Welcome to my hundredth blog post! Today, we’re going to be taking an in-depth look at Our Paused World, my short but sweet lockdown-inspired poetry collection. Unlike most of my books, this one is only available as a print edition – but the copies are relatively cheap on Amazon if you’d like to give it a go.
Look At A Book: Cicerone
Since we’ve already looked at Lighter Fluid, it made sense to me to come to my second novella, quite a different one. This is my darkest fantasy work to date, in my opinion, and it’s got a completely opposite ‘structure’ to Lighter Fluid – instead of a lot of short scenes, this novella contains six longer chapters with an approximately similar wordcount, and it’s my only long-form work that is in second person, which is always interesting. But anyway, let’s get into looking closer at Cicerone!
Look At A Book: The Cats Collection
Okay so, technically, we’re cheating a little bit today. My last two ‘Look At A Book’ posts have both been, as the title suggests, about one book. However, with Cats Alone, Cats Wild and Cats Home, they kind of have to come as a trio. This is my first ever completed series as a trilogy and my only middle-grade focused books, and Cats Alone was the first book I ever wrote and published, so this series does mean a lot to me. If you’re as excited to take a closer look at The Cats Collection as I am, let’s get right into it!
Look At A Book: Everything Under The Rainbow
This week, I’m highlighting my most popular print book and third most popular ebook (behind Lighter Fluid, which I covered last week, and Cats Alone). This is probably the book that I’m most proud of out of all of my releases and the one that has had the most positive impact on my readers, that I know of (if you’ve read and enjoyed this book, feel free to let me know in a comment below!). It’s also my only short story collection as of right now, so that makes it even more special! Without any further ado, let’s take a closer look at Everything Under The Rainbow!
Look At A Book: Lighter Fluid
Okay, so this week we’re going to do something a little bit different. Instead of highlighting some of my short fiction, I’m going to start a new blog project over the next few weeks: highlighting one of my books in each post! I’ll be going through some background information, the essential details and some fun little tidbits to see if each book would be a good fit for you as a reader. It’ll be nice to take a look back at some of my older works and hopefully, you’ll be able to find something that interests you! So, let’s kick off the first Look At A Book with my first-ever novella: Lighter Fluid.
Firefly
This week, I’ve got a cute little poem that uses a firefly as a metaphor for love for you – I hope you enjoy it! There’s some similar poetry in Intricacies Inked In Ice if you’d like to check that out, and, of course, don’t forget to go and have a look at my latest novel, The Demon Of Darkenhall Lane, if you haven’t already! But anyway, onto the poem!
Purgatory Inc.
This is an interesting little short story exploring a possible afterlife, so I really hope you enjoy it! I think the overall vibes are similar to my upcoming novella Sweet Dream, Bitter Reality and also some of the poems in Aleatory Poetry, so feel free to check them out if you’re interested to see more of this sort of writing from me.
Fly The Nest
Hi there! I have a nice little poem that was previously available in Watchdog Zine for you today, which will be perfect if you like birds (just like my poetry collection On Gentle Wings – trust me, it’s completely full of bird-inspired poetry).
New Book – The Demon Of Darkenhall Lane
Okay, so this will be the last post about The Demon Of Darkenhall Lane, I promise! But the paperback and hardback versions have become available on Amazon if you’d like to head over and buy yourself a copy, so I thought I’d just make this post to update you on that – I know I’m really excited to get my hands on my copy once it arrives haha.
Release Day – The Demon Of Darkenhall Lane
Couple of quick questions for you today! Do you like fantasy novels, specifically fantasy of manners? Are you interested by the concept of a fantasy city with a fiercely hierarchal, Victorian-esque society/technology level where Demons, Reapers and Souled (the normal humans) live side-by-side in an uneasy, gossip-fuelled coexistence? Does the added element of a slow-burn gay romance alongside a complex mystery narrative intrigue you?
Oskar Leonard 