I’ve had an idea rattling around in my head for a while now, and I think it’s viable to turn it into two sequels. People have been asking me what actually happened to Will at the end of the story, and until now I’ve been happy to leave it hovering out there in the ether, but I think the time is right to start answering that question. Maybe there’ll be more questions layed out before that answer is fully revealed, but if what I have in my head at the moment translates to the page well enough, I think it should be a worthwhile adventure to embark on.
I’ve got an idea for the second book’s cover which involves using the design from the first one, but zooming out a bit to reveal some kind of figure. Also, the colour scheme will be flipped, so the background will be black and the outline white. The working title for the first sequel is ‘Shut Down’, but that may change. I’ll keep you updated, and hopefully I’ll have something for you by this time next year or sooner.
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I write novels and short stories and draw and write cartoons. The main cartoon I'm working on at the moment is Still Life. It's about a man who sits at home on his sofa all day and yet bizarre things still happen to him. At the moment him and his sofa are stuck on a desert island. Check out Still Life Series Five: Beyond the Sofa on this site.
My debut novel is out now. It's called 'A Fifth Visitor', and it's a very unofficial sequel to 'A Christmas Carol'. The story picks up five years after the events of Dickens' classic, and we see how Scrooge is getting on with his promise to always keep Christmas. A new spirit pays him a visit and convinces Scrooge that he's not doing enough to redeem himself, so they both travel to the future to save a young nurse called Grace, but there's something big that this new spirit is keeping to himself. I'm developing a website dedicated to my writing, so watch this space. One of my short stories is available on amazon kindle. If you want to check it out, it's called 'Richmond's Rarity'. It's about a late night hospital radio DJ. I've written it under my author name of John D Payne.
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