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!"

Out Now

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.

Contact Chris Lynch

Latest Newsletters

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
Origin Story
Actually, I need a little help this month.
That was the (thr)eek that was
In which Neverbury is one year old and finds its way back into the charts!
Read more from my blog

Latest Podcast

Soundclash – The Alphabet Game (A-J)

Goooooooood Evening. It’s time for another episode of Soundclash: The Musical Challenge Show! This week, Chris and Lee are playing ‘The Alphabet Game’, but who will be victorious? As always, YOU decide!

The post Soundclash – The Alphabet Game (A-J) appeared first on South Wales ONE.

Latest Updates

I have just eaten nine snowballs. I regret nothing. (Except the ninth snowball)

From The Guardian and First Dog on The Moon...

And she's damn right. GenAI has no place in the arts. Disgusting, cynical move from who really should know better.

Derry Girls creator hits out at ITV over AI plans
bbc.com/news/articles/c62m24r7
bbc.com/news/articles/c62m24r7

Finally a big publisher stands up for its authors. (Or, cynically, holds out for a bigger pay cheque but I choose to give them the benefit of the doubt).

gizmodo.com/penguin-adds-a-do-
gizmodo.com/penguin-adds-a-do-

I would sell my soul for the following features on my Kindle Scribe.

1. Ability to upload my own PDF to use as a page template.

2. Ability to duplicate a page.

Shock! Horror! Apple engineers spot that AI large language models don't actually reason but just produce a facsimile of steps they've seen in their training data. No understanding of underlying concepts = No intelligence.

arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llm
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/llm

For goodness sake, please stop ending your social media posts with "That's it. That's the post".
We know when the post is over.
Honestly.
We do.

That's it. That's the post.

I have just voluntarily played "Who Let The Dogs Out" on . It can only be downhill from here.

For my fellow fans.

I was writing. I lost track of the time. It's 1.10 and I think I just hit my second wind. I will pay for this tomorrow.

More grotesquery from the world of unregulated AI. People who glory in the idea of "cloning" employees, and even themselves, need to think carefully about the path that they are on.

decrypt.co/284377/chatbot-teen
decrypt.co/284377/chatbot-teen

I'm closing out my best month EVER on Welcome to Neverbury more than a year after the book was published. Proof, if anyone needed it, that sales don't inevitably dry up after release.

Some chancer is selling "Welcome to Neverbury" for £12.99 on eBay. It's £6.99 brand new.

I've spent evenings in worse places