Out Now: Welcome to Neverbury

Somewhere on the coast of England, Neverbury is a quaint seaside town with the kind of problems that a lot of quaint English seaside towns have these days... demons, serial killers, immortals, thieves, time travellers, ghosts, vampires, idle gods, haunted houses, witches, an extraordinarily strident village council, and monsters.

Praise for "Welcome to Neverbury"

"A deliciously dark set of stories - like a chocolate box, each chocolate filled with a mix of humour, blood and strange happenings. Written with flair, confidence and a keen eye for detail. If you like Inside No:9, you'll love this!"

"Loved this from start to finish, I listened to the Audiobook which was brilliantly read by Terry Cooper and then had to buy the hard copy straight away. Very Inside number 9 esq with moments of Neil Gaiman. Loved it."

"Absolutely loved this book. The author slowly paints a picture of the quaint little town that has many secrets! Each independent story weaves a web of mystery and strange goings on in Neverbury ensuring you are hooked from the start!"

Chris Lynch

Chris Lynch is a writer, technologist, digital marketeer, film-maker, comic book guy, part-time hypnotist, foodie, and general nuisance.

For the past few years, Chris has been writing Doctor Who spin-off stories in the "Haisman Universe" featuring characters such as Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, Lucy Wilson, monsters such as the Quarks and the Great Intelligence, and a few of his own creations. Chris' first book for the "Lucy Wilson Mysteries" series "Curse of the Mirror Clowns" was short-listed for a Scribe Award in 2019.

When Chris isn't working on books, he also writes screenplays, comic books, and audio dramas. His most recent screenplay, OffWorld, is currently in post-production with a major US distributor attached.

Once a week Chris is co-host of an online radio show/podcast "Soundclash" on South Wales ONE. From time to time, you can also find him at live South Wales ONE community and charity events.

By day, Chris is IT Director for a major InsureTech business in South Wales and, prior to that, was CTO and founder of the a leading digital agency specializing in eCommerce and bespoke solutions. Chris enjoys writing about technology and digital marketing, with particular reference to how these intersect with writing and how authors can better market themselves online. In 2018, Chris wrote ["The Truth About SEO"], a guide to digital marketing for business owners that became a number 1 Amazon Best Seller in a number of categories.

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Latest Newsletters

Offworld Alien Planet is now on Amazon Prime

In which I take credit for the work of others, but that's OK because we're all one big happy family. I think.

Happy New Year

In which it's that time of year again, and I've got a new free story to share.

Is there a "real" Neverbury?

In which I reveal a secret

We did it!

In which it turns out I can be king after all, at least for a moment!

My Substack Summer

What I read in Summer 2024

Hail to the King, Baby

In which I am forced to accept that I am not Stephen King

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Tonight's #soundclash was an ABSOLUTE BELTER. Wall to wall rock classics. I may finally have educated Two Scoops on what a good song sounds like. Grab the podcast tomorrow or catch the repeat on the weekend. Whatever you do, do not miss this episode. (It's the best one we've done since the infamous "dinosaur erotica" episode)

31 days to go. Return to Neverbury with me this Halloween for magicians, dodgy lawyers, creeping horrors, changelings, folk music purists, portals to hell, idle gods, ghosts, militant amateur cycling clubs, and a serious problem with something called “Big Chicken”.

Introducing the GenAI quick-step:

1. Create slop machine
2. Do nothing to discourage slop
3. Add your own slop into feeds (see Vibes)
4. Add in adverts (see OpenAI adding adverts and new feeds)
5. Charge a subscription to clean the feed of all the junk you created
6. Profit?

Google is 27 years old. Here's the logo from the good old days of 10 organic results. Before ads took over, before multiple algorithm updates (Penguin, Panda, Hummingbird, Mobileapocalypse, BERT, etc.), before Featured Snippets, before Gemini. Before the dark times. Before the Empire.

Google in year one... a more elegant search engine for a more civilized age.

Well... here we go again. I wrote the first "Neverbury" in a month. This one has taken two years. Life gets in the way. But, at long last, we are going back to Neverbury...

I don't always match my notepad to the political news of the day, but sometimes serendipity is on my side. #saynotodigitalid

This certainly explains a lot... #AI #lies

For anyone confused... #read

Great first time playing the remastered Judge Dredd boardgame and a glorious win for Judge Chris of the Special Judicial Squad who brought Orlok the Assassin to justice in the final round!

The original thirst trap

Some men wear hats. Some hats wear men.

IP Theft = Theft.

The struggle is real. #restingwitchface

Last of these. Honest. If you're a #doctorwho fan in the #peterborough area and you didn't go to the Adventures in Time and Space exhibit at the Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, then you have until November 2nd to get down there or invent time travel for yourself.

My favourite sculpture at Burghley House. It's entirely possible to walk underneath this without noticing it and there is something distinctly eerie about it just hanging there. You might want to give it a missing if you suffer #trypophobia though!

Hubble bubble...

A man walks into a forest and says "Why the massive face?"

Ah, I'd love to be better than this, but I'm not. Look! It's me! And a book I wrote! In a shop! (And I didn't have to bribe them or sneak it in myself)