What's the story behind your latest novel?
"Fabian" is the fourth novel in my Artisan-Sorcerer Series, which follows the lives of a group of artists and crafts-workers who share a communal house in Liverpool. Most of them hold down conventional jobs too, though Fabian wishes he could afford to give up teaching in a tough city centre high school and make a living from his hand-tooled leather products.
Of course there's more to their community than meets the public eye; while art is a main theme of their lives, they're also members of a secret international occult order, and "Fabian" features astral projection and magic.
We also meet the enigmatic Peacock King, who rules over all the fae races and who makes Fabian an offer he can't refuse. Fabian is faced with difficult challenges which bring him into mortal danger.
What are you working on next?
Right now, I have two quite seperate projects on the go. I'm currently writing "Morgan", the fifth and probably final novel in the Artisan-Sorcerer Series, which is very much a continuation of Bethany Rose's story. Also, I'm creating a series of oil and watercolour paintings themed on the River Mersey and Birkenhead Park, which I aim to exhibit at some point.
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