When I first agreed to this, I was worried that I wouldn't have anything to contribute to the conversation! Hahahaha. I still have no idea what I'm going to say.

And I forgot the alt description AGAIN . This is the cover for Bedlam, which shows Skulduggery walking towards Greymire Asylum, which looms in the background with sinister intent.

The point of the text revisions is not to change anything substantial in the books, but merely to iron out the various creases and make sure they maintain the same internal logic. I am NOT good with keeping track of smaller details- so this fixes my mistakes.

Changes to the text of this one includes stuff like changing the occasional “Crenga” to “Crengarrion”, changing the colour of the ties the Fourth Yrs wear, and tiny dialogue alterations.

And here we have the last book of the trilogy to get a reissue on Sept 25- again with glorious Matt Taylor artwork.

(Dammit, forgot the alt description… This cover shows Valkyrie in her full necronaut suit, with the hood up and the mask down, as she walks towards us.).

Changes to this text include a further cleaning up of the timeline - not only how much time has passed between books, but also how long things have lasted in the books themselves.

Just look at this artwork by Matt Taylor- the first full body shot of Val in her necronaut suit. This reissue is out 25 September!

Changes to the text of Book 10 includes stuff like Auger’s name being spelled Augur, Val’s age being reduced by 1 year, and some tiny dialogue alterations that I couldn’t resist making.

Okay folks, we have another three Skulduggery books coming out with brand new covers and just SPARKLING with a fresh, continuity-edit!. Out on Sept 25, with art by the magnificent Matt Taylor!

But thank you to everyone who said nice and warm things about my little cat. Each one of your messages, across all platforms, was deeply appreciated. But I can’t be sad forever! Normal service resumes now!.

I don’t put up a whole lot of personal posts, but the exceptions exist for a reason: it is a LOT easier for me to process grief when I don’t have to tell a list of friends and family that one of my lovely cats has died. Instead, they read about it here and get in touch.

Anyway, I thought I should tell you all, seeing as how she made so many of you laugh during those first few years of touring. My little Groomer.

(I called her Groomer because she liked to perch on my shoulder and groom me by licking my hair. It was both lovely and gross.)

A day or so after that she started having trouble breathing, and there were a few days of vet visits and scans until this afternoon, when she went to sleep.

I have done a bunch of video calls with all sorts of people over the years, and Groomer has ALWAYS made an appearance. This pic was taking during the recording of the new Skulduggery podcast, a week ago. She crawled onto my chest, as she was known to do, and demanded cuddles.

She was a grumpy kitty, but when her mum and sister died, she figured she may as well start to like me, seeing as how I was the only one of her family left. So for the last maybe 10 years she has stayed exclusively under my monitor.

When I first started doing book tours and events and such, part of my routine was telling stories about my cats. At one stage, I had 13 kittens roaming around the house. I found homes for most, kept some- and Groomer here was the last one.

Reading Generation X by Douglas Coupland for the first time and thinking that this is DEFINITELY a period of Historical Overdosing.

But once I decided to cut out the middle three books of Phase 2 (which was originally going to be 9 books long instead of 6), most of that journey was lost and I had to fit it in to what was left. In my continuity pass, I get to smooth out those wrinkles before they wrinkle.