Most people believe they would stop.

They imagine a clear moment where something no longer makes sense, where doubt takes over and the decision becomes obvious.

But that isn’t how these situations develop.

By the time money is involved, the decision is no longer just financial. It has already been shaped by a series of smaller steps — each one reasonable on its own, each one building on the last. A conversation becomes familiar. A situation becomes personal. A request becomes something that...

Most problems don’t start where we think they do.

They don’t begin with the argument, the bad night’s sleep, the diagnosis, or the moment something finally breaks.

By the time those things appear, the problem has already been building for a while.

It just hasn’t been obvious yet.

That’s part of the difficulty.

We tend to look for causes in the place where the outcome shows up. If sleep is broken, we look at the night. If a relationship feels strained, we look at the last conversation. If something...

Back in April 2005, I was contributing to an online writers' page. Initially, it was a lot of fun, and there was some pretty good content going on there. A few of the contributors were excellent. Unfortunately, the way things often unfold on these types of platforms, it devolved into a group of cliques and trolls.

I was by no means at the level of some, but it was fun while it lasted. During that period, I wrote the basics of "The Tenth Cross,"

It was in three parts as it came to me. Starting...

I received the message below this morning claiming my Facebook page had been "temporarily restricted" and that I needed to click a "Contact Us" link to verify my identity.

It looks convincing at first glance.

It isn't.

This is almost certainly a phishing scam designed to steal Facebook login details from page owners.

Here are the warning signs:

It arrived via Messenger rather than an official Meta notification.

It uses fear and urgency:

"Your page has been temporarily restricted..."

Scammers want...

To coincide with the audiobook release, She Comes in Waves has received a new cover update and a light revision pass to bring it fully into line with the developing Wilkins Pulp Editions catalogue.

The Wilkins Pulp line is built around short, tightly written neo-pulp fiction: psychological noir, fractured characters, obsession, isolation, and stories designed to leave an afterimage long after the final page.

These are not sprawling epics.

They are compact, atmospheric descents.

Most titles fall...

There is a known scam going on at the moment where Guys with good British accents will call you and tell you that they are from Ledger Recovery. They will say they have a PDF copy of your receipt from where you bought your ledger device. They will say somebody has requested a recovery of the device, and they will become bloody bolshy when you tell them you do not believe them.

DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!

From the official ledger site. :

Hi there! This is a scam—please do not engage with them.

- Ledger...

The Feed is the first title in the Wilkins Pulp Edition stable. They will all be published on Spotify as audiobooks and, of course, available on Amazon as eBooks and paperbacks....

It has been a busy start to the year, with several projects moving forward at once.

The Girl From The Tenth Floor is now a fully completed manuscript. I have begun seeking agent...

Two Decades in the Making, Two Riveting Journeys into Darkness and Desire – Finally Released!

Prepare to delve into two masterfully crafted tales, each simmering quietly for...