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About Me

Visit my website on http://www.nwdavies.co.uk to see examples of my writing and music - and for latest news.

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I write - not full time (although that's what I'd like to do) but I try and write as often and as well as I can. I only really started sending material off to magazines/websites/publishers from the second half of 2004, although I've been writing without the courage to submit anything for as long as I can remember. But now that I've started, no-one is going to stop me!

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14 Tales of Dark Imagination AVAILABLE NOW from SCREAMING DREAMS

My Interests

Writing, Reading, Music, Films

I'd like to meet:

The Barenaked Ladies, Steve Gerlach, Richard Laymon (if he was still with us), Douglas Clegg, Debbie Kuhn, Moon Lee, Sammo Hung, Graci from The Chasing Game, Gerard Way

Music:

Barenaked Ladies, Green Day, Blink 182, Prince, The Beautiful South, Jethro Tull, The Runaways, My Chemical Romance, Cat Stevens, Nils Lofgren, Weezer, Wheatus, Paul Heaton, The Divine Comedy, Ray Davies, Mike Batt, Morrissey, No Doubt, Fall Out Boy

Movies:

Lethal Weapon, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, Beverly Hills Cop, The Fog, Mallrats, The One-Armed Swordsman, The Chinese Boxer, Touch & Go (Sammo Hung)

Television:

Tru Calling, Doctor Who, The First 48, Cold Case Files, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Medium, CSI, Without A Trace, Fear Factor (US Version), Ultimate Force, Grey's Anatomy, Dead Like Me, Genie In The House (I know... I don't care... I LIKE IT!), Ned's declassified school survival guide

Books:

Dune, Lake Mountain, Afterlife, Necroscope, Frank Herbert, Steve Gerlach, Richard Laymon, Brian Lumley, Douglas Clegg, Terry Pratchett, Connie Willis, Kim Harrison, Simon Clark, Graham Masterton, Bentley Little, Brian keene, Edward Lee, Michael Laimo, Just about anything from Leisure Horror, Matthew Reilly

Heroes:

Wang Yu, Sammo Hung, Richard Laymon, Steve & Ed from BNL, Paul Heaton from The Beautiful South, Gerard Way

My Blog

Review

Just wanted to mention that the first review of The Midnight Hour (or the first that I'm aware of) is now online at Whispers of Wickedness (http://www.ookami.co.uk/html/the_midnight_hour.html). I...
Posted by Neil on Tue, 01 May 2007 05:27:00 PST

Holiday and first draft

Been away in Cumbria for a week, staying in a converted Weslyan chapel (Sark Chapel) in a small village called Hethersgill. The chapel is fantastic to stay in (and atmospheric) and the local pub is my...
Posted by Neil on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:44:00 PST

The Midnight Hour

My book of short stories, The Midnight Hour, is now available from http://www.screamingdreams.com 14 stories. 9 previously published and 5 exclusive to this collection. A bargain at £7.99!!!! Screami...
Posted by Neil on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:26:00 PST

Time

Ok, this work stuff really gets in the way of writing! I've got a short story I need to finish for an up-coming anthology and I'm a couple of pages away from finishing the first draft of a new novel a...
Posted by Neil on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 06:12:00 PST

Trail of Indiscretion

My prize-winning short story The Midnight Hour is making its first appearance in print in the latest issue of Trail of Indiscretion. This version of the story has a brand new ending, written specially...
Posted by Neil on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:54:00 PST

New story in issue .6 of Estronomicon

My short story Photographs is available now for free download in yet another amazing issue of Estronomicon - issue #6. Once again this FREE pdf magazine is full of great fiction, articles and artwork...
Posted by Neil on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:25:00 PST

New story in the Christmas Estronomicon

The Christmas edition of Estronomicon is now available to download, and with it my story A Christmas Pilgrim.You can download it for FREE at EstronomiconHope you enjoy this festive tale! Let me know w...
Posted by Neil on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:05:00 PST

The Midnight Hour anthology

The Midnight Hour, a collection of 14 short stories, is scheduled to be published early 2007 by Screaming Dreams, who produce the excellent free pdf magazine Estronomicon. This will be Screaming Dream...
Posted by Neil on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:29:00 PST

The accessible "famous"

I was thinking earlier today of how accessible (or not) some "famous" people can be... and I'm defining famous as any professional known in their particular line of work, in particular writers, musici...
Posted by Neil on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 11:17:00 PST

Bad Rejection

I've had my first ever "bad" rejection of a short story. My writing was described as ordinary, except where it fell below that! I suppose that's better than being told it's just awful but, even so, I ...
Posted by Neil on Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:21:00 PST