Daniel McGachey

Braved the pestilential weather to see Ghosts: The Possession of Button House at the DCA, and it was well worth the trip. An utter delight!

Sad to see the BBC chipping away at the exact sort of content that makes it unique. Best enjoy this sort of stuff while we can.

Delighted to have joined some great writers and contributed my own 'missing episode' of supernatural soap opera Dark Shadows to this anthology, with profits going to Film is Fabulous.

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

I just backed Candelstone: A Faery Tale on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/aly...

New arrivals to the collection; From when Robert Stephens returned to the role of Holmes in 1975 in the revival of the William Gillette play, with his Private Life of Sherlock Holmes co-star, Clive Revill, as Moriarty at one stage of the run.

Commando issue 5999, 'Captain Starblaze', is in the shops today. Script by me, art by Paolo Ongaro, cover by Graeme Neil Reid.

When you're looking for some Hallowe'en reading...

All 13 episodes of HOLLYWOOD are on Internet Archive if you’d like to celebrate #SilentMovieDay. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill wrote, directed, and produced this 1980 documentary series for Thames Television/ITV, featuring a score by maestro Carl Davis. archive.org/details/vol.... #FilmSky

Hitting the shops next Thursday, my first non-horror Commando issue introduces the intrepid Captain Starblaze, star of comic books and movie serials, and the not quite so intrepid man behind the star-spangled hero's mask...

I just backed Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/299...

Coming soon to Kickstarter, another ghost story graphic novel by the incredible Aly Fell, creator of 'A Trick of the Light' and 'The Kissing Gate'... www.kickstarter.com/projects/aly...

The great Gerrit Graham: 1949-2026. RIP Beef! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57h...

The perfect soundtrack to my current writing activities. One of them - Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street - has been serving that purpose for almost 30 years, having accompanied the writing of the play that eventually led to the novel, Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Crown.

Finally, after a certain massive online retailer completely messed up my pre-order, Blackwell's delivered.

Special delivery today. Author copies of the new, expanded editions. Hot off the presses... yet surprisingly chilling at the same time.

I just backed The Complete Goodies Recordings (and Other Oddieties) CD Set on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/min...

As is customary on the day that marks both the great Freddie Jones's birth and the great Jeremy Brett's far too young death, I shall observe both occasions with a viewing of 'Wisteria Lodge' from Granada's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes'.

No idea how significant - if at all - these rankings are without context, but it's nice to see that after their first day out my two ghost story collections are in the Top 30 for Horror Collections & Anthologies, and The Impossible Cases is currently Number 1 in Sherlock Holmes Mysteries.

RIP June Wyndham Davies. A great career, and with not only Granada's incredible Sherlock Holmes, but also Shades of Darkness and Cribb to her name, a tremendous legacy.

Amazon waited till the due delivery date to email and say they were experiencing delays in delivering 'For the Dead Remember': 'Now Arriving Tuesday, 29 September 2026 - Friday, 30 October 2026'. So thank goodness for Blackwell's instead.

Happy tae say that Still Game Book 3, with scripts adapted tae comics by me, an' with some right brilliant artwork, is noo available tae order! Aye! Get tore intae it! www.officialstillgame.com

Starting from early October and running til Christmas, there's a tour of several solo M R James shows (comprising 17 stories if you catch 'em all) throughout the UK, and online. Details and ticket links here www.nunkie.co.uk I hope you can make it to something...

This time last week I was writing something Sherlock Holmes related for one medium. This week I'm writing something Sherlock Holmes related for another medium. And this time next week, I expect to be writing something Sherlock Holmes related for a third medium.

Two-thirds of my way through series two of 'Bookish', and it has an audaciousness to it - as well as a depth of heart and humanity - that puts me in mind of 'The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes', and given my love for that film, there's no higher compliment I could give.

The Goodies live on in print, and I'm delighted that these novellas (for which I've supplied covers, illustrations, and the odd... make that VERY odd... gag) are to get a wider release. Yum, and indeed, yum! www.amazon.co.uk/Goodies-Aven...

I just backed SIR SHERLOCK - The Parting Shot on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/152...

Only 19 days left to back this book by Rich Handley and Aleah Shockley, featuring the background to every member of the Collins family ever mentioned in any form of Dark Shadows media, from the original series to the revival, movies, comics, books, audio dramas... www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/...

I just backed SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1-2: Mature Sapphic Noir Chicago Vampire on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...