Danny Marshall
@dlmarshall.bsky.social
Author / scriptwriter / history geek / Rusty 80s Ford victim
Writes about locked-room murder, car chases, ghosts, and biscuits.
Halifax, Yorkshire
https://dannymarshall.co.uk
Writes about locked-room murder, car chases, ghosts, and biscuits.
Halifax, Yorkshire
https://dannymarshall.co.uk
Saw Weezer last night in the centre of my grim little northern hometown, a week after Deftones played the same venue, where I saw Korn last year, with Limp Bizkit and playing the year before, among others!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
July 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Saw Weezer last night in the centre of my grim little northern hometown, a week after Deftones played the same venue, where I saw Korn last year, with Limp Bizkit and playing the year before, among others!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
15 yr old me would never believe The Piece Hall would become the best music venue in the UK!
Wait I haven’t read all the PD James books, which one is the new series based on? 😄
June 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Wait I haven’t read all the PD James books, which one is the new series based on? 😄
LAST ONE COS IT’S TEA TIME
April 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
LAST ONE COS IT’S TEA TIME
Currently using sophisticated leak detection equipment to find why there’s always a puddle in the footwell.
Somewhere in the engine bay is leaking through the firewall.
Somewhere in the engine bay is leaking through the firewall.
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Currently using sophisticated leak detection equipment to find why there’s always a puddle in the footwell.
Somewhere in the engine bay is leaking through the firewall.
Somewhere in the engine bay is leaking through the firewall.
Behold, gratuitous Ford Capri content as the sun’s out, and it’s time for her to wake up.
April 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Behold, gratuitous Ford Capri content as the sun’s out, and it’s time for her to wake up.
Leakey’s is excellent, I visited when up there researching what became my debut novel, and scored Agatha Christie and Len Deighton first editions, and an amazing Bond US library edition, among others!
Hence that book name-checks Leakey’s!
Hence that book name-checks Leakey’s!
April 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Leakey’s is excellent, I visited when up there researching what became my debut novel, and scored Agatha Christie and Len Deighton first editions, and an amazing Bond US library edition, among others!
Hence that book name-checks Leakey’s!
Hence that book name-checks Leakey’s!
An excellent bookshop. I visited when up there researching what became my debut novel, and bought Agatha Christie and Len Deighton first editions, and an amazing Bond US library edition.
So when my book was published, I name-checked Leakey’s!
So when my book was published, I name-checked Leakey’s!
April 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
An excellent bookshop. I visited when up there researching what became my debut novel, and bought Agatha Christie and Len Deighton first editions, and an amazing Bond US library edition.
So when my book was published, I name-checked Leakey’s!
So when my book was published, I name-checked Leakey’s!
📣 Important announcement for those that don’t have a Bookseller account! 🎉
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
📣 Important announcement for those that don’t have a Bookseller account! 🎉
Strangely these pictures also captured my imagination, of ‘X - The Unknown’ - the Quatermass film that wasn’t!
March 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Strangely these pictures also captured my imagination, of ‘X - The Unknown’ - the Quatermass film that wasn’t!
I still have the copy that was sat on my parents’ shelves
March 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I still have the copy that was sat on my parents’ shelves
I’m still on with ‘Northerners: A History’ by Brian Groom.
Fascinating stuff!
Fascinating stuff!
March 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I’m still on with ‘Northerners: A History’ by Brian Groom.
Fascinating stuff!
Fascinating stuff!
So, from an in-joke with my editor, I ended up with proper artist drawn covers.
I’ll always be hugely grateful to my editor and publisher, and also the artist, that I have the coolest covers, and three amazing posters on my wall.
I’ll always be hugely grateful to my editor and publisher, and also the artist, that I have the coolest covers, and three amazing posters on my wall.
January 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
So, from an in-joke with my editor, I ended up with proper artist drawn covers.
I’ll always be hugely grateful to my editor and publisher, and also the artist, that I have the coolest covers, and three amazing posters on my wall.
I’ll always be hugely grateful to my editor and publisher, and also the artist, that I have the coolest covers, and three amazing posters on my wall.
For Black Run I tried to specify the clothes but thought, you know what, here! I sent a pic of myself in my own hoody and jeans and jacket.
So… that’s a sexy, murderous version of me. 😄
Only thriller with Adidas Shelltops on the cover?
They also included my actual car, a 2007 Audi RS4 Avant.
So… that’s a sexy, murderous version of me. 😄
Only thriller with Adidas Shelltops on the cover?
They also included my actual car, a 2007 Audi RS4 Avant.
January 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For Black Run I tried to specify the clothes but thought, you know what, here! I sent a pic of myself in my own hoody and jeans and jacket.
So… that’s a sexy, murderous version of me. 😄
Only thriller with Adidas Shelltops on the cover?
They also included my actual car, a 2007 Audi RS4 Avant.
So… that’s a sexy, murderous version of me. 😄
Only thriller with Adidas Shelltops on the cover?
They also included my actual car, a 2007 Audi RS4 Avant.
We all then agreed that the previous two books needed rejacketing, and new matching covers were commissioned for those by the same artist!
For Anthrax Island I was suggested characters, and had input on exactly how the Ford Capri should look!
Only book with an X-Pack Mk2 Ford Capri on the cover?
For Anthrax Island I was suggested characters, and had input on exactly how the Ford Capri should look!
Only book with an X-Pack Mk2 Ford Capri on the cover?
January 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We all then agreed that the previous two books needed rejacketing, and new matching covers were commissioned for those by the same artist!
For Anthrax Island I was suggested characters, and had input on exactly how the Ford Capri should look!
Only book with an X-Pack Mk2 Ford Capri on the cover?
For Anthrax Island I was suggested characters, and had input on exactly how the Ford Capri should look!
Only book with an X-Pack Mk2 Ford Capri on the cover?
They liked it, and a few weeks later they’d commissioned an artist to draw an original cover in the style of 70s action thrillers. (By the amazing The Red Dress)
I asked for the Mil helicopter and the UAZ van, and the Soviet hotel in the background is based on one I stayed in!
I asked for the Mil helicopter and the UAZ van, and the Soviet hotel in the background is based on one I stayed in!
January 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
They liked it, and a few weeks later they’d commissioned an artist to draw an original cover in the style of 70s action thrillers. (By the amazing The Red Dress)
I asked for the Mil helicopter and the UAZ van, and the Soviet hotel in the background is based on one I stayed in!
I asked for the Mil helicopter and the UAZ van, and the Soviet hotel in the background is based on one I stayed in!
Sorry, I may be biased but I have the best book covers in the genre 😄
When I sent in my final manuscript for my third book, I stuck on a vintage style cover I’d mocked up as a joke to my editor, using old Alistair MacLean books, among others:
When I sent in my final manuscript for my third book, I stuck on a vintage style cover I’d mocked up as a joke to my editor, using old Alistair MacLean books, among others:
January 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sorry, I may be biased but I have the best book covers in the genre 😄
When I sent in my final manuscript for my third book, I stuck on a vintage style cover I’d mocked up as a joke to my editor, using old Alistair MacLean books, among others:
When I sent in my final manuscript for my third book, I stuck on a vintage style cover I’d mocked up as a joke to my editor, using old Alistair MacLean books, among others:
As a massive Uncanny fan I was introduced to the concept of sick buildings by @dannyrobins.bsky.social, so this looks super interesting!
As for me, I’m still on seasonal short horror!
As for me, I’m still on seasonal short horror!
January 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
As a massive Uncanny fan I was introduced to the concept of sick buildings by @dannyrobins.bsky.social, so this looks super interesting!
As for me, I’m still on seasonal short horror!
As for me, I’m still on seasonal short horror!
I can’t lie, like 50% of his Lego used to be mine so I massively enjoy it 😁 yup, very good for the mind.
I’m not fancy enough for the big Star Wars sets though.
His room is a tip cos he’s mid-build 😄 but he now has at least seven big IKEA tubs full. It’s basically a Lego room.
I’m not fancy enough for the big Star Wars sets though.
His room is a tip cos he’s mid-build 😄 but he now has at least seven big IKEA tubs full. It’s basically a Lego room.
December 31, 2024 at 8:24 AM
I can’t lie, like 50% of his Lego used to be mine so I massively enjoy it 😁 yup, very good for the mind.
I’m not fancy enough for the big Star Wars sets though.
His room is a tip cos he’s mid-build 😄 but he now has at least seven big IKEA tubs full. It’s basically a Lego room.
I’m not fancy enough for the big Star Wars sets though.
His room is a tip cos he’s mid-build 😄 but he now has at least seven big IKEA tubs full. It’s basically a Lego room.
I also got this for Christmas, and will be diving in this afternoon, Shrewsbury is looking perfectly misty today.
December 26, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I also got this for Christmas, and will be diving in this afternoon, Shrewsbury is looking perfectly misty today.
In Shropshire for Christmas, and my view is something straight out of a folk horror.
Clearly the gallows tree from an MR James short on the horizon there.
Clearly the gallows tree from an MR James short on the horizon there.
December 22, 2024 at 11:33 AM
In Shropshire for Christmas, and my view is something straight out of a folk horror.
Clearly the gallows tree from an MR James short on the horizon there.
Clearly the gallows tree from an MR James short on the horizon there.
Currently writing folk horror so immersing myself in all sorts!
I’ve started commuting again so binging these podcasts.
Cheers, queued up and ready!
I’ve started commuting again so binging these podcasts.
Cheers, queued up and ready!
December 20, 2024 at 8:01 AM
Currently writing folk horror so immersing myself in all sorts!
I’ve started commuting again so binging these podcasts.
Cheers, queued up and ready!
I’ve started commuting again so binging these podcasts.
Cheers, queued up and ready!