Vanishing Ground: Ancient Warnings and Modern Climate
Roads collapsing like paper, homes vanishing into mud; such scenes have become disturbingly common in recent years. In Derbyshire, flash floods have torn through towns with ferocious force. Almost every inch of one Chesterfield terrace was “covered in a thick layer of wet brown mud”. Wallpaper shredded and carpets reduced to sodden rags…
DDL Smith on Decay: Folklore, Fallout, and Family
After two acclaimed entries in his Detective Dion noir series, novelist DDL Smith is stepping into new territory. His upcoming standalone novel Decay (2025) trades city conspiracies for Scandinavian forests, blending nuclear horror with Swedish folklore as well as an intimate portrait of a family on the edge.
Nuclear Fear and Public Perception
Nuclear fear vs reality couldn’t be more opposed. Yet through popular culture, we’ve grown to fear something that is safe…
DDL Smith: An Author Profile
DDL Smith is a novelist based in London whose stories trace the borders between mystery, technology, and folklore. His journey to the page was neither linear nor easy, but each turn, from theatre stages to film sets to hospital wards, forged the voice that now drives his fiction.