Rob Sanders

I first met Rob Sanders a couple of years ago now at Games Day. (Don't know what Games Day is? Then click here.) The first story of his I read was Cold Light of Day which appeared in Inferno! magazine #40 - and very good it was too.

Well Rob's now a fully-fledged novelist. His first novel, Redemption Corps is available now, and he's busy at work on his second. And he has his own blog (of course). To find out more, follow this link.

Dave Allsop

A while ago now I wrote a series of posts about the short stories I had written. I got as far as number 4 (a story called Dark Heart) and as yet the series has yet to be continued. However, if I had got as far as short story number 12 you would have heard me mention the name of Dave Allsop already.

I have recently been revisiting the Black Templar Space Marines of the Solemnus Crusade for an upcoming (and rather unexpected) project and looked up my Templars short story Sanctuary which originally appeared in Inferno! magazine #38. The accompanying illustration of Chaplain Wolfram battling genestealers was by Dave Allsop and was a really rather fine piece of work.


So I looked him up on the Internet and found this... But be warned, it's not for the faint of heart. I particularly like his paintings of a Putrid Leech and a Tooth Golem along with his cute Cthulhu characters (that can be found here).

Black Library Live!

Tomorrow, Black Library Live! will be taking place at Warhammer World (at Games Workshop's HQ) in Nottingham. The great and the good of the Black Library will be there to sign books, talk about upcoming projects, read extracts from books and take part in themed battles.

If you haven't already got a ticket you can still get one on the day (I think they're £10). It runs from about 10.30am until 5.00pm, so if you're in the area, why not pop along?

I won't be there. Much as I would like to be, other... commitments... prevent me. It was the same a few years ago. I was invited to take part in Black Library Day when Inferno! magazine was still being published and Necromundan Underhive Bounty Hunter Nathan Creed was something of a big thing in certain circles. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it and apparently missed a stonker. I went the following year and chatted to Gav Thorpe but didn't see much front line action.

Anyway, here's wishing everyone well for tomorrow and if you do manage to get there yourself, why not stop by later and post how you got on here?

Until next time...