Short Story - My Divergent Lands

 Hello and welcome to this month’s short story video.

This time around, it is the turn of My Divergent Lands, one of the stories from 2016’s anthology Let All Mortal Flesh (links for which you can find at www.aschambers.co.uk).

This is one of the many shorts I’ve written that tie in with the stories of Sam Spallucci. 

However, this one is a bit different…

What we have here is the shadowy Black Dragon Kanor looking out over the Divergent Lands and revelling in his obliteration of the human race. For once we get to see the world from this devastator of humanity.

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Take care and keep looking out for what lurks in the shadows…

A.S.Chambers.

One Minute Writing Workshop: Filing

 Hello and welcome to this little one-minute writing workshop.

This month, I want to have a little chat about something that is crucial in keeping your work organised. Filing! 

As creative types, it can be very tempting for us to scratch things out in a book or on a random bit of paper, but this can be a nightmare when it comes to trying to find that amazing idea we had six months ago. 

It is crucial to keep a good filing system, both a paper one and a digital one. It just makes the whole creative process so much easier. We don’t have to keep worrying about things that we inadvertently lose.

So, if you haven’t already done so, go through your bits of paper and random files on your computer and get them nicely ordered.

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Take care and keep looking out for what lurks in the shadows…

A.S.Chambers.

Spalluccipedia: Dalton Square

 Greetings and welcome to this monthly dive into characters, places and themes in the ever-expanding world of my paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci.

This time around, I want to have a little chat about a location: Dalton Square in Lancaster.

Dalton Square is the location that I use the most in my Sam Spallucci books, mainly because that’s where his base of operations is located. He has an office and a flat above the Chinese restaurant there, the Paradise Dragon. Both of them he has rent-free because of the supernatural pickles he got the proprietor out of. 

In real life, there is indeed a Chinese restaurant in the square. I frequent the Fortune Star quite a lot myself. It is well worth a visit. As is the Borough, the pub which I use as Sam’s drinking hole. 

Historically, Dalton Square as it is now was developed in the late Victorian era with the Town Hall and the statue of Victoria herself following after the monarch’s death. It is named after the Dalton family who lived out at Thurnam Hall to the southwest of Lancaster. In fact, many of the streets around the square are named after members of the Dalton family, who were one of the richest families in the area.

I hope you enjoy the little accompanying video about. Please leave your thoughts and comments below.

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A.S.Chambers.

Monthly Roundup - June 2023

 Greetings one and all!

It’s the first week of June and the coming month is going to be a busy one for Yours Truly!

Well, first, Lux Æterna’s first draft is complete and I am now currently mid-major edit. I love this part of the creative process, making sure that everything works and bringing out highlights to tease and tantalise my readers. I’m still on track for an autumn release and I hope to be able to share a cover reveal with you in a month or so.

June 24th sees me book signing at CoCo Comic Con in my very own Lancaster. This was an absolute hoot last year, so I highly recommend you come along if you can. More details over at www.aschambers.co.uk. 

The biggest news, though, is that my Kickstarter for The Case of the Pillaging Pirates and Bobby Normal and the Fallen goes live on the 12th June! Sooooooo excited about this one as it’s the first time that I’ve had a double launch. Obviously, all Seraph Patreon members will receive signed copies as part of their membership, but if you want to back the Kickstarter, there are some cracking rewards. Check it out by following the link on www.aschambers.co.uk.

Right, that’s all for now. Take care and keep looking for what lurks in the shadows!

ASC.

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Short Story - Prodigy

 Hello and welcome to this month’s short story video.

This time around, it is the turn of Prodigy, one of the stories from 2015’s anthology All Things Dark and Dangerous (links for which you can find at www.aschambers.co.uk).

This is one of the many standalone shorts that I write whilst I’m working on my main body of Sam Spallucci stories. I love being able to just pop out something a bit different every now and again.

And, boy, is Prodigy different…

As many of my readers will know, I am quite a fan of Philip K Dick. I love his sharp, to-the-point style, which can from time to time create a feeling of detachment from the events in a story and a surreal flavour. One story which, for me, encapsulated this style was Nanny, a story about battling nanny robots. It was after I read this that my own Dick-style ideas started to bounce around. The one that came to fruition was Prodigy which took his style and laced it with a good splash of horror.

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Take care and keep looking out for what lurks in the shadows…

A.S.Chambers.

Spalluccipedia: DCI Jitendra Patel

Greetings and welcome to this monthly dive into characters, places and themes in the ever-expanding world of my paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci.

This time around, I want to have a little chat about one of the interesting side characters from the Spallucciverse: DCI Jitendra Patel.

Lancaster’s fictional DCI has been a bit of a labour of love for me. Introduced right at the beginning of Sam’s adventures in The Casebook of Sam Spallucci, I kept him happily bubbling away on the creative stove for six books, occasionally adding more spices and ingredients every time we met him. 

We quickly learnt that he was a straight-laced, organised neat freak who commanded respect and loyalty from the police officers that served under him. We then discovered that he was secretly pursuing his own research into the Bloodline of Abel after his encounter with hawking in Williamson Park. This eventually led to the tragically climactic events of Sam Spallucci: Bloodline.

Part of Jitendra’s role was to act as a foil for all the supernatural shenanigans in Sam’s life. To a certain extent, like Spliff, he was an anchor for Sam, giving him a certain amount of grounding in the mundane world. Like Spliff, this anchor was eventually cut loose and we shall have to see what effect this has on Sam in the later books.

I hope you enjoy the little video about him. Please leave your thoughts and comments below.

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Take care and keep looking out for what lurks in the shadows…

A.S.Chambers.

 

A.S.Chambers - May Roundup

 Greetings one and all!

So here we are in the sunny first week of May. The cherry blossom is in bloom, the blackbirds are twittering in the trees and the mallards are insanely randy down on the canal…

But what does this first proper month of springtime have in store for Yours Truly and what can you expect to see from me over the coming few weeks?

Well, first, Lux Æterna’s first draft is tantalisingly near completion. I am currently working on a  section in the Case of the Crying Crucifix where Sam, Alec and Lucifer (that’s right, the fallen seraph is going to feature as a main character…) are transported forwards in time to the Divergent Lands. So far, Sam has been betrayed by the Abyss, tortured by Asmodeus and rescued by… Hmmmm… actually, that one might be a touch spoilery. All I’ll say is that it is a certain female character from another series of mine who has aged a touch. If you get it, give yourself a pat on the back.

What else am I up to?

Well, The Case of the Pillaging Pirates has now been formatted for its paperback release in a couple of months’ time. Look out for a joint Kickstarter for that and Bobby Normal 4 - Bobby Normal and the Fallen. Also, look out for the cover reveals for both books later this month or early next month.

No signings planned for this month, but I will be at the local CoCo Comic Con in June. More details next month.

Right, that’s all for now. Take care and keep looking for what lurks in the shadows!

ASC.

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