Below you'll find all the latest news in regards to Josh's work, including interviews, appearances and new releases. Check back regularly for updates! LATEST FREE STORY This month's free story has just been posted to the blog! "The Black Pullet" is a tale of historical sword and sorcery, starring Alexandre Dumas. As always, it's absolutely … Continue reading LATEST NEWS
Mortlake and After
Today's delve into the secrets of the Royal Occultist is the first part of an oft-requested series - the full and true origins of the office of the Royal Occultist, and its many occupiers, from its humble beginnings to its rather abrupt end. The first entry covers the fraught early years of the office. The … Continue reading Mortlake and After
Skulls and Posts
Today's brief entry from the commonplace book is one I wrote during a trip to the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, i.e. the best museum. I love that place. I could fill out an entire notebook with ideas culled from those exhibits. If you ever get the chance to pay it a visit, I highly … Continue reading Skulls and Posts
Infernal World
https://youtu.be/LQfZTPKzRZ0 It's been an odd year. An odd, plague-infested dumpster fire of a year. Determined to take it easy, I forced myself to take weekends and evenings off. I started a new exercise regimen which I've mostly kept up. I've spent more time with my wife and daughter, and less time staring blankly at a … Continue reading Infernal World
Christmas Eve 2021
It's that time of year again. The Yuletide has never been a big favourite of mine - I'm a proud citizen of Halloween Town, you know - but there are aspects of it I like. The music, the general air of festivity, of anticipation...the food. I like seeing folks happy, I guess. Sue me. Anyway, … Continue reading Christmas Eve 2021
Blood on His Lips
Whisky and soda mix, not whisky and science.- Dr. Frederick Buckell Monster stories often revolve around addiction, denial and loss of control. The monster is at once victimizer and victim, gripped by uncontrollable desires that grow into a raging conflagration of violence even as they seek to deny what they have become. The monster desires, … Continue reading Blood on His Lips
Brotherhood of Shadows
Strange shadows stretch and writhe in the light, as if possessed by malign intent. Eerie laughter echoes from all around, rising from everywhere and nowhere. In the swirling black, shapes emerge–to strike where they are least suspected. The Black Brotherhood has come, and someone is going to die… The beginnings of the group known as … Continue reading Brotherhood of Shadows
Bascomb, Suliban and Tring
Today's entry from the ol' commonplace book is a bit of doggerel I found in some book of folklore or other. I know that Tring is a real place, but I'm not sure about Bascomb or Suliban. Maybe they were real at some point, or maybe it's a Tlon and Uqbar sort of situation. Anyway, … Continue reading Bascomb, Suliban and Tring
The Monas Glyph
Today's look into the secrets of the Royal Occultist focuses on one of the most potent artefacts in St. Cyprian's possession - the eerie Monas Glyph. It took something from him, to employ the Glyph. It was like a tuning fork for the psychical, and it made his soul shiver in him...- The Whitechapel Demon … Continue reading The Monas Glyph
Sancho and the Silver Hand
I thought I'd show off a few entries from the ol' commonplace book to begin the week. Just some seeds that might eventually become ideas in their own right. Or not. Booksellers in Mongolia in the early Twentieth Century would often travel long distances, through dangerous terrain, to buy, sell and trade books. Besides environmental … Continue reading Sancho and the Silver Hand
HUNTING MONSTERS 