Mike Brooks

This actually happened a week ago, but since then I’ve been ill and then run off my feet at work so I haven’t had much of a chance/inclination to do a blog post about it. Last Sunday (7th November) I… Read moreA day out across the country

Yesterday, DARK SKY was released across the world (minus the USA and Canada, but you can even order it there if you import it). My second novel is now released upon the world, which is really incredibly exciting. I would have… Read moreLiving under a DARK SKY

A quick blog entry before bed, to reiterate a couple of recent things and give info on something new. 1) I’ll be at Nottingham Writers Club’s Scifi Evening WEDNESDAY 21st OCTOBER (aka the day Marty McFly arrives in ‘the future’)…. Read moreAppearances this week, and North America news

A couple of bits of exciting news, in this brief update before I go out clubbing. Yes, you heard me. I’m still young, honest. First of all, I have been invited to attend Nottingham Writers’ Club Sci-Fi Evening. This is… Read moreVideo interview! Appearances! Limited edition books!

I have a box of books of DARK SKY. They are real, and they are here, and they are available publicly in just over a month on November 5th! Just in time for Christmas 🙂

Today my short story ‘Redemption Waits’, first published in GrimDark Magazine #4, was featured on the StarShipSofa podcast. StarShipSofa won a Hugo Award in 2010 and has had interviews and short stories from all sorts of sci-fi and fantasy luminaries… Read moreStarShipSofa debut!

I don’t tend to leave the country much. And by ‘much’, I mean that I haven’t left the UK since I was seventeen. Or possibly eighteen. I definitely went to Morocco when I was seventeen, as part of a Geography… Read moreHoliday 2015 – A Week In Wales

It’s no real secret to anyone who’s met me that I’m not normal. First and most obviously, I have a mohawk. This is not a normal hairstyle in this time and culture. I’m also a published novelist: not exactly normal…. Read moreI am not normal.

I slept much better on Saturday night, mainly by saying ‘sod it, I’m deaf anyway’ and just having the damn air conditioning on. Sunday started with breakfast, and then me hanging around near the info desk waiting to be able… Read moreNINE WORLDS MONSTERPOST – SUNDAY!

I had real trouble sleeping on Friday night. The first problem is that the Radisson Blu’s rooms seem to default to a temperature of about 23.5 Centigrade (according to the thermostat) and that is far too warm for me. The… Read moreNINE WORLDS MEGAPOST – SATURDAY!