Great day yesterday in Paisley at my very first fantasy con. As my writing sits either to the horror side of fantasy, or the fantasy side of horror, I thought I’d fit nicely there, and I did!
As well as talking to lots of new customers, I met several people who I knew from horror cons, them having bought my books and were coming back for more. A couple even described themselves as fans! That’s the sort of thing keeps a writer going.
My new novel, a very different take on the zombie trope is out on Close to the Bone publishing and available for Pre-Order! A word of warning, this is a re-release, previously published under the title ‘The Living Must Die’.
“Davidson takes the zombie story and turns it on its grisly head. This is an extraordinary concept and a novel of stunning scope. It follows three connected characters as they struggle to survive in a world where the dead rise and walk. Who are these creatures and what do they want. Read the book to find out!” – Tim Jeffreys, author of The False Ones.
“The foreboding ending left me with chills!” – LoveReading Ambassador.
My unsettling story has been accepted by the wonderful Twisted Dreams Press for Frightening Friday on their upcoming themed anthology.
Have you ever noticed the Google Maps camera car driving around? Might your photo even be on there? Not every image it takes ought to be taken.
And some might have a life of their own.
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Fantastic day at Glasgow Horror Con.
Four authors – Kevin Kennedyhttps://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/kevin-j-kennedy/ David Sodergren https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/kevin-j-kennedy/ and John McNee https://www.johnmcnee.com/ had our own horror author corner.
Sold a lot of books, met a lot of old friends and fans of horror fiction and talked till I sounded like a Scottish Nosferatu. Roll on the next con…
Twisted Dreams’ marvelous Dawn Wilson interviewed me about my book Cauldhame. Here’s a link to the full interview on the Twisted Dreams blog.
I’m blogging about a blog! Twisted Dreams Dawn Wilson just posted this excerpt from my book ‘Cauldhame’. Thanks Dawn!
There will be four of us writers at Horror Con Scotland Glasgow this year and we will have our own authorial little corner of the hall. In response, the extraordinary Kevin Kennedy had the brilliant idea of producing a dedicated anthology for the event.
Four authors, four stories, great reviews. That’s yours truly, Kevin, John McNee and David Sodergen.
I’m really looking forward to the day, meeting old friends and fans of horror fiction.
The wonderful Twisted Dreams Press have re-released my folk horror/fantasy ‘Cauldhame’ into the world.
Josh Aitken stands on the brink of losing everything – his smart London home, his self-absorbed lover and the career he worked so hard to build. His last, desperate hope is to journey to the Highlands of Scotland and his ruined childhood home to face the demons he fled from thirty years ago.
Desolate, remote and all but swallowed by the ancient Caledonian forest, the derelict cottage of Cauldhame stands forgotten and frozen in time.
Forging an alliance with chef Caitlin, Josh fights local resistance to discover the truth of the death of his mother, and the shocking role he played in it. What he uncovers is a trail of mysteries, leading him step by step from the rational world and deeper into the forest.
The forest is mystical, awe-inspiring and ages-old.
And it isn’t safe.
Thanks to a terrifyingly sinister murder of crows I sold out of ‘The King of Crows’ at my very first Horror Con! My other books sold well also in what was a fantastic and fun day. Northern Frights did a fabulous job and I look forward to the next con in Aberdeen.
I was caught peeking behind my banner in the pic below, luckily not by the crows or it might have gotten messy…
The King of Crows, my second novel and third book, was released today by AM Ink.
Anybody who likes a spine chiller in the tradition of IT should like this one. A Scottish city, an ages old monster, a forgotten underground river and 70’s students, what more could you ask for? It slides back and forth between the 70’s and present day, following a group of students forced to become heroes, and a cop with a secret.
Buy it now, or something terrible will happen.
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