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About Me

London, 1888
Orphan Jim Kerrigan and his young brother George live by their wits on the streets. But after stumbling across a mutilated corpse one night Jim finds himself thrust into the dark, dangerous world of the mysterious Caxton Tempest. Now, along with new friends Denver McCade and Johnny Chen, Jim must fight for his life against a killer intent on opening up the gates of Hell.
But other forces of evil are gathering, and Tempest finds he needs the help of an unlikely ally if he is to defeat themâ€¦
Scary, gripping and unsettling CAXTON TEMPEST AT THE END OF THE WORLD takes the reader on a journey into the sordid East End, the opium dens, the rookeries, slums and beyond into a world of magic and horrorâ€¦
www.caxtontempest.com

My Interests

Reading, writing, photography, art, cinema, and a whole ton of other stuff. I have also tried my hand at scuba diving, caving, flying and climbing. Reading and writing are my twin obsessions at the moment, though.

I'd like to meet:

Other people who read and write books. Reading is my passion and it has been great to meet so many other authors here. If you read or write (or both!) then it would be great to meet you, just add me as one of your friends.

Music:

Tom Waits, (the man is a genius), White Stripes, David Bowie, Elvis, The Stooges, William Shatner, ELO, Talking Heads, XTC, Foo Fighters...

Movies:

Anything by Martin Scorsese. Also George Romero, Larry Cohen, Sergio Leone, Monte Hellman, The Coen Brothers, Sam Raimi, Roman Polanski...

Television:

Don't watch it. Not much anyway.

Books:

Some of the many authors I read... Michael Connelly, H. Rider Haggard, Stephen King, Thomas Pakenham, Lawrence Block, Harry Crews, Douglas Lindsay, Neal Gaiman, the list just goes on and on. Basically, if I had nothing else to read I would pick up a telephone directory and read that.

Heroes:

Parents who bring their children up to be responsible adults. I've got two young boys now and I'm just finding out what a huge, difficult, incredible, awesome and beautiful responsibility it is.

My Blog

Self Publishing Part One: Where does all the money go?

I started on my self publishing adventure with two goals in mind:-1. To publish a professional looking book, hopefully indistinguishable from those produced by the major publishing houses.2. To do it ...
Posted by Ken on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:55:00 PST

Win a signed book on ebay!

Hello everyone. I have a signed copy of my book on ebay, starting bid at £0.01, and free postage anywhere in the world. Click here for more details. Happy bidding!...
Posted by Ken on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:35:00 PST

Win a signed book on ebay!

Book Review: Plug Your Book by Steve Weber

The technological advances of the last ten years have brought book publishing within reach of everyone in possession of a computer and an internet connection. Anyone who has the patience to sit down a...
Posted by Ken on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:22:00 PST

Another Caxton Tempest Excerpt

Eliza pulled her bright red shawl tighter around her shoulders to ward off the coolness of the evening. She had made up her mind to pull one more trick and then she would finish for the night and go b...
Posted by Ken on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:11:00 PST

'Caxton Tempest at the End of the World' excerpt

Hi everyone, I'm going to preview some passages from my book over the next few weeks, and introduce a few of the major characters. Hope you enjoy reading them. The story is set in London, in 1888...
Posted by Ken on Thu, 31 May 2007 02:45:00 PST