Holy cow, it's five years since Solaris Books published String City, my interdimensional thriller starring a grouchy gumshoe with a magical coat! I've been pondering ways to celebrate this momentous occasion. I considered offering my readers an exclusive guided tour of some of the locations featured in the novel. Unfortunately, the soaring cost of interdimensional … Continue reading “String City” – 5th Anniversary
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Welcome to 2024
Happy New Year! I'm starting 2024 with a full desk and a busy slate. Top of the list is my current work-in-progress. What can I tell you about it? Well, it's a new novel, completely unrelated to anything else I've written, and I'm about halfway through the first draft. Apart from that, sorry, my lips … Continue reading Welcome to 2024
New Cover Design — “The String City Mysteries”
I'm excited to launch a brand new cover design for The String City Mysteries, a collection of seven fantasy-noir novelettes which I self-published in 2021. Original cover design Why the new look? Frankly, I never really liked the original cover. I put it together in a hurry, with limited means at my disposal. Having subsequently … Continue reading New Cover Design — “The String City Mysteries”
The Many Lives of a Writer – 8
Most people are like cats – they live not just one life, but many. Writers are no exception. Here's me as I spiral through the eddies of my eighth writing life. Life 8 - Circles It's hard to identify when my seventh writing life segued into my eighth. I wrote my last entry in this rolling mini-autobiography way … Continue reading The Many Lives of a Writer – 8
“String City” – Out Now
Read the new fantasy detective novel by Graham Edwards, now available from Solaris Books. It’s a tough job being a gumshoe in an interdimensional city full of gods, living concepts and weirder things. Good job I’m a stringwalker, able to jump between realities. It started when I was hired to investigate an explosion at a … Continue reading “String City” – Out Now
Street of Plenty — A “String City” Snapshot
Most of the establishments in String City’s financial quarter suffered crippling losses during the recent citywide depression. The only institution left unscathed on the legendary Street of Plenty is the Birdhouse, famous for housing the most secure vault in the cosmos. As the financial crisis deepens, reports are emerging of unidentified hooded figures lurking near … Continue reading Street of Plenty — A “String City” Snapshot
Scrimshaw Bridge — A “String City” Snapshot
The Scrimshaw Bridge spans two rivers: the Lethe and the Styx. It was carved using ivory mined from Big Tusk Mountain. Because ivory has the power to amplify bad dreams, traders have long used the bridge to import despair from the Unknown Worlds. The adjacent Long Horn Bridge, once the conduit for String City's supplies … Continue reading Scrimshaw Bridge — A “String City” Snapshot
“String City” Makes NetGalley Top Ten List
Online galley proof distributor NetGalley just announced its top ten UK picks for March 2019. Whaddaya know, my latest novel String City made the list. Here's what NetGalley has to say about the book: There is a long tradition of SF novels sharing hard-boiled crime tropes (Blade Runner and The City and The City to name … Continue reading “String City” Makes NetGalley Top Ten List
Interdimensional Unboxing
A box arrived today from another dimension. It landed on my doormat, sizzling in the key of G and covered with a thin decaying film of super-granulated quarks. The box looked harmless enough, but I squirted anyway it with a special spray I use to stop boundary wolves from chewing at the furniture. Boundary wolves … Continue reading Interdimensional Unboxing
Interdimensional Inkjam
Christmas came early! I just received advance copies of my new novel String City. Hurrah! But, oh dear, this special delivery comes with a twist. Thanks to an unexpected interdimensional inkjam, the first run of the book flew off the press with a misprinted spine. The only option is a reprint, which sadly means a … Continue reading Interdimensional Inkjam
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