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Matthew

Don't hate me cos I'm fabulous!

About Me

I am Matthew

My big passion is writing. See my blog for links to my stuff plus a sample of my new children's novel, Lightsleep. I also love movies - good ones and really bad ones.

My Interests

-I love to write
-I love trashy horror films and good horror films
-I love great non-horror films too -writing songs

I'd like to meet:


Philip Pulman, Tom Wolfe, David Lynch, Wes Craven, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman,all aspiring or successful writers on Myspace

Music:

-Muse -Radiohead -Razorlight -Abba -David Bowie -Kate Bush -U2 -Prince -Circus

Movies:

-Life is Beautiful
-Donnie Darko, Anything by David Lynch, Most stuff by Tim Burton, Hammer Horror films, Nightmare on Elmstreet (particulalry one and three and New Nightmares), Scream, Most John Carpenter, City of God, Aliens, beakfast at Tiffanys, Some Like it Hot.....so many....

Television:

-Supernatural
-Buffy
-Twin Peaks
-Coronation Street
-Shameless
-Dr Who? (LOVE IT!!!)

Books:

His Dark Materials, Everything by Tom Wolfe,Most stuff by Clive Barker, A lot of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Dickens, Wuthering Heights, To Kill a Mockingbird, eveything by Jonathan Carroll....so, so many.....

Heroes:

-Sid (lead singer of Circus and my nephew)
-Oliver - one cool kid, and also my nephew -Johnny Depp
-Tim Burton
-David Lynch

My Blog

A sample chapter from LIGHTSLEEP

Hi guys, with Christmas just around the corner, i though now would be a good time to post another chapter of LIGHTSLEEP, my children's fantasy novel. In this chapter Wynne, Damon Dodge's otherworld si...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:47:00 PST

Bloodline Chapter 7

Chapter Seven 1 Morgan was wearing the same clothes as the day before - the day she and Jack had wandered into the non-existent clearing. She had come straight home and shut herself in her room. A...
Posted by Matthew on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:34:00 PST

Bloodline Chapter 6

Chapter Six 1 "And where are you lads heading?" asked the man, still smiling his welcoming smile."We were just walking," replied Warren. He liked the man very much.Gerry for once seemed less sure...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:50:00 PST

Bloodline chapters four and five

Chapter Four 1 Warren met Morgan outside the newsagent in the parade of shops around the corner from where they lived.She was coming out clutching a packet of cigarettes, he was on his way in, pla...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:52:00 PST

Bloodline chapters two and three

Okay, here are chapters two and three of Bloodline. Once again, as soon as I get two new subscribers I'll post another few chapters. The story really starts to pick up now as evil forces reach out for...
Posted by Matthew on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:35:00 PST

Chapter One of Bloodline

Hi guys, this is the first chapter of a horror fantasy called Bloodline.The novel is complete and I will post the next chapter once I have at least two new subscribers to my blog each leaving a messag...
Posted by Matthew on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:14:00 PST

Possible series?

I was thinking of writing a series of stories featurring the character Jackson Tibbert - he's the dream detective who appeared in my story Wildest Dreams. I've always fanatsised about creating a chara...
Posted by Matthew on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:28:00 PST

The Tower

My "short" story, The Tower, is now up on the Spinetinglers website. Just click here to go straight to it.This story is based on a novel I wrote aged about 21. I actually managed to get an agent off t...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:09:00 PST

HORRORS!!!

As well as my children's book I've had stuff published on a number of websites - all dark/gothic fiction.One of the most recent stories to be accepted wasWildest DreamsThe same site, Whispers of Wicke...
Posted by Matthew on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:01:00 PST

MY NEW BOOK

Hi everyone,This is the first chapter of my children's novel Lightsleep - the tale of a bratty boy called Damon Dodge who gets whisked away to an alternative dimension where his mother is an evil witc...
Posted by Matthew on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 07:30:00 PST