The Muppets and Mahna Mahna - the Untold Story!

This is a story that’s never been told. It's about the tragedy that followed one transcendent moment of triumph. It concerns a true entertainment icon - the Muppet known to millions as Mahna Mahna.This is a story that’s never been told. It's about the tragedy that followed one transcendent moment of triumph. It concerns a true entertainment icon - the Muppet known to millions as Mahna Mahna.

Hands Off Halloween! Why we need to defend this holiday!

I was a little disappointed recently to read of several elementary schools in Chicago that were banning Halloween because it wasn’t an ‘inclusive’ holiday...

How To Survive A Crowdfunding Campaign

We've all heard the stories of people who make so much from their crowdfunding campaign, they get to quit their proper job. Most of us aren't that lucky...

WHY NOT BE A WRITER ... HERE'S THE ANSWER

I’m currently working with Simon R Green (best selling novelist) and Stephen Volk (BAFTA winning screenwriter) on a short story writing workshop...

WHO THE F*** ARE THE HORROR MOOD TEAM? Part 1

It’s been a while since I did a ‘Who the F*** Is...? feature on this blog, focussing on writers and comic artists who aren’t anywhere near as celebrated as they should be. This time around I want to focus, not just on an artist, but a whole line of black and white horror comics from the 1970s, known to the horror comic cognoscenti as the Skywald Horror Mood.

A Bad Girl's Guide To Making A Killing

Horror Author Interview – Jasper Bark is Stuck On You

What follows is part one of this interview, examining the inspiration, craft, and thought processes behind the writing of these tales. Part two will follow, covering the remaining tales in the collection.

Jim Dodge v Jasper Bark

Jim Dodge interviews Jasper Bark

WHO THE F*** ARE THE HORROR MOOD TEAM? Part 2

FUQ ME!

As a writer there are many questions you are frequently asked, not least the least of which are: ‘Do you actually get paid for this?’ and ‘When are you going to get a proper job?’ Occasionally, in the course of being interviewed, I am asked questions that no sane or decent person should ever have to answer, which is most probably why they were levelled at me.

Zero Signal reviews Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts

Always a treat, the stories of Jasper Bark are messy, disturbing looks into the mind of a deranged subject of Her Royal Majesty’s United Kingdom. Twisted (definitely), gory (when the situation calls for it) and unbelievably memorable...

Another Review of Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts

Let’s get this out of the way upfront: Yes, these are dark tales. In them, gruesome and grotesque things frequently happen to people. Some will make you question the limits of human endurance...

Stuck On You And Other Prime Cuts - A Review

I adored the earlier single release of “Stuck On You”, so when it became the title story of a new collection from Crystal Lake Publishing, I was at the front of the queue...

A Remembrance of Halloweens Past - TIH Column

My latest column for those lovely folks at This Is Horror...

Great Review of Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts

Posted with apologies to The Talking Heads and David Byrne and with warnings the stories you encounter here are disturbing, sexual, maniac, and the stuff of nightmares...

Look Out For Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts

It’s safe to say that Jasper Bark occupies a unique position amongst British horror writers; his work is by turns scary, funny and gleefully taboo-breaking. Stuck On You And Other Prime Cuts is a collection of Bark’s short fiction, giving the reader ten peeks into his uniquely twisted view of the world...

Stuck On You and Other Prime Cuts

This is it true believers, quite possibly the sickest, filthiest and single most horny collection of gruesome, gore filled stories you’re going to read this year...

Let's Put An End to this Right Now - TIH Column

After a brief sabbatical here is the latest This Is Horror Column, I know you missed me...

The Weird World of Bill Alexander – Latest TIH Column

There is a lot of talk amongst the Horrorati at the moment about Quiet Horror. A sub-genre that seems to mainly concern itself with timid vampires and shy werewolves whose worst crimes would appear to be dropping a thigh bone in the school library or letting one rip during the two minute silence on Remembrance Day...

Going Ginger Nuts

This is probably the most candid, outrageous and hilarious interview I’ve ever done. Jim pulled out all the stops for this so please do head on ever and check it out...

Examining Games of Thrones Season 3 Blu Ray – TIH Column

This is the season that fans of George R. R. Martin’s books have been anticipating since the series started, and with no little trepidation. This is the point in the saga where everything changes, and nothing will ever be the same...

i-fad

If you are among the million or so people who can’t possibly conceive how they once coped without an i-pad. Or one of the even larger horde of proud i-phone owners then there is something I would like to bring to your attention...

In Defence of Beards – TIH Column

I was a bit of a late starter when it came to facial hair. In fact I was over 30 before I had to start shaving more than once in a blue moon. I was actually quite upset by the sudden onset of face fuzz if I’m honest...

Major Interview in Mass Movement Magazine

Not only can you read a major interview with me wherein I discuss politics, religion, the undead and losing my trousers with Danny Dyer, you can also read excellent interviews with comedian Richard Herring, comics impresarios Eddie Deighton and Andi Ewington from Com.X plus the bands Dwarves, Dreadnought and Defeater...

Spirit of Hope

If, like me, you watched the recent Japanese tsunami, that left over 8,500 people dead and half a million people homeless, with a sense of dismay and sympathy then you’ll undoubtedly want to do something to help those struggling to cope with the aftermath...

BRISTOL COMICS EXPO 2011

If you’re planning to attend the Bristol Comics Expo this weekend (14/15th of May) Then please stop by and see me. I’m going to be participating in two panels plus signing copies of my novels and comics...

Mr Woznotiz

Now I know you’re sitting there right this moment wracking your brains thinking to yourself: “Just where can I buy an audiobook for 4 to 7 year olds about imaginary friends, fitting in and the power of imagination?”...

Alien Ink

Those you you who haven’t yet jumped on board Alien Ink, Channel 4’s first ground breaking on-line comic for young adults, really ought to do so right now...

All the Right Mass Movements

I have been silent of late but now, thanks to a huge infusion of virgin’s blood I have returned and I bring gifts. A free issue of the exceptional Mass Movement Magazine...

Dark Deeds, Dark Words, Dark Markets

I recently had the good fortune to be interviewed by silver scream queen and inveterate blogger Lorna D Keach. The resulting conversation can be found here...

Check Me Out ...

I wrote a guest blog about Zombies, the credit crunch and my new novel on the FP blog recently...

Reanimated Conversation

I had the extreme pleasure of being grilled by the highly talented horror author Joseph De Lacey recently...

Where the ***k have you been?

I must apologise to anyone who’s checked this blog out over the last few months and found an empty cyber desert devoid of any posts. Writing a regular blog for a full time writer is a bit of a busman’s holiday. So I’m afraid I’ve shied away from putting anything up here...

Over-Drawn of the Dead

The Times recently crowned the zombie the new mascot of the economic global recession. With a slate of zombie movies from Zombieland to Breathers – A Zombie’s Lament poised to tear through our multiplexes and a host of books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies clawing their way up the best seller lists, it’s not hard to see why...

Less Is Never More, More or Less – TIH Column

About a decade and a half ago Keith Tyson, a conceptual artist and childhood friend of mine (who would later go on to win the Turner Prize), invited me to one of his shows. It was in a boutique gallery in a trendy part of West London and the place was filled with just the sort of preening, pseudish individuals you’d imagine attending these sort of events.