SHELF LIFE is a short story anthology for charity, in memory of Craig Hinton, friend and fellow Doctor Who author, who passed away in December 2006. My own contribution to the collection, Crawlspace, is a story featuring the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), and was originally written to be read at the Los Angeles “Gallifrey” convention (2005) at a round table discussion ‘chaired’ by Craig and myself. Neither of us got to read our respective stories out – we were having far too much time chatting and laughing. Great fun, good memories and when it came to submitting a story for the collection Crawlspace came readily to mind as the obvious choice. The anthology, edited by Jay Eales, Adrian Middleton and David McIntee, is due for release soon and the proceeds will be going to the British Heart Foundation.

Also, for those who enjoyed Fright Night: The Shrieking Stones (published by Puffin and written by yours truly under the unassuming pen name of Steve Rogers), the second book in the series, Fright Night: The Howling Castle, is due for release in September. Well worth watching out for if you have kids and, some would say, even if you haven’t.

Further news on both of these and who knows what else as and when there’s, er, further news.

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