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Book the First: Dark Reading Matter We are with Thursday again as she finds herself in the last book of her series. With the remaining Hades sibling plotting revenge in the most hideosu fashion possible, Thursday has to get to grips with an all-new adventure that encompasses radical Blyton Fundamnetalists, a retrospective of Lola Vavoom's movies, the rewriting of Shakespeare's plays and the nature and fabric of the Dark Reading Matter. Trapped in Wantage, Thursday and Husband Landen have to unravel the pieces of the jigsaw and find a way to not only save her reality, but all of them.

Current publication date September 2025, Hodder in the UK, Soho Press in the USA.


Book the Second: Shelbert Poody is Someone Else Satiric comedy along the lines of Early Riser and Constant Rabbit. Who are we really? Shelbert Poody, professional Other, has to navigate a difficult world where no-one - or nothing - is what it seems, and the only reality that matters is the one he can build for himself.

Writing 2025, published 2026.


Book the Third: Shades of Grey III: Blue Yonder* Third and final in the Shades of Grey trilogy. With Eddie and Russet free to live normal and complete lives away from Chromatacia for good, the old country and those they left behind exert a strong pull - is it possible to return, and should they?

Writing 2026, published 2027.

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Updated Oct 2024