
Fiction review: The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
Film of the book: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020)
The archive
I watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (one of several box-sets completed during the cycle of lockdowns) and reflected on what life advice one could obtain from the show.
#currentlyreading
Three books on the go: The Woman I Befriended by Sara Kate, Depeche Mode: A Biography by Steve Malins and Matthew Perry’s autobiography.
#currentlywatching
Re-watching a few early episodes of Friends due to listening to the audiobook of Matthew Perry. Another TV box-set I completed during 2020-1.
#currentlylistening
I’ve taken to having Classic FM on at dinner times and it’s especially good on Saturdays when they have a movie soundtrack evening.
That’s all for now. Thanks for reading - see you next time!