The Newest Christmas Movie on my Christmas Viewing List

Let me put Violent Night on your Christmas radar if you haven’t already seen it.

Let me put Violent Night on your Christmas radar if you haven’t already seen it.

This low budget science fiction film made in 2013 has crossed my digital feed several times in the past year. I had heard rumblings about it being “one of the best SF films in recent years” and other glowing comments of that nature. To be honest, when I finally sat down to watch it …

The article is informative, interesting, and provides a great deal of insight into the series, the rationale, and the reasoning behind the world and story.

Here is my podcast appearance on “Author in the Headlights” with the spotify link, embedded below.

Earlier this week, I appeared as a guest on the “Author in the Headlights” podcast. I spoke with host, Strider Klusman, about writing, inspirations, my series The Rise of Oceania, and specifically 2023 Cygnus Grand Prize winner The Shadow of War.

Artist Rendering
Today, on 11 November 2024, I’m thinking about those who gave their lives to protect our freedom and way of life.
Lest we forget.
Work is moving forward on the Battle of the Atlantic memorial here in London. See pictures of the ongoing construction in the post.

It was the warmest Halloween in memory. The trick-or-treaters wore some amazing costumes. The most common were Ghostface (Scream) and Michael Myers. There was also one young Freddy Krueger in my neighbourhood, which warmed my heart There were also a collection of the usual superheroes and hockey players. I did not see any examples of Jason Voorhees, who is just as iconic as the other 1980’s slashers. Perhaps it’s a sign that a new reboot of Friday the 13th is in order.