Here I am at the edge

I did have an earlier short story published Officially, this short story is my first to be published , unofficially it is my second as I had a story published in a magazine when I was about 17. That story is lost to time as it was in a men's magazine of the 1970's, by today's writing it would be lame.

A treat for Christmas Treat yourself to my best-known  ghost story  www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H4F38AI   for  Christmas .   This collection features a version of my story not seen apart from on a friend's webpage for a few weeks, it is both a  bargain  and something of a  collectable e-book .

Bishopsworth In times of hardship and distress, similar to those he was going through, the writer had always found some peace in the clamour of life by visiting churches. This day was no different, his life was filled with the torment of debts he couldn't pay and worries about his health     https://disqus.com/home/discussion/channel-writingworld/carry_the_fight_on/   . The history of churches had been an interest of his since his teens, at one time he did think he should have become a priest as he can empathise with people because he's been through a lot. His friends and family had grown more worried since the move. Everyone thought he was coping well with the changes in his life, what they didn't realise is that this only showed what a good actor he had become over the years; in reality, he was not coping well. As he walked up the path to the church, he saw the doors were closed, and there was no sound. He quietly walked around the side of the church examinin...

The chills are multiplying Treat yourself to a spooktacular double for Halloween , with two of my best stories for this time of year. The classic chilling tale of The Old Church ghosts   and Carol Caitlin's debut in  Zombiewatch . Ms. Caitlin reappears in  The Overdale incident , this time learning about alien love-making techniques .

 Between the rise in popularity of my first story "The Ghost of St. Mary's" and my most read story "The Old Church Ghosts," lies a little read story of a lost cargo and a foolish captain who haunts the sea around Scarborough. The story is fiction but the storm at the end is recorded in the RNLI annals.  As with all my books it is available @  https://www.draft2digital.com/book/

There is a fallacy among writers than free reads encourage sales of your books. I can tell you it is a LIE, free reads do NOT boost your sales, here are examples to view:- On my blog  http://alsdomain.weebly.com/index.html#.UXcS36KG0W7 over 1,750 reads and not one sale. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008BK1WDK On Scib'd chapter one of Chronicles of Mark Johnson has over 350 reads but not a sale. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008BEDMSO  Old Church Ghosts is my most popular story with 3 versions but although its popularity is not in doubt, there have been no sales. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085ZXWEI Many writers will argue the opposite view, I am giving you the view from my point of view – statistics tell their own story, or maybe I am just a bad writer? 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALHSC6G   This is a good selection of my ghost stories, covering early ones such as "The Ghost of St. Mary's" and following through to the short version of "Love of the Sea," which later in the year will be out as a single larger book,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/church-ghosts-Adult-version-ebook/dp/B0085ZXWEI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1361289506&sr=1-1 In the well known story of the one story which I don't like, yet many people do. Now in its 4th version, it is back to haunt me. I said at the time of finishing it "It would be just my luck, as I don't like it, It will be a best seller." OCG isn't a best seller, but certainly the most read.

 Complete with the scary cover by Yezall and a new spook filled atmosphere, The Old Church Ghosts come back to haunt you. This is an adult version, you have been warned.  Copies can be bought from me, before they go on sale at Amazon.

 Today, I am starting a spooky version of my most popular story. It has a well documented history on the blog, but this is an adult version. With luck and a good rate of work, it should be out by the end of next week and on sale from my blog.  This is the re-start to my work after a long period of doubts, I will still be going off line at the end of the month as things are not good at the moment for me, and I need some down-time. I will continue to write as I have stories aplenty to tell.

As well as Chronicles; Pat Canella and The Word, don't forget my chilling ghost stories. More to come over your spooky way soon ;) http://www.tumblr.com/blog/alwplace

Back in July 2012 I wrote a blog about the contrasting fortunes of two of my stories and how they fared in the reader's eyes. I thought in view of recent events, it would be interesting to see how the months had treated them http://writersgettogether.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/old-church-ghosts.html http://hereiamattheedge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/tale-of-two-stories.html#.UHiQe29JNGA  It is still the case that "The Old church ghost" is one of my most popular stories. It is appearing in "A spooky fall harvest" written by our group, The Peacock writers as well as going through a fourth version with a more adult feel. Chronicles, has recently been in the horror anthology charts and now has an award by indiePENdents.org. This collection will always be my personal favourite. Even though I loved MJ & didn't like TOCG, they do share one thing, they are struggling for sales. Chronicles has sold 3 copies in as many months. Chronicles is now with the ...