Just in case you don't check my other site, www.MikeBennettPodcast.com, I haven't vanished from the face of the Earth altogether, I've been working on U&F Part Two and throwing the occasional edition of Sometimes into my feed. In February I did an episode with HP Lovecraft's 'Dagon', and this month I've just posted Sometimes 12, with a reading of Saki's 'Gabriel-Ernest' and some insight into the writing of U&F Part Two. You should be getting this stuff in your podcatcher device, but just in case you're not, check www.MikeBennettPodcast.com for details. And for a quick fix, hit the image below to connect directly to Sometimes 12.

As you may know, this site had a setback the other day and some recent postings (along with your comments to them) have been lost. However, since I often repeat my postings here and on my main site, the missing posts can still be viewed at MBP.com. My thanks to Jason for saving the (website) day as always.

In other news, I've been slowly chipping away at the U&F block. I'm getting an average 2 thousand words a day done, which isn't much compared to someone like Scott Sigler, but is a hell of a lot more than I was doing a month ago when I was employed. I've now written the first drafts of the first four episodes (possibly five or six because the episodes are massive and may need to be edited into two here and there) and I can confidently say that I like them very much.

Meanwhile, some new art has been posted in the gallery at MBP by Paul Warren, KS Claw and Jon Cape. Below is Jon's vision of the road incident in Episode 1 of U&F.

My thanks to all the artists for their hard work and for sharing it with us

Lastly, I now have a release month for the paperback anthology that my story, "Salvation" is to appear in. The book will be released by Dragon Moon Press in April - same as (hopefully) the recommencement of U&F Part 2.  The anthology will also feature stories by Scott Sigler, Phil Rossi and Emerian Rich to name a few. It doesn't have a confirmed title yet, but when it does, I'll let you know 

Happy New Year! A bit late, I know, but I've been busy falling over on ice and what have you making Safe Danger videos. In case you don't know what that is, here's a pointer: