Tim Lebbon – horror and dark fantasy author

If you want to catch up with Tim and say hello, or get some things signed, then tomorrow – Saturday October 14th – Tim will be at the Bristol Horror Con which is taking place at the Doubletree by Hilton between 10:00 and 18:00.  At 1pm Tim will be hosting a panel on “Horror – How dark do you like it”.  Further details can be found at the website here.

Alternately if you are in the US next weekend then Tim will be a guest at the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival.

The MERRIMACK VALLEY HALLOWEEN BOOK FESTIVAL 2017 will be held on Saturday, October 21^st, 2017, from 10am till 4:30pm. Once again, the event will be held at the Haverhill Public Library (Haverhill, MA) and is FREE and open to the public.

More information can be found here, whilst a list of attending authors can be found here.

Have fun.

Tim on panel duty with Simon Clark over the weekend.  If you went I hope you had a great time.

Tim will be attending Fantasycon at The Bull Hotel in Peterborough this weekend.  He will be on the following two panels:-

Saturday 3:30 – Other People’s Playgrounds

Saturday 5:30 – Books to Screen to Audio

Outside of the panels he will be available all weekend if anyone wants anything signed, even books!

Have fun if you are going, and if you want more details about Fantasycon then head over to the website here.

 Here’s some more really exciting casting news about the forthcoming movie of The Silence!  Shooting is scheduled to begin in September, so there’ll be more soon.  Meanwhile, why not pick up the book so you can read it before the movie’s out?

There is now a newsletter delivered direct to your inbox with updates every so often.  If you would like to receive this then fill in the box over on the right hand side of the screen.

As mentioned below Dusk is now available as an ebook, details on the dedicated page here.  There will be more ebooks to follow.

Recently announced, and due out next year is an epic new fantasy novel, “Blood of the Four”, co-written with Christopher Golden and coming to you in hardcover from HarperVoyager next March!  More details to follow.

There is a new interview with Tim over at “The Novel Blog” which you can find here.

Tim’s short story, “Finding Mary”, will be available in “Visionary Tougue” coming soon from Newcon press.  The order page is here.

Finally if you are within striking distance of Bristol then Tim is a guest at the Bristol Horror Con on October 14th, all the details can be found on their website here.

Yes it’s that time of year again, when we stop Tim running, swimming, biking and writing to sit down and enjoy some cake.

Just a quick note that for at least today (Easter Sunday) the Relics ebook can be had for 99p from Amazon UK, and $1.23 from Amazon US.

Links can be found on the book page here.

Today sees the release of my new novel, Relics.  It’s got fantasy elements, and thriller/crime elements, but as far as I’m concerned it’s really a horror novel.  And as such it’s my first published horror novel since The Silence almost 2 years ago in 2015.

Relics is also my 41st published novel.

I had to look at that number for a while after I’d typed it.  41 novels.  Yes, some in collaboration (mainly with Christopher Golden), but the vast majority written on my own.

It’s also 20 years this September since my first novel, Mesmer, was published.

20 years … 41 novels … and yet in many ways I still feel like a ‘new’ writer.  Every book I see published fills me with glee, every new review is exciting, and every time my agent calls I get a tingle of anticipation.  Whenever I get a new deal, for a short story or novel (or a movie … watch this space!), for a moment it’s almost like the first one again.  I’d hate to lose that feeling.

So, I really hope you pick up and enjoy Relics (click title for ordering info).  Please let me know what you think.  You keep reading them and I’ll keep writing them!

This year I’m undertaking 12 challenges in 12 months to raise money for Delete Blood Cancer.  I’d be very grateful if you could sponsor me.  Here’s why.

This is what I got up to in the swimming/biking/running realm this year!

It’s been a busy 2016.  I’ve trained harder this year than ever before (650 miles running, 2230 on the bike, 70 miles swimming … need to work on the swimming!), and I hit Ironman Wales in September feeling pretty good.  Getting there involved some other great races, loads of fun — and very tough –– training with the splendid NEWT triathlon club, and of course, a few bits of new kit.  There were more than a few wife’s-raised-eyebrow-at-yet-another-Wiggle-delivery moments.

Cirencester Duathlon was an off-road duathlon in February, cold and muddy and the only mountain bike race I did this year.  Hard work!  And very, very muddy.  I loved it, and it took weeks to get all that mud out of the bike.

Bath Half marathon was one of the biggest races I’ve done, good fun but so many people that the roads felt clogged, and it made me realise how I really prefer smaller scale races.

Talking of which, the Titan Half-iron distance was a brutal race with excellent organisation, great tee shirt and medal, and a stunning course.  60 miles of proper hills on the bike (including Llangynydr), and the half-marathon was misleadingly tough.  Didn’t really do as well as I’d hoped, but enjoyed every minute of it.

The Velothon was a fantastic closed-road bike race … well, they don’t call it a race, but it was!  Very mixed terrain, thousands of participants, and a couple of killer hills, the second of which — Caerphilly Mountain — defeated me.  I was pleased with my time, but disappointed with that 100 yard walk of shame, and because my main target for the year was Ironman Wales (which has one of the most notoriously hilly bike routes of any Ironman) I was also worried that the bike might be a problem.  So I entered…

… the Iron Mountain sportive.  Even harder and longer than the Velothon, it also put my mind at rest.  A great day.

In May I also raced the May 4th Marathon, a mountain marathon in the Shropshire hills.  Tough as hell, with beautiful scenery, it reinforced my love of trail running which will continue into 2017.  Epic bling, too.  It’s all about the bling.

The NEWT relays at the Cotswolds 113 was fantastic fun, as was the Cotswold Lake 62 Olympic distance.  We also had a great time at the Back to the Trenches poppy run in November, 6 cold muddy miles with obstacles thrown in.  Masses of mud, loads of fun with great friends.

And then…

…Ironman Wales.  The biggie.  It was one of the greatest days of my life, and you can read my in-depth race report here.

A fantastic year!  And 2017 is going to be a fun year too.  So far I’ve entered a trail half-marathon in February, the Cotswolds 113 (half ironman), the legendary Blaenafon Triathlon, the Velothon (again … can’t resist those closed roads), and in a year in which I’ve decided not to go full distance … my A race will be the Brutal Half, which includes the small matter of an ascent of Snowdon in it’s half-marathon run.

Hope to see you out there!

Mission accomplished