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Hard to keep your head when the person you love is hurt. My only advice is to take that fear and pain and try to turn it into rage.

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This is really cool! Alternate Shattered Minds covers. 

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False Hearts is 99p all of April!

False Hearts is 99p all of April!

False Hearts if on sale this month in ebook for only 99p in the UK in April. I’d super appreciate you taking a look if you’ve not picked it up before, or recommend it to a friend if you have. If you’re outside the UK, I’d still love if you’d consider picking it up at its not-quite-so-cheap price.

This book is one of my favourites I’ve written. It stars formerly conjoined bisexual black-Samoan…

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Made this for fun because someone’s really excited for @fishingboatproceeds‘ new book. 

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IT’S BOOK GIVEAWAY TIME!

I’m giving away a signed UK edition copy of my second novel, Radio Silence, which is a book about YouTube podcasts, school anxiety, and lgbtq+ weird kids. Read the blurb here.

All you need to do is reblog this post and follow me @chronicintrovert to enter.

Open worldwide. Anyone can enter!

Giveaway closes and winner randomly selected Sunday 30th July 2017 at 9pm UK time.

Reblog as many times as you like!

The winner must respond to me with their name and address within 48 hours of me contacting you, or I will have to select someone else.

Thank you and good luck!!

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Last week was full of fun with Lisa visiting from across the pond, but this meant I didn't get a chance to do any reading. Now I can dig my claws into this gem! I loved False Heart so much (read it, yo) and I'm super excited for this "female Dexter with a conscience" book, set in the same near future San Fran!

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This was such a wonderful read! I made it my holiday book when I went down to London to renew my passport. The gloomy London setting was a perfect contrast to the sunny picnic table.

The Fallen Children is inspired by the 1957 novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham and has much of the same premise. 

During a strange “Nightout” the entire population of a London estate fall unconscious. When they wake up, oblivious to the night before, four girls realise that they are pregnant. When the pregnancies proceed at an alarming rate, the girls find themselves the enemies of their neighbours, and are forced to come to terms with what happened that fateful night. 

The Fallen Children is amazing, and Owen’s way of adapting this story and making it his own is only one of many. He takes a very outdated story and places it in the middle of London apartment building. It’s a perfect move from a quaint English village, for both locations have that set of strange and scary characters that are needed for a story like this. 

But just comparing the book to its inspiration doesn’t give Owen enough credit. The Fallen Children is so much more than just a modern adaptation, i is a wonderful piece of writing on its own. Owen’s crafting of character register is impeccable, every character has a distinct and clear voice, and it is a joy to get to know every one of them. 

The Fallen Children is not just a story about impossible pregnancies, it’s also very much a story about class, and about being judged based on things you can’t control. It is about rising above those preconceptions and making something out of yourself. 

This book was so amazing, guys. I’d been looking forward to it for such a long time, and when I saw that purple cover (number 42!) in the shop I couldn’t help myself. With 360 different covers (plus a special golden egg) you’re bound to find one you love. 

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New books! 

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My friend got me a proof of State of Grace by Rachel Lucas, and I am so thrilled to have read this! A sweet and wonderful YA debut, dealing with all the problems of growing up which are only magnified by having Aspergers. Grace is a lovely heroine, one I very much identified with. 

I would very much have liked to have this book when I was younger, going through the ordeal of being an awkward teenager. Hopefully it will be out there for this generation to adore! 

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A month ago I volunteered for the Crime Writers’ Association’s annual conference, which was a wonderful experience! We helped with goodie-bags and general smooth running, and it was a glimpse into the professional world of publishing I’m hoping to join one day as well. 

As part of the CWA, I entered the New Generation short-story competition, and to my surprise, I was short-listed for the prize! All of us who entered were given the opportunity to read our stories in a special section of Blackwell’s here in Edinburgh. While it was nerve wracking to read my own work in front of people, it was also extremely exciting, and I am so grateful for the opportunity. 

Once the shortlist was announced, my short-story got read by none other than Stuart MacBride! He put on his best serial killer voice (which was chilling!!) and it ended up being an absolutely perfect reading! 

You can read my and the other shortlisted winners’ stories here! 

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How gorgeous isn’t this cover? It is both shiny and has sprayed edges, which I hope every single paperback I ever buy has as well. 

False Hearts also happens to be an amazing novel, set in near future San Francisco. It follows two formerly conjoined twins who grew up in a nature-based cult surrounded by a swamp. It is, without a doubt, one of the best novels I have read in a long time, and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a sci-fi novel to captivate them. There is also another novel, Shattered Minds, out in June! It’s not technically a sequel, but it’s set in the same wonderful world.  

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Wing Jones is so amazingly gorgeous with its pink and purple edges! And the book inside is even more wonderful. 

Wing Jones was actually the first book I read just for myself in a long time. I have been so busy with uni, both with contextual reading and actual writing of stories and essays, that reading just for me fell behind. The book is such an amazing journey, both for Wing and the for the readers, and it reminded me of how much I love stories. I would recommend it for anyone who loves them too. 

And of course the acknowledges made me cry as they always do.