Dave Rudden
@daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
Storysmith. DOCTOR WHO. KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK. And CONN OF THE DEAD - coming soon!
Just a few days left to get your vote in for the Irish Book Awards! Show your support for CONN OF THE DEAD and a whole host of gorgeous books at irishbookawards.ie...
November 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Just a few days left to get your vote in for the Irish Book Awards! Show your support for CONN OF THE DEAD and a whole host of gorgeous books at irishbookawards.ie...
The CONN OF THE DEAD audiobook has been released!
This was such a blast to read so if you've got a horror-lover aged 9 - 11 (particularly one who's neurodivergent) this is the peril-packed few hours for them.
There's even a sample here to check out!
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
This was such a blast to read so if you've got a horror-lover aged 9 - 11 (particularly one who's neurodivergent) this is the peril-packed few hours for them.
There's even a sample here to check out!
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
September 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The CONN OF THE DEAD audiobook has been released!
This was such a blast to read so if you've got a horror-lover aged 9 - 11 (particularly one who's neurodivergent) this is the peril-packed few hours for them.
There's even a sample here to check out!
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
This was such a blast to read so if you've got a horror-lover aged 9 - 11 (particularly one who's neurodivergent) this is the peril-packed few hours for them.
There's even a sample here to check out!
rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...
I've added another Publishing Information Session as the first one has been snapped up - your support is greatly appreciated and I'd love to help your book find a home!
Find out more at the link below.
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@rurooie.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social
Find out more at the link below.
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@rurooie.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I've added another Publishing Information Session as the first one has been snapped up - your support is greatly appreciated and I'd love to help your book find a home!
Find out more at the link below.
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@rurooie.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social
Find out more at the link below.
www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit...
@rurooie.bsky.social @sineadohart.bsky.social
The lovely folk at @hodderscape.bsky.social showing off the gorgeous proof for SISTER WAKE!
It's on Netgalley now and the pre-orders are open below if you, like me, have always been of the opinion that the Nine Years War needed more Kaiju...
lnk.to/SisterWake
It's on Netgalley now and the pre-orders are open below if you, like me, have always been of the opinion that the Nine Years War needed more Kaiju...
lnk.to/SisterWake
August 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The lovely folk at @hodderscape.bsky.social showing off the gorgeous proof for SISTER WAKE!
It's on Netgalley now and the pre-orders are open below if you, like me, have always been of the opinion that the Nine Years War needed more Kaiju...
lnk.to/SisterWake
It's on Netgalley now and the pre-orders are open below if you, like me, have always been of the opinion that the Nine Years War needed more Kaiju...
lnk.to/SisterWake
Sometimes I wonder why I stick around on r/writing, and then something like this comes along.
July 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sometimes I wonder why I stick around on r/writing, and then something like this comes along.
Of course! The two Custodes are from Dominion (which I think was so overprinted you shouldn't have trouble finding heads online) and the SW in progress is from the Chaos Warriors!
July 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Of course! The two Custodes are from Dominion (which I think was so overprinted you shouldn't have trouble finding heads online) and the SW in progress is from the Chaos Warriors!
My first novel for adults - SISTER WAKE - is coming in January!
The beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy published by the stellar @hodderscape.bsky.social, SISTER WAKE is about colonialism, vengeance and giant fuck-off monsters.
(1/3)
The beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy published by the stellar @hodderscape.bsky.social, SISTER WAKE is about colonialism, vengeance and giant fuck-off monsters.
(1/3)
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My first novel for adults - SISTER WAKE - is coming in January!
The beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy published by the stellar @hodderscape.bsky.social, SISTER WAKE is about colonialism, vengeance and giant fuck-off monsters.
(1/3)
The beginning of an epic fantasy trilogy published by the stellar @hodderscape.bsky.social, SISTER WAKE is about colonialism, vengeance and giant fuck-off monsters.
(1/3)
An absolutely gorgeous time at @ilfdublin.bsky.social - thank you so much for supporting Conn and I (and letting me play D & D with some very Chaotically Good writers!)
May 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
An absolutely gorgeous time at @ilfdublin.bsky.social - thank you so much for supporting Conn and I (and letting me play D & D with some very Chaotically Good writers!)
What being three chapters away from finishing a draft looks like...
May 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
What being three chapters away from finishing a draft looks like...
A lovely write-up for Conn from Ruth Concannon in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social, highlighting children's books about determination and imagination!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
May 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
A lovely write-up for Conn from Ruth Concannon in the @irishexaminer.bsky.social, highlighting children's books about determination and imagination!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
It isn't easy to have a headful of horror movies and bones made of lightning - Conn is hyper-active, hyper-focused and hyper-aware that he tends to tire people out.
What are you supposed to do when everyone else is encouraged to be themselves, but you're just a bit too much?
What are you supposed to do when everyone else is encouraged to be themselves, but you're just a bit too much?
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It isn't easy to have a headful of horror movies and bones made of lightning - Conn is hyper-active, hyper-focused and hyper-aware that he tends to tire people out.
What are you supposed to do when everyone else is encouraged to be themselves, but you're just a bit too much?
What are you supposed to do when everyone else is encouraged to be themselves, but you're just a bit too much?
Just 10 days until CONN OF THE DEAD hits shelves, so here's a more of Ali's gorgeous art - meet Conn!
A very typical pose - Conn loves Irish myth, esp. the grim and gruesome parts. Telling these stories makes the world click into focus for him - it's just a pity it tends to gross everyone else out.
A very typical pose - Conn loves Irish myth, esp. the grim and gruesome parts. Telling these stories makes the world click into focus for him - it's just a pity it tends to gross everyone else out.
April 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Just 10 days until CONN OF THE DEAD hits shelves, so here's a more of Ali's gorgeous art - meet Conn!
A very typical pose - Conn loves Irish myth, esp. the grim and gruesome parts. Telling these stories makes the world click into focus for him - it's just a pity it tends to gross everyone else out.
A very typical pose - Conn loves Irish myth, esp. the grim and gruesome parts. Telling these stories makes the world click into focus for him - it's just a pity it tends to gross everyone else out.
There's something nice about finishing the first draft of TALES OF DARKISLE II AND getting to announce the launch for Book I all in the same day!
(also I'm exhausted I wrote 8000 words today, send me coffee)
But I'll be recovered by the 24th (I hope) come celebrate, it'll be (horrible) magic!
(also I'm exhausted I wrote 8000 words today, send me coffee)
But I'll be recovered by the 24th (I hope) come celebrate, it'll be (horrible) magic!
April 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
There's something nice about finishing the first draft of TALES OF DARKISLE II AND getting to announce the launch for Book I all in the same day!
(also I'm exhausted I wrote 8000 words today, send me coffee)
But I'll be recovered by the 24th (I hope) come celebrate, it'll be (horrible) magic!
(also I'm exhausted I wrote 8000 words today, send me coffee)
But I'll be recovered by the 24th (I hope) come celebrate, it'll be (horrible) magic!
With just a few weeks left until CONN OF THE DEAD hits shelves, I want to share some teasers of Ali Al Amine's gorgeous art!
Obviously you don't START with the horror (and believe me it gets horrible) so here is something lovely - our portraits!
If you can get drawn by Ali, do - it does wonders...
Obviously you don't START with the horror (and believe me it gets horrible) so here is something lovely - our portraits!
If you can get drawn by Ali, do - it does wonders...
April 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
With just a few weeks left until CONN OF THE DEAD hits shelves, I want to share some teasers of Ali Al Amine's gorgeous art!
Obviously you don't START with the horror (and believe me it gets horrible) so here is something lovely - our portraits!
If you can get drawn by Ali, do - it does wonders...
Obviously you don't START with the horror (and believe me it gets horrible) so here is something lovely - our portraits!
If you can get drawn by Ali, do - it does wonders...
I asked Graham to put together a simple D & D session for 50 kids, and instead he designed a brand new game from the ground up and it was chaotic delight from start to finish!
April 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I asked Graham to put together a simple D & D session for 50 kids, and instead he designed a brand new game from the ground up and it was chaotic delight from start to finish!
I had seven of my books stolen by one of the richest men in the world, all to create something that doesn't work, that nobody wants, and that will fold in a few years, taking a lot of trees and oxygen with it.
It's a fruitless, embarrassing ego trip, and the sooner its stymied the better.
It's a fruitless, embarrassing ego trip, and the sooner its stymied the better.
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I had seven of my books stolen by one of the richest men in the world, all to create something that doesn't work, that nobody wants, and that will fold in a few years, taking a lot of trees and oxygen with it.
It's a fruitless, embarrassing ego trip, and the sooner its stymied the better.
It's a fruitless, embarrassing ego trip, and the sooner its stymied the better.
Ozone in London Fields. VERY restorative.
March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ozone in London Fields. VERY restorative.
Delighted CONN OF THE DEAD was featured as an upcoming release by @dublinbookfest.bsky.social - its all starting to feel very real now!
February 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Delighted CONN OF THE DEAD was featured as an upcoming release by @dublinbookfest.bsky.social - its all starting to feel very real now!
I dislike AI as much as the next writer, but 'she seemed disappointed to hear that there were sequels' is extremely funny.
January 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I dislike AI as much as the next writer, but 'she seemed disappointed to hear that there were sequels' is extremely funny.
And here it is!
CONN OF THE DEAD - the first in my new 9 - 11 horror series illustrated by Ali Al Amine, arriving April 24th, 2025.
If you'd like to pre-order (which is hugely helpful for a new series AND comes with a bunch of to-be-revealed treats) I've included links below!
CONN OF THE DEAD - the first in my new 9 - 11 horror series illustrated by Ali Al Amine, arriving April 24th, 2025.
If you'd like to pre-order (which is hugely helpful for a new series AND comes with a bunch of to-be-revealed treats) I've included links below!
January 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
And here it is!
CONN OF THE DEAD - the first in my new 9 - 11 horror series illustrated by Ali Al Amine, arriving April 24th, 2025.
If you'd like to pre-order (which is hugely helpful for a new series AND comes with a bunch of to-be-revealed treats) I've included links below!
CONN OF THE DEAD - the first in my new 9 - 11 horror series illustrated by Ali Al Amine, arriving April 24th, 2025.
If you'd like to pre-order (which is hugely helpful for a new series AND comes with a bunch of to-be-revealed treats) I've included links below!
Just a LITTLE glimpse of the cover for CONN OF THE DEAD, my new MG horror, coming out in April!
Ali Al Amine did a phenomenal job, and you should check in tomorrow at lunch time to see the full reveal...
Ali Al Amine did a phenomenal job, and you should check in tomorrow at lunch time to see the full reveal...
January 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just a LITTLE glimpse of the cover for CONN OF THE DEAD, my new MG horror, coming out in April!
Ali Al Amine did a phenomenal job, and you should check in tomorrow at lunch time to see the full reveal...
Ali Al Amine did a phenomenal job, and you should check in tomorrow at lunch time to see the full reveal...
Teaching a week-long dark fantasy course in Italy this week and what better place to spend the first night than this eerie, beautiful quasi-industrial little town straight out of Half-Life 2...
January 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Teaching a week-long dark fantasy course in Italy this week and what better place to spend the first night than this eerie, beautiful quasi-industrial little town straight out of Half-Life 2...
I'm writing up a synopsis for the sequel to my adult fantasy series and boy couldn't you just sum up the whole thing in these three words...
January 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I'm writing up a synopsis for the sequel to my adult fantasy series and boy couldn't you just sum up the whole thing in these three words...
Some essential education going on here for Sam...
December 30, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Some essential education going on here for Sam...
Sam's uncle got him a working chainsaw for Christmas. Pray for us all...
December 26, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Sam's uncle got him a working chainsaw for Christmas. Pray for us all...