Tim Lebbon - horror and dark fantasy author

A nice review of BAR NONE here.  Remember, if you like beer, and horror, and the apoalypse, you’ll love this book.

Nice review of THE ISLAND here.

And will someone turn down this bloody heat?  I hate it.  Give me cloudy and cold any day.

My latest novel BAR NONE is available now!  You can get it from Amazon, or direct from the publisher, or from your local bookshop (and if they don’t have it, please ask them to order a copy).

You can also download a flyer/poster direct from the publisher’s website, if you feel inclined to help promote this one.

‘A novel of chilling suspense, apocalyptic beauty, and fine ales’.

I mean, come on, what more could you possibly want?  One of the best things I’ve written, and my first horror novel for a couple of years.

Spread the word.  Buy the book.  And please, please tell me what you think.

This weekend I’ve spent some time alone at home with my dog.  Tracey and the kids are in Devon til late this evening, so I’ve been working, relaxing, walking, cycling, and drinking a few pints.  Yesterday morning the dog and I walked several miles through Pontypool Park to the shell grotto and the folly.  It was a beautiful walk, and it cleared the cobwebs of the previous evening’s beers.  At times it felt like were utterly alone, not just up there on the mountain, but anywhere.  While I walked, I mused.

We were home by eleven o’clock, and after a nice salad lunch in the back garden - with nuclear strength coffee - I spent the early afternoon working on a Secret Novel Proposal.

At 4pm I jumped on my bike and visited the Goose and Cuckoo.    What a splendid pub!  Several pints of Summer Stinger later, I cycled home (carefully) along the canal, cooked a fabulous Thai Red Curry, then vegged out and fell asleep.

This morning … another long walk with the dog first thing, a visit to the local garden centre where they have a great cafe, more work … and now, yet more work on the proposal before the family arrive home again.  Time for a run at 6 o’clock, the rest of the curry, pick the family up … then a couple more beers to round off the weekend.

I’ve missed them a lot.  But I’ve also had a nice relaxing time, which the recycling bin will bear witness to this week.  Quite a few empties!

And that Secret Novel Proposal, too ….

Returned home today from a quick, exhausting and very enjoyable trip to London.  My wife and I are knackered, and tomorrow it’s the kids’ sports day in school, and then directly aftre that Tracey and the kids are going to Devon for the weekend with a couple of her mates and their children.  I’m staying at home with the dog, mainly to work on an exciting proposal … more of which soon, hopefully.  So yes, it’s like a holiday for me too, I guess … though I’ll miss them all terribly.

Some highlights from London:

Catching up with my good mate Christopher Golden and his lovely family, and Steve Volk and his charming wife Pat, and Guy Adams, and Lee Thompson, and Sally and Paul, and Sarah Pinborough and her phone, and eating quality Italian food.  Beef carpaccio …. oh yes.

Sitting on the balcony of our apartment until one in the morning with Steve and Pat, drinking wine and talking about witches, cats (though unconnected), and idiots.

The London Eye.  It’s big.  Bloody big. I’m sure I could see my house from the top.

Borough Market this morning, where I bought some hot ginger fudge which was, I have to say, one of the finest tasting things I’ve ever tasted (stop snickering at the back).

And finally … bumping into Peter and Anne who I used to work with (when I had a proper job and didn’t scrape my living making up stuff and selling it).

A brilliant trip, and we’re now determined to take the kids to London later in the year.  And oh yeah, over dinner Chris and I mapped out another two trilogies … so that’s the next 6 years sorted.

My wife and I finished watching the final season of THE SHIELD on the weekend, and I’m still reeling.  Never has a TV programme possessed me so completely.  I was utterly invested in the fate of these characters, and the final 3 episodes especially were emotionally draining and beautifully crafted.  I’ll post something more detailed about it here soon … but siffice to say, I think it’s the best TV ever.

Off to London tomorrow for a couple of days with my wife, then upon my return it’s back to work doing revisions on CALLS OF THE WILD (The Secret Journeys of Jack London - Book One) for Harper in the USA … a collaboration with the very excellent Christopher Golden.

Tonight at 6:30 I’ll be at Cardiff Waterstone’s signing my books THE ISLAND and FALLEN … come on, can you seriously tell me you have anywhere more important to be?  The pub, you say?  Fear not, we’re going there afterwards.

The Subterranean Press edition of THE NEW DEAD is now up for preorder.  This zombie anthology is edited by Christopher Golden and contains tales by John Connolly, Kelly Armstrong, Max Brooks, Brian Keene, Mike Carey, Joe Lansdale, and a shambling host of others, including yours truly.

This is very cool (thanks to Gary Greenwood)

In a couple of weeks my new novel BAR NONE will be released from Night Shade Books, my first horror novel in two years (other than 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, but that one wasn’t really my baby).  It’s a novel of ‘chilling suspense, apocalyptic beauty, and fine ales’.   I finished writing it just after my mother died, and so as well as the above, it’s also a book about memories and how important they can be.   So it’s serious, and also a bit of a romp, and I’m thrilled with how it turned out.

If anyone is interested in helping me promote this book you can download a beautifully designed poster (thanks to Deena Warner) from the Night Shade website, which you could print off and stick around your local bars, university campus, whatever.

Or, email me through the CONTACT page and I’ll forward it to you … along with my eternal gratitude.

I hope you enjoy BAR NONE when it hits the shelves … and please spread the word.