Author Archives: Gordon

Continuing my attempt to craft a short story written on my iPhone each week here is one that was inspired by my attendance at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, wondering what it might be like making a comeback as a band after a long, long gap. Enjoy. ‘The Comeback.’ by Morgan Cry ‘I’m going […]

I used to write science fiction short stories, still do on occasions and this is a tale of a dystopian world of the future. This story was inspired by a couple who queue jumped my friends an I while waiting to get into the VIP area of the Mad Cool festival in Madrid. At the […]

Given the heatwaves of late I pulled out my iPhone and typed this. Another in my iPhone stories series. Enjoy. A Cool Bet by Morgan Cry The thermometer read, in old school, one hundred and six degrees, and that was in the shade. Humidity ran at ninety-two percent. Moaning was the agreed national sport. The […]

I’ll be appearing at Bloody Scotland on Sunday the 20th of September with Kate Foster and Louise Herren. Tickets here https://bloodyscotland.com/event/dark-caledonia-morgan-cry-kate-foster-louise-heren-541812/

The Fracture is now out in paperback.

I’ve signed contracts to bring four new books to the market between now and the summer of 2028. The first two books will be a new historical crime series set in 1662 starring a Dundee advocate called Sir George Mackenzie. The first book, Dark Accords, will be published on the 3rd of November 2026 and […]

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The Fracture is now available for purchase in hardback and eBook. The second in the Blake Glover series it is published by Severn House. Ex-police officer Blake Glover’s past threatens to catch up with him and destroy his small town life in this second instalment of the Blake Glover Crime series by Bloody Scotland co-founder […]

The paperback of The Cost will be out on the 25th of September. Available in all good book shops it will be followed by the sequel, The Fracture, out on hardback on November the 4th.

At the moment, in between Blake Glover books, I’ve been working on an anthology of short stories. Lifted from a dark corner in my Mac, I’ve selected a dozen stories written over the years. Some have been seen before, some have lain, unloved in the hard drive for many a year. With the blessing of […]