Thrilled to have received a great video review for 🧛BITE BACK❗️🧛♀️ from DanniReads.
I’ve been answering social media requests that ask for authors to suggest their books for consideration and attempting to push Survive the Universe 💫 and 🧛BITE BACK❗️🧛♀️ towards reviewers all year with little to no success. However just when I presumed that my books just weren’t what book social media were looking for this happened.
Proof if ever that an author’s readers are out there, it’s just sometimes takes time to find them.
Thrilled to announce that my chart topping, 5 star rated darkly comedic Britpop era vampire novel 🧛BITE BACK❗️🧛♀️ is available to download for FREE for a limited time on AMAZON for Kindle app or device.
“WHAT A CRACKER! This is the second book from this author that I’ve read. I thoroughly enjoyed this story, the characters really came alive for me and I was transported back to the 90’s in a heartbeat. Well rounded and an interesting take on the vampire story line, with some excellent “nods” back to when music was still awesome!” – 5 star Amazon review
“METHINKS THE GOTH DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH! When I was halfway through this I still didn’t know where it was going, which for a book one might initially have summed up as “vampire love triangle” is a big achievement. Obviously this is a lot more than that and that second half does indeed go some places, but at its core it’s a story of 90s indie kids in Sittingbourne discovering who they really are. You might say, “But I’ve never been to Sittingbourne, is this really going to resonate?” and I would answer, “Neither have I but I’m already going to be casually calling it ‘the Bourne’”. Anyway, characters are big and, despite their many mistakes, highly loveable. There are some good laughs and while stuff gets serious, it never gets heavy.” – 5 star Amazon review
“KEPT ME HOOKED! Being from Sittingbourne it was nice to read about places I know and have grown up in for the last 51 years.” – 5 star Amazon review
“SALEM’S LOT MEETS SUBMARINE. Bite Back’s ability to capture the teen experience is spot on. I felt myself recognise, cringe and laugh in equal measure at all the naive missteps and awkward social interactions. I burned through the back chapters in an evening. Hanging out with Christine and Benjamin in the Summer of ’95 was so much fun. Recommended!” – 5 star Goodreads review
“EXCELLENT TEENAGE VAMPIRE FUN set in the ‘90s. I loved it. It’s a quirky little book that mixes coming of age comedy drama with horror, essentially two teenage vampires run amok in a small town while a love triangle builds around them. Things really pick up in the second half of the book when they switch from being the hunters to the hunted and it turns into one hell of a page turner. There’s some very funny moments and quite emotional character beats too. And if you like 80s and 90s music there’s lots of references.” – 5 star Barnes and Noble customer review
We’re just a few months away from the 30th anniversary of the fateful night a vampire named Christine walked through Woodberry Drive and discovered a young man called Benjamin Cooper.
As I’ve found myself back in the ‘Bourne over the Easter break I thought I’d take some modern day snaps of their old hang out – the roof of the Icelands looking over St. Michael’s church graveyard.
Sadly it’s just one of the many abandoned empty stores in the high street these days but the roof remains (should any of you Creatures of the Night wish to follow in their footsteps and hang out there). Also sadly left abandoned and unloved is the old cinema where Batman Forever came and went.
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When I was a kid I used to trundle about the streets delivering the KENT MESSANGER newspaper from a bashed up granny shopping trolly and now over three decades later I’m in it!
Thrilled to see the support for BITE BACK from the Kent media. 💖
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“WHAT A CRACKER! I thoroughly enjoyed this story, the characters really came alive for me and I was transported back to the 90’s in a heartbeat. Well rounded and an interesting take on the vampire story line, with some excellent “nods” back to when music was still awesome! (I may be giving away my age!) Read it!”
FANCY THE BLURB?
Despite his pale skin and fangs, teenager Benjamin Cooper doesn’t want to be a goth, let alone a vampire. However, one fateful night in the summer of 1995 he catches the eye of Christine, a blood-drinker returning to town having left under a cloud several years previously.
She needs Benjamin for protection. He needs Christine to drag him from the malaise of his stalling, small-town life. They both have a thirst for vengeance leading to a partnership bonded by blood. As the body count rises and enemies multiply, Benjamin and Christine are cast into an escalating spiral of revenge that they may not escape from.
BITE BACKis a darkly comedic, lewd and violent teen horror story set in Sittingbourne during the Summer of Britpop, seasoned with suburban drama and offbeat characters.
BRACE YOURSELVES, WE’RE GOING BACK TO EARTH WITH A BITE!
So, after the publication of my debut novel Survive the Universe, I was hesitant about diving into its sprawling sequel. I mean, STU took ages to finish! Though to be fair, it was a side project while juggling umpteen other things, but still, it was a mammoth task. So I was a little hesitant to plunge into writing its sequel, which was likely to be another hefty 33-chapter tome.
During the STU saga, I started nurturing a bunch of ideas for other stories set in modern times or recent history. One of these ideas was just a vague sketch of an opening scene – a teenage boy peering out of his window and making eye contact with a vampire girl passing by. I also fancied the notion of crafting a vampire bloke who wasn’t the classic rich, charming type. These two ideas began to merge.
Oh, and then I reminisced about watching the Twilight movie and realized it was nothing like any teenage experience I’d been near (seriously, Edward and his crew wouldn’t have lasted a day at my school).
To speed up the writing process this time, I decided to set the story in my hometown of Sittingbourne, smack dab in the scorching summer of 1995. It was a period I’d been itching to write about, and this was the perfect opportunity. While I drew a lot from my daily routine and hangouts at the time (taking the train to college, evenings at the Ypres Tavern pub, you know the drill), this tale is definitely not autobiographical. Plot-wise, I only had the beginning and the end in mind when I started writing, which actually felt liberating after STU, where I had to follow a pre-written synopsis.
The goal was to get it written and out into the wild within ten months, which, let’s be real, was probably a tad overambitious for me. Some personal stuff popped up, and there were a few months where very little progress was made, but I kept chipping away. With the unwavering support and help from my beloved wife, Laura, I managed to finish it and get it ready roughly fourteen months after starting it.
Music was always going to play a large part in the book and as such I compiled a playlist-cum-soundtrack for the story as I went along with each chapter taking each title from the lyrics of the songs included (see if you can guess the songs by the lyrics). And then I created an additional in-narrative mix tape playlist to really focus in on and celebrate the 1994/1995 Britpop bloom.
And now, it’s hurtling its way to you, dear readers! Eighteen glorious GORY chapters, a little over 80k FANG-tatsic words. May everyone relish reading it as much as I relished writing it!
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Now all I need is someone who can sort out lunchboxes and action figures.
Your new favourite darkly comedic, 90’s flavoured horror novel is nearly here!
My next novel BITE BACK! is now available for PRE-ORDER through AMAZON in Kindle ebook, paperback and hardback.
BITE BACK! will also be available in paperback on the high street, in book boutiques and lovely libraries in September.
Fancy the blurb? If so…
“Despite his pale skin and fangs, teenager Benjamin Cooper doesn’t want to be a goth, let alone a vampire. However, one fateful night in the summer of 1995 he catches the eye of Christine, a blood-drinker returning to town having left under a cloud several years previously.
She needs Benjamin for protection. He needs Christine to drag him out of the malaise of his stalling, small-town life. They both have a thirst for vengeance leading to a partnership bonded by blood. As the body count rises and enemies multiply, Benjamin and Christine are cast into an escalating spiral of revenge that they may not escape from.
BITE BACK! is a darkly comedic, lewd and violent teen horror story set in Sittingbourne during the Summer of Britpop, seasoned with suburban drama and offbeat characters.”
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