The time is finally at hand. To say that the new Red Sonja film has been my most anticipated release of the last few years would be an understatement. As my previous spotlight on Boss Fight Studio’s wonderful Red Sonja figure proclaimed, the She-Devil with a Sword is one of my all-time favourite pop-culture icons, and one that has been deserving of a fresh cinematic adaptation for far too long. It is with great pleasure, then, that I can say – after two long years of waiting

Red Sonja is by far one of my favourite comic book heroes. From her origins in the pages of Marvel’s Conan books to her ongoing adventures in Dynamite’s publications, there isn’t much I love more than some bad-ass female-led sword and sorcery shenanigans. Taking inspiration from Robert E. Howard’s similarly named Red Sonya...

Italian record label CAM Sugar has been on a roll lately, releasing and re-releasing some fantastic records of choice tracks from across the history of Italian cinema. From standalone soundtrack albums by the likes of Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Riz Ortolani and Stelvio Cipriani to compilations of giallo, crime, spaghetti western, jazz and exotica deep cuts, their oeuvre spans the deepest depths of the obscure to fan favourites such as La Dolce Vita.

Alongside my work in prose, I am also an avid screenwriter. Having gained an undergraduate degree in film studies and a master’s degree in screenwriting, this is one of my biggest passions and something that I take a great amount of joy in pursuing. Whilst I have penned many short films, features, sketches and skits over the years, the two that I am going to showcase here are by far and above the ones I am most proud of. Working alongside my good friend and colleague, the dir

Like most writers, I assume, my journey to publication has been long, fraught, and filled with ups, downs, side-to-sides, and more blood, sweat and tears than could fill a very large bucket of…well, blood, sweat and tears. Indeed, I had written two full-length novels before I had ever even published my first piece of prose. Whilst those novels are currently still drawer-dwelling like some kind of eternal particle board-fragranced albatross...

Hello, and welcome. This has been a long time coming. For many years, I have gazed wondrously at the websites of writers. Their sanctuaries, their shelters, their little places amongst the storm.