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Here's a post-apocalyptic book set in northern England - The Killing Moon by (whispering) me (Rod Glenn) ISBN-13: 978-0956211484 It's received a great review in Orion's Child magazine and has been likened to John Wyndham on one of the Amazon reviews.

Any H G Wells The War of The Worlds fans might be interested to know that a sequel has just been released. It's written by a friend of mine (his debut novel) and having read it I can happily recommend it. It has also been endorsed by the H G Wells Society. The War of The Worlds: Aftermath...

I couldn't see a thread for this, so here goes... Finally got to see this. I have loved the original novella since first reading it as a kid (it was published in Stephen King's story collection The Skeleton Crew). It was a huge early inspiration for me. The story is of a mist that descends...

Thanks for taking the time to read it, Bookstop. Glad you enjoyed it. :)

Thanks for reading, Peter. Yes, Geordie's especially in Northumberland use marra although it's one of our terms that is dying out. You only tend to hear the old fellas saying it these days.

IMO you're putting too much information about the story in your cover letter - leave that to the synopsis. Your submission should include a single page cover letter, the synopsis (preferably 1 page but no more than 2) and the first three chapters (some agents have slightly different guidelines...

Came up with this little short story in a bit of a flash. Thought I'd share it with my Chron buddies. Let me know what you think... The Pit and the Pilot By Rod Glenn I’m an unlikely curator of Woodhorn Colliery Museum in Northumberland. Why? Because I started my career as a pilot in the...

Absolutely gutted that this ground breaking genius of special effects has died at still quite a young age. RIP Stan. You were and are a legend.

Re: Indiana Jones 4 [Spoilers] (only if you've seen it) I thought overall it was a good film and Ford was excellent as ever. I did think some of the action sequences were way over the top (the monkey one being the main one). I loved the references to the earlier films and other sly winks...

You can't put Hellraiser into the worst category!!! That is an all time horror classic. And I love First Blood too although the rest of the Rambo films were pants. As for the others totally agree. I thought Footloose was utterly terrible but everything else on the lists totally agree with...

I thought Hellboy was decent and I actually quite liked Battlefield Earth in some strange masocistic way. As for the rest terrible and totally agree - top of the bad list would probably be Catwoman - what a total pile of pish that was. As for the best - agree with most of them. I'd add...

Harvey Korman is survived by his wife and four children. Comic actor Harvey Korman, who played Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles, has died at the age of 81 in Los Angeles. Korman, who appeared in a number of other Mel Brooks films, was also known for co-starring in US TV classic The Carol...

I enjoyed it - it had some clever ways to link to the original story like Tin Man being the slang for a cop and being accused of not having a heart, Glitch looking for the half of his brain that was removed and the mystic terrified. Also liked the use of the robot nurture units, Richard...

I'd have to agree with The Return. I very rarely turn a film off before the end even if it is bad, but I just couldn't stand the boredom and turned The Return off after about 20mins. I thought Blair Witch and Rosemary's Baby were both good though. RB wasn't scary to me either, but I still...

Thanks so much for that. Please let me know your honest opinion on it when you finish.

My interview with Smooth Radio (97.5 and 107.7 FM) on Paul Wappat's Six at Six Show will be aired Thurs 3rd April 6.15pm - 7pm. You can also listen online via the www.smoothradio.com website (click on North East region). Hope one or two of you can catch it! :)

Nice work, Mark. Give me a shout when you're next up in the north east - we'll go for another beer.

This is sad news indeed. Lightyears ahead of his time and a true time-traveller in every sense. Rest in Peace.

I watched In the Valley of Elah the other night. Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon find out that their son has gone AWOL (absent without leave) from the army shortly after returning home from a tour of duty in Iraq. The story weaves an intricate web of mystery around this basic premise and...

Perverella was one I watched just to see how bad it was. It was so bad it was good! :D