Would it be your ultimate fantasy to enter the world of a video game?
A realm where you don’t have to go to work or worry about your health; where you can look like a hero or a goddess; where you can fly space-ships, slay dragons, yet all of it feels completely real. A realm where there are no consequences and no responsibilities.
Or would it be your worst nightmare?
Stuck in an endless state of war and chaos where the pain and fear feels real and from which not even death can offer an escape.
Prison or playground. Heaven or hell. This is where you find out. This is white-knuckle action, sprawling adventure, merciless satire and outrageous humour like you’ve never experienced.
Events in June
Banchory Aberdeenshire, Saturday June 1st Margins Festival, Woodend Barn. Time tbc.
Glasgow Sloans Ballroom, Argyle Street, G2 8BG
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 7:00PM.
Double header launch event with Mark Billingham for When the Devil Drives paperback and The Dying Hours.
Tickets are £3 or £2 for Waterstones cardholders. Available in store at Waterstones Argyle St.
Further details: 0141 248 4814
Melrose Borders Book Festival,
Harmony Garden, Melrose, 9:15 pm.
Brookmyre and Billingham are Indiscreet: The joy of any book festival is in hearing authors come together in celebration and mutual respect. But, there’s only so much of that you can stomach, so by about nine o’clock we reckon you’re ready for the dark side. Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre present a show where readings from their latest novels and the weighty discussion of genre are jettisoned in favour of cheap laughs and dirty stories, lifting the lid on the real world of being a writer. The angry letters from readers. The backstage shenanigans. The banter and the bampots. Expect strong language, very strong language, and at least one extremely disturbing story about a chicken.
Jaggy Splinters Audio Book
The audio version of the short story collection “Jaggy Splinters” is now available from What Noise Productions
The adaptation is available on 3-CD set (through Amazon) and download (via bandcamp.com).
It includes the Parlabane short story “Place B”, as well as the Rules of Playground Football read by my good self.
New contact details
There is a new email address on the Contact page, linked above. And this time it actually works!