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It seems I’m surrounded by imaginative and wonderful bloggers that I can’t resist stealing from. First off we had the post about your 10 favourite stories and now Danielle Ferries has blogged about her five favourite characters – ones she created, of course (her Tallulah Todd sounds perfectly awesome). So, not one to be left out, here are mine…

Tobias Tribute
Tobias Tribute is a grim reaper with emphasis on the grim. I feel sorry for him (is that a bad reason to like a character?) despite the fact he is nasty, selfish and doesn’t care that the people he murders (in many varied and gruesome ways) are young and happy (or even old and grumpy). All that matters is that he reaches his quota. Tobias can be found within the pages of my novel, ‘The Midnight Motel’. Unfortunately, you’ll never get to meet him.

Frog
Frog just wants someone to love him. Well he did until he met his mail order bride. Frog can be found in the obviously titled short story, ‘Frog & the Mail Order Bride’, and I very much hope you get to meet him.

Uncle Joe Kendrick
A supporting character in ‘The Poisoned Apple’, I think he is a sweet, bizarre man who doesn’t see the world quite as we do. Plus, he talks to garden gnomes.

Wolfram Lavoisier
Wolfram (who sometimes doubles as the not-so-ferocious Wolf Dude) has not yet been fully realised. He makes a brief, but very important, appearance in the rewritten ‘The Poisoned Apple’, and his fate is balancing on the acceptance of TPA. He is on the brink of starring alongside his daughter in the unimaginatively titled ‘Red’. Red is about a girl who is to become a werewolf on her eleventh birthday and who would rather be a chiropractor even though she hates feet. Especially hairy feet. I guess I really like Red too.

Swan Ecklund
Swan is a selfish, preening, anti-hero. What’s not to love about that? He’s one of my soldiers in the ‘Theatre of Curious Acts’.

If I disappear from the internet for any length of time it means one of my characters has escaped and snared me in a real-life net for not naming them amongst my favourites. I would like to reassure them now that I love them all too.

The Wolf Dude and I have a competition for you. He has decided he wants to form a band - despite being unable to sing (shush! I never said that) - and he would like you all to choose a suitable name for that band. Now of course we wouldn't expect you to do that for nothing so we are offering a few prizes for the winners.


First prize:

The WolfSongs Volume 1 anthology which is edited by MH Bonham and includes my story 'The Graveyard of Dead Vehicles'.

The Sand: Strange Tales anthology edited by Edward Lupak (cover art by Aaron Polson) and including my story 'Through the Warped Eye of Death'.




Second Prize:

Wolfsongs Volume 1 anthology








Third Prize:

Sand: Strange Tales anthology










Here are the rules and other bits and bobs:

1. Leave a comment stating the name you think the Wolf Dude should give his band.
2. Competition is open from now until Midnight Saturday 13th December 2008 GMT.
3. You can enter as many times as you like.
4. The winners will be chosen by two teenagers, my mother and a three year old who prefers princesses and hates the Wolf Dude - I will have nothing to do with the judging process.
5. Check back on Sunday 14th/Monday 15th when I will be posting the names of the winners along with my email address so that you can contact me re receiving your prizes.