Working with Hammer Films!
I have been keeping this under my hat for a while, but I am delighted I can now say that a dream beyond my wildest has come true: I got to work with Hammer Films. Yes, I was interviewed for the Blu-ray extras for the upcoming collector’s edition release of X-The Unknown! Of course, I…
One Week until “Darner” is at Horror On Sea
Next week our unsettling short film “Darner” will be showing at the Horror-On-Sea Takeover day of the South-End Film Festival! The Director, James Edward Newton, will be there along with Tony and I. We will introduce the film at 11:00am and then screen it before the noon feature. Afterwards we will have a table in…
Book Party for Natural Thorn Killers
Over the weekend, we had the book party for Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror. It was an absolute smash! The Cooper’s Arms was filled to the rafters (thankfully wiht air conditioning!) and the lovely Janina Faye of Day of the Triffids fame was there to help us kick it off. We mingled…
“Darner” Interview in Blazing Minds
Our creepy, bizarre horror short “Darner” is heading to the South End on Sea Festival in June! Ahead of the screening, the director, James Newton, and I did an interview with Blazing Minds to talk all about the film. From its very personal origins, through meetings with Adrienne King, and then actually being made and…
Bloody Flicks Book Review
We just got a really thoughtful, honest, and engaging review of Natural Thorn Killers from the amazing team at Bloody Flicks UK. Reviews are always so helpful to authors, because they give the reader’s perspective, helping us find readers who actually want to read our book – but ones like these are special. You can tell…
We’re on Lydia’s Books of Terror
As a big fan of the “Dead Air” podcast, I am very excited to say that our book, Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror made it only Lydia Preeve’s Lydia’s Books of Terror April watch list! We are the only non-ficiton on the list, but got a lot of love and are so…
“Natural Thorn Killers” Available for Pre-order
It’s finally here for Pre-Order, coming out 24 April! Natural Thorn Killers: A Creeping Guide to Plant Horror Written by Lauren Jane Barnett and Tony Mardon In this book, Lauren Jane Barnett and Tony Mardon strap on their hazmat suits and wield their weedkiller to venture into the fascinating world of arborial monsters in horror…
“Darner” headed to Romford HoRIFFic
I’m thrilled to say that DARNER has been accepted into the Romford Horror Film Festival, lovingly known as Romford HoRIFFic! Not only is it a new set of laurels for our disturbing short film, but it is a chance to see the film if you haven’t yet and are in the area. DARNER will be…
New Laurels for “DARNER”
What a way to start the new year! My latest short horror film, Darner, was not only an official selection of the Independent Horror Movie Awards for Winter 2025, but was also nominated for Best Original Concept, Best Atmosphere, and Best Actress for my role as “Woman”. It’s a joy to share the laurels on…
First Laurels for “Darner”
Happy Christmas Eve everyone. And what an early gift: the short film I wrote and produced, Darner, won Best Horror Film with the Berlin Indie Film Festival! Berlin is a really amazing festival which promotes upcoming and new voices across film, including genres like horror, so it meant a great deal to win the Best…
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