London, England. November 19th, 2017. Four hundred and fifty years from now, England will be unrecognisable to today’s inhabitants; a desert archipelago. The green patchwork quilt of the south and the east, will either be under water or burnt to dust by heat...
I’m really pleased to be able to announce that there will be another series of near-future fictions for Virtual Futures and this time I’ll be co-curating with Stephen Oram. Other writers Stephen will be co-curating with are Allen Ashley, Britte Schulte and...
Writers usually write because they love to read and reading leaves them with words and stories of their own rattling round in their heads. The human mind runs on narratives and all humans are storytellers and consumers of stories. If narrative is our default means of...
I should say, any list of favourite sci-fi books is a work in progress for me. Like all writers, I’m constantly reading and re-reading. If I’m not reading a physical copy of something, I’m listening to a Radio 4 adaptation or book read aloud. It...
The House Next Door series Introducing the House Next Door trilogy Set in 2055, 2092 and 2472 in future worlds ravaged by climate change this is an adventure story with a serious message about the future we’re creating for ourselves and the people and world we...
