Category Archives: The Book of Pinian

Oræl Rides to War: My Phase Two Series

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Hatboy

Right. So. The Last Days of Earth is complete, which means with Bad Cow and Greyblade we have a complete trilogy! I haven’t got very good metrics on these books, certainly not compared to The Final Fall of Man which … Continue reading →

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The Glyph

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Hatboy

The heavy metal door clanged open and the breach officer’s armoured boots added to the general crashing and hollow ringing that never quite went away on board. It was deafening at first, and then you got used to it. And … Continue reading →

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The Last Alicorn: Live!

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Hatboy

It’s here! And in e-book format, here! That is all. It’s been a long night and a long year. And I still have a Christmas Special to write, and apparently a film critique connecting Zardoz and Jingle All The Way into the … Continue reading →

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The Last Alicorn (illustration showcase)

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Hatboy

The scanning and messing around is done, and now I’m waiting for Kindle Direct Publishing to process the monstrous 67 MB file I sent them for the illustrated paperback. It hasn’t crashed as of time of posting, so hopefully it’s … Continue reading →

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Tales of the Always Night, a teaser

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Hatboy

I finished editing today, and I have seven illustrations left to draw before I’m ready to go to print with the proof copies. Hopefully it’ll be a fun read. More news as comes to light, and as I promised I … Continue reading →

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Pretty Balls At Rest

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Hatboy

Zeegon climbed the final ramp and stepped out into the light. Already unwrapping his lunch, he ambled along the gentle slope and groaned his way into a sitting position on the warm metal. He looked up at the sky and … Continue reading →

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The Blind Time Traveller

Posted on June 14, 2020 by Hatboy

This will probably be the last of these I post for a bit, I’m aiming to get the book done soon and I want to have a few stories left to make it worth the €5 for the e-book. It … Continue reading →

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Did an interview the other day

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Hatboy

By a random series of coincidences, my man Jonathan Itkobloom brought this Twitter thread to my attention a while ago. I signed up to do an interview and get word of my books to a new corner of the Internet, … Continue reading →

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The Riddlespawn

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Hatboy

This got pretty long, and quite complicated as the distant past of the Void Dimension and the ancient species that live there began coming out of the woodwork. I won’t say careful readers of my published works should be able … Continue reading →

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The Fang o’ God (reboot)

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Hatboy

Because this is my blog and I can. Just in case you didn’t read the first version, here is the edited second version with the tertiary plotline replaced with a more standard shipwreck. And it let me add in a … Continue reading →

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