Extending his senses, Lorkin tried again to hear his mother’s surface thoughts. What he picked up seemed too out of character, however. He must be imagining it. Though…it was also odd that he would imagine his mother thinking such a string of curse words.

Though I can’t help feeling a sudden death cheats you of something. Death is an experience of life. You only get one death. I would like to be aware it was happening, even if that did mean enduring pain and fear.

Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

Mortals did not need gods to order them to kill eachother. They were quite capable of finding reasons to do so themselves.

I wound up studying art and design, got a job at Lonely Planet Publications as a designer, cartographer and illustrator.

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams