Category Recommendations

One Night Stand

Four teenagers in Sydney hear that a nuclear war has broken out in Eastern Europe. They try to figure out the best way they can survive.

Just prior to the second national lockdown starting, and in the absence of new releases, our local cinema showed classic horror movies.

If you’re in need of a quick zombie movie fix this Sunday afternoon, can I recommend #ALIVE, a South Korean movie.

Stuck with the new cat, and with little prospect of getting any writing done, I decided a re-watch of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD was in order.

Whenever I’ve been asked to list the books that have most influenced me as a writer, WAR OF THE WORLDS by HG WELLS is up there.

QUATERMASS AND THE PIT, the professor’s third outing, is the most well-known of Kneale’s legendary stories.

I hope you and your loved ones are well. I’m in lockdown at home with the family, trying to write my way through the pandemic.

I do love a good disaster movie. Trouble is, these days they tend to be CGI-heavy and usually a) don’t make sense, and b) star ex-wrestlers.

As regular readers will know, author CRAIG DILOUIE and I go back a long way. I was thrilled when he sent me a copy of OUR WAR.

In THE NIGHT EATS THE WORLD our main character Sam is already alone. We meet him as he makes a return visit to his ex-partner’s flat.