My new short story, ‘Misericord’ has been published in Great British Horror 1: Green and Pleasant Land and ‘The Selection Process’, my poem featuring an interviewing clown, will be in the comedy edition of Magma. Hurrah!
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New Short Story and Poem Published
‘Stiletto semiotics’: The Slice Girls in the Independent!
A great review of The Slice Girls in the Independent today, along with a trip with me round a New Orleans graveyard! Reacher says Nothing author, Andy Martin, says “Seeing the Slice Girls on stage in the Voodoo Garden at the …
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The Stone House is in the shops!
The Stone House, my YA tie-in novel for Doctor Who spin-off, Class, has been published by BBC Books! I was completely delighted to be asked and get access to the scripts before shooting even began. As a fan of both Doctor Who …
Events update
In six months it’ll be nearly Christmas and there so much to do, so many words to write, so many places to go in that time. I will be interviewing the marvellous Johnny Mains at the Dead Funny launch at …
November Outbreak
I can at last stop clamping my hand over my mouth and announce that Torchwood: Outbreak, a three-part audio drama mini-series starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Gareth David Lloyd, will be released by Big Finish in November. I co-wrote Outbreak with Guy …
‘The Victorian Age’ is Here!
The Victorian Age, my Torchwood script for Big Finish, has been made sparkly by brilliant producer James Goss, director Scott Handcock, composer Blair Mowat and more and is OUT NOW! It’s received brilliant reviews already: ‘AK Benedict’s script provided one …
Feature Week Starts Here!
As it’s the launch week of Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts, I will be featured on a number of blogs, starting with StephBookBlog. Here I am talking about mudlarking in the dark, synaesthesia and London. Thanks, Steph!
‘I’m a little bit in love with this book’
A new review is in for Jonathan Dark and it is fabulous! Liz Loves Books say lovely things including: ‘Jonathan Dark or the Evidence of Ghosts is a remarkable read in a lot of ways, a definite page turner but also often …
How I Write. . .
Last summer I wrote a story for The Pigeonhole‘s horror anthology, Scaremongrel, and was asked to write a blog post for their ‘How I Write’ series. I found, instead, that I wrote it on’ How I Wrote’ that particular story. Every novel, …
Sunday Express Review
Great review in the Sunday Express yesterday for Jonathan Dark or The Evidence of Ghosts: “AK Benedict is snapping at the heels of Ben Aaronovitch as one of the new stars of the sub-genre of crime with a supernatural twist… A …
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