With Brexit grinding on and President Trump in the White House, some people might argue we’re already living in a dystopia, so why write a dystopian novel? I began work on Psychotopia in 2016. We were in the middle of the Brexit campaign. Remember the lies on the side of the bus? The moment blatant, …
Things can only get worse – thoughts on writing a Dystopian novel. Read More »
It’s Halloween. It’s also the day a really scary book is published. My new novel, PSYCHOTOPIA. Here’s the trailer, with some suitably creepy music composed and performed by a very talented young musician, my son Luke. The book is only available in hardback at the moment. Amazon are saying it will take 1-2 months to …
Sir Walter Raleigh’s head was separated from the rest of his body on the 29th of October, 1619. Wikipedia tells us that Raleigh is ‘well known as the populariser of tobacco’. It also tells us that his last words, after he lay his neck upon the block, were: “Strike, man, strike!” And that his embalmed …
On the 400th anniversary of Walter Raleigh’s death. Read More »
One Stop on the Central Line. By Roger Morris. There was something odd about the train. Something jarring as it hurtled along the west-bound Central Line platform at Holborn. He registered it subconsciously, a reaction in his limbic system. A chill, the beginnings of a creeping sensation in his skin. And then he realised what …
I’ve written eight historical novels. Nine, if you count the one that my publisher is currently reading. Even more if you count the manuscripts languishing on my hard drive. But my next book, PSYCHOTOPIA, is set in the future. You could even describe it as science fiction. Maybe I need to explain myself. Why have …