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I used to boast that my first published novel was the best-proofed book in the world. And it probably was. Then someone spotted a mistake. Just one. It wasn’t a big one. But it was there.

Now it’s fixed, and my boast stands.

Any writer can handle the entire process themselves. Writing, checking, editing, proof-reading, formatting, cover design,...

“There’s dark, and there’s twisted. Then there’s Burning Roses... Sex magick rituals in nightclubs. Ancient demons in the mosh pit. Dozens of easter eggs, hilarious references to song lyrics and dead musicians, that had me snorting coffee out my nose. If this is how people lived in the 80s, I’m surprised anyone survived. But I’m glad they did....

13 twisted tales of mystery, music, magick & mayhem.
Some torn from headlines in sunny South Africa where, for many, these are part of everyday life.

Morag wants to fly to the States and shag her favourite rock star.
Noddy wants to leave Johannesburg, move to the coast and get a fresh start.
Janine wants Noddy to find a job and settle down.
Dirk...

Stop living from paycheck to paycheck. Achieve Financial Independence. Retire Early. Join the FIRE movement that’s igniting the world.

Everybody wants to scrape together enough money to escape the rat race and live their dreams. But very few people are willing to put in the effort and make the sacrifices required for this to happen.

Building...

Bill James is the alter ego of two South African authors who have drunk together, sold books together, and now finally written a book together. That does not make it a bromance. Despite their having collaborated on a steamy sex scene.

Their first book has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.

Set in Johannesburg in the near future, Big Day Out is a...

What happens when reality TV ventures out into space and awakens ancient gods who would really rather be left alone?

Watch the human race tear itself apart in the face of cosmic forces unleashed after millennia.

Science-fiction horror, written during Corona lockdown as part of the 2020 Zombie Pirate Writing Week Challenge. And yes, I was...

When an angry Facebook post spirals into a serial killing spree, John’s ordered life slips sideways into a nightmare world where social media betrays his every move to the killers. Fast-paced, compelling psychological thriller.

3 full short stories, a radio play, & 20 short short stories

Family Obligations - A female private investigator meets the family from hell. Chaos ensues when a demon tries to enforce his traditional contractual rights over his offspring.
But we’re not in Alabama, now, are we?

Mark’s Mistake - The devil came down to Mark’s house, she was looking...

Take a look inside Burning Books Publishing’s decadent twisted world of mystery, music, magick & mayhem

Burning Roses - a decadent tale of sex, drugs, rock n roll & magick

Dancing in Valhalla - 13 twisted tales of mystery, music, magick & mayhem

Tales from the Crying Room - short stories & flash fiction with a twist in the...

Once, in another age, the gates that guard the fiery inferno that is hell creaked open in the dark and unleashed, upon this earth, every drop of terror that could be wrung from beyond them. A group of storytellers banded together to chronicle the tsunami of evil that ensued. Their scribblings depicted events so horrific, the manuscript was...