The young man was wearing a light blue Oxford shirt, tucked into oversized khaki dockers, and a pair of new trainers. He was seventeen, and he hadn’t yet worked out how to wear his clothes.
But to see him!
To see him was a gut punch. It could be nothing less. It would never be anything less. To see this man after all these years. To wait so long for this…
THE SAPLING METHOD
Inspiration
I remember I was lying in my bed staring at the clock radio on my bedside table during the COVID lockdown when the idea for a story called THREE DINNERS came to me. I was intrigued by the thought of three generations of the same man all meeting up, on three occasions, to talk over dinner. THE SAPLING METHOD was the result. As a time travel story with three characters that were the same person, it became a complex book to write and edit.
Praise
“Seriously, if you are a sci-fi or supernatural lover, this story will be a hit. It has a little bit of everything to keep you entirely entertained throughout. It’s very different to most of the sci-fi novels I have read and it’s refreshing to read something so unique but entirely plausible.” – InkDrinkerDawn (read review)
“About Time for grownups,” – David Arrowsmith, author of NEVADA NOIR
Other Media
Here’s the original teaser trailer for the book.
The Fish Caves in Bishopswood in Upper Prestatyn feature in the story. Here’s a short video I made on a visit up there.
And here’s a video of me talking about the book.