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Book Hunting!

This is the Hungarian version of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY. I had to pull a “J. R. Hartley” & buy the book from a bookstore in Romania but that’s par for the course when it comes to foreign editions. It’s usually […]

NEW BOOK: PROMOPHOBIA

Phew, at last.  This book has been a long time in the making. It has gained and lost a publisher twice before finally making it to publication.  It’s one of those publishing tales.  I contributed to this book several years ago.  Sometimes […]

COVER REVEAL!!

I am one of the contributors to this book, which has been a long time coming. This is the cover for an upcoming book I contributed to quite some time ago. Unfortunately, the book has landed and lost publishers twice before finally […]

NEW BOOK DAY!!

It might be the 4th of July but it’s also publication date of the Hungarian version of THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY aka THE FUGATIVE…so if you have any Hungarians in your life, tell them to buy it!! This month is very […]

TROUBLE & STRIFE Is On The Mystery Scene

TROUBLE & STRIFE picked up a great review from Mystery Scene magazine (which is on the right of the screen).  It came with the quotable line: “TROUBLE & STRIFE, edited by Simon Wood, is a clever (and very good) themed anthology.” I […]

TROUBLE & STRIFE In The News

My cockney rhyming slang themed book TROUBLE & STRIFE has been in the news media a bit of late so I thought I would catch up on all you’ve missed. AUTHOR ON THE AIR radio interview. THE BIG THRILL magazine interview. Travis […]

TROUBLE & STRIFE: Colourful Language

Colorful lanaguage has inspired my new book TROUBLE & STRIFE.  I love colorful language. The sheer creativity of subverting our day to day speech is something I enjoy. That’s the essence of slang. Every culture uses slang where people throw away the […]

NEW BOOK: TROUBLE & STRIFE

Hooray!!  I have a new book, but it’s a little different.  I’ve crossed the aisle from writer to editor.  I’ve curated a group of stories for an anthology called TROUBLE & STRIFE.  It’s a Cockney Rhyming Slang themed collection of stories.  What […]