Dracula Chapter 27 - The End!
Huzzah! Eight years - almost to the day - after I first started podcasting it, I've finally finished Dracula.
This is all thanks to you, my patrons here at Patreon. You wanted it, you kept m...
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Meanwhile. May 2021.
Hello Patrons! In this episode of Meanwhile I'm joined by Pauline for a chat about my news, including developments in the U&F TV project; the end of my Dracula podcast; and a potential... no, p...
2021-05-31 17:35:47 +0000 UTC View PostUnderground Cover - Work in Progress
Here's the latest - no doubt controversial - entry into the current U&F cover series.
You have David on the right (as last seen on the cover of U&F 1), and the other two people (no s...
Meanwhile April 2021
So what have I been doing this month? Taking the broken down, clapped out, not fit for purpose thing that was my free podcast feed and making it awesome, that's what. Listen to hear how my feed fir...
2021-04-30 18:44:29 +0000 UTC View PostReplacing Missing Podcasts & The Return of Hiatus
Hello Patrons
This podcast is the one you didn't want to see and I didn't want to make, but sadly here it is anyway.
Due to the amount of work I have to do at present, not including w...
Bulletin: Podcast Disappearing Act
In case you haven't noticed, all my podcasts have vanished from the Internet - with the exception of my personal podcast feed. Find out why in this podcast insight into why I'm doing what I'm doing...
2021-03-15 16:38:21 +0000 UTC View PostSome Recent Pics of My Dogs
Not of interest to most peeps, perhaps, but I was chatting to a patron today and he wasn't aware I had a second dog (Billy, the smaller of the two, we rescued him in 2019). I was surprised because ...
2021-03-15 13:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostDracula Chapter 25
Here it is, the episode I thought I'd never finish. Chapter 25 of Dracula. D*mn you, Van Helsing! :-))
2021-02-25 17:42:26 +0000 UTC View PostUnderwood and Flinch: Legion E06
Meanwhile, somewhere over the Pacific ...
U&F Legion Episode 05
Welcome back, Patrons! The hiatus is over and we're back in the skies of the U&F saga once again. In this episode we learn something of our destination, and the in-flight conversation turns to ...
2021-01-31 18:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hiatus Diaries E06
Hello there. This is the last entry into the Hiatus Diaries because I'm going to resume U&F podcasting later this month. Why? Because ... Well, I explain why in the episode. There's also an upd...
2021-01-20 12:28:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hiatus Diaries Xmas 2020
Merry Christmas, Patrons!!
In this episode I rope Pauline into asking a range of questions that I've been asked recently online. I also take a look in my fridge to see what festive delights awai...
The Hiatus Diaries E04
More life and times of me. This time I talk about such thrilling topics as ...
Cold Weather!
Putting up Christmas decorations!
Blood and Smoke audiobook available at Audible and ...
2020-12-08 15:46:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hiatus Diaries 03
My editing process. Not the most exciting podcast I've ever produced, I admit, but I'm in lockdown, in winter, and with nothing else going on, so this is my news.
If you don't have time to l...
Dracula Chapter 24
Here it is, finally, Dracula Chapter 24. I avoided it for ages because Van Helsing's weird English is a nightmare to read aloud - and I mean worse than usual. I've done the very best I can to apply...
2020-11-20 14:37:09 +0000 UTC View PostThe Quickie Podcast: TV Casting
An update on what I said in my podcast of the other day (the previous one in my feed).
I also talk about my characters and their potential casting in any U&F TV show that may happ...
Q&A Podcast Nov 2020
A quick Q&A podcast for you. The questions answered are:
1) When you originally wrote the first U&F book did you plan to have Damo play such a large part in the following books or di...
The Hiatus Diaries E02
Another straight-from-the-hip update on what's going on - and I'll warn you in advance, it's not a lot. Mine is not the most action-packed of lives, but at least I don't tell you about what groceri...
2020-11-09 18:29:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hiatus Diaries E01
Hey! Thank you for still being here at the $3 level, you lovely person, you!!
Here's the first of those podcasts I promised you that will give you updates on what's going on with me during t...
U&F Legion - Episode 4
Happy Halloween!!
Episode 4 of U&F Legion arrives, and in it we return to that plantation we heard about at the end of Episode 3. No spoilers, but I do hope you enjoy it.
This pod...
Meanwhile Hiatus Announcement
Here's the news I'd prefer not to have to deliver. Short version for those who don't have time to listen to the audio: There's going to be a hiatus on new U&F production.
I need to go b...
Short Hiatus - U&F Audiobook Coming
Hi Peeps.
So I’ve some bad news / good news. I’ll give you the bad news first.
For reasons that I detail below, I have had to instigate a short writing hiatus, so there won’...
2020-09-21 16:22:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Once upon a midnight dreary ... It's The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe! Why? Well, that's a good question, and I answer it in the podcast, but here's a clue: I also refer to my reading of Dagon, which w...
2020-09-15 12:33:10 +0000 UTC View PostU&F Still of the Night - E04
Episode 4 of Still of the Night. This is the second part of the chapter I began in Episode 3 and follows straight on from it ... although it's actually set just before it. Confused? Don't be. This ...
2020-09-10 15:58:58 +0000 UTC View PostU&F Still of the Night - Episode 3
Back to London for Still of the Night E03. This time we renew our acquaintance with Larry Beck, the guy who was Claire Redmond's partner in the early episodes of U&F Underground. Larry seems to...
2020-08-31 19:03:52 +0000 UTC View PostDracula by Bram Stoker. Episode 23
Okay, so it takes me a while, but that's because I put my back into it. Festina lente!!
This whole chapter episode sees the return of the Count, and Mina being just about the most revered wo...
Historical Accuracy and Poetic Licence. Outro Bumpers for Legion 3
If you've already listened to Legion episode 3 and missed my bit of chit chat at the end, despair not - I've now written and added bumpers to the episode and re-posted it.
However, for thos...
U&F Legion - Episode 3
We return to the plane, in which we return to 1719. Pack your dreary puritan clobber, you'll want to blend in :-)
(This podcast replaces the one uploaded a few days ago and now includes intr...
U&F Still of the Night - Ebook Chapters 1-2
Ebook chapters 1-2 of U&F: Still of the Night in epub and Mobi (for Kindle) formats.
Ever wondered what happened in London after U&F Underground ended? Read on, reader, read on!