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I Love A Good Laugh As Well, I Think That's So Important In Life, Which Is Probably Why I've Dabbled In Comedy Writing As Well As Horror. I Think If You Can Make Someone Laugh Or Smile It's The Most Special Thing In The World.

The Most Terrifying Thing I Can Think Of Is Being Alone - And I Mean Utterly Alone, Like No One Else In The World Alone - At Night. That's The Nucleus Of The First Story In My Collection And It's Also Where The Title Came From For The Book.

Writing Can Be A Very Solitary Business. It's You Sat At A Desk Typing Words Into A Computer. It Can Get Lonely Sometimes And Lots Of Writers Live Quite Isolated Lives.

Some Writers Would Be Kinder Than Others, I'm Sure. Hopefully They Might Describe My Techniques As A Mixture Of Tried And Tested Formulas - If It Aint Broke Don't Fix It - And Unexpected Twists.

The Joy Of Painting Lies Precisely In The Challenge Of Memory And The Challenge Of Translation From The Lived Experience To The Two-dimensional Or Three-dimensional Symbol.