NIGHT WAVES ARE HERE...
Indie filmmaker David Irons first novel "Night Waves" - a neon killer sea siren tale - was released by Collective Ink/Cosmic Egg Books on June, 28, 2019 with an accompanying Synthwave music video/short film (Directed by the author) from prolific music producer SelloRekt/LA Dreams (Amazon's "Red Oaks", HBO's "Vice Principles" BBC's "Wrong Floor") and Synthwave singer Roxi Drive (also from Brighton) with Al Magliochetti ("Spookies" 1986, "Frankenhooker" 1990, "Terminator 2: Judgement Day" 1991) acting as practical FX supervisor.
David Irons, who has already been making a name for himself as a filmmaker; winning awards at the Cambridge Film festival, and LA Independent Festival, for his first horror short "Casting Call". Grand prize for "No budget feature " with the micro-budget feature, 'Cassette' at the Las Vegas VIFF festival, was also a winner in David Lynch’s Short Film Competition in 2014 with '7 Winters Alone' - a sci-fi, horror short.
Night Waves - Irons' first novel - is the story of a hive of sea sirens; creatures that need human faces to lure people to their demise stalk Kirsten Costello, a model from East London: the object of one of the creature's obsession. Psychically linked by the sirens scratch, she becomes a beacon for its desire to use her body as its own as it tries to drag her back down below into the depths, down into the Night Waves.
The idea for Night Waves came after moving from North London to Brighton in 2016. “There was a plasticity to London that seemed to be draining down into Brighton and ruining the indigenous bohemian atmosphere.” Irons said, “Brighton is known as being a place for creative people, and the whole “London by the sea” ideology Brighton has gained, seemed to be bringing a vapidity with it. Brighton is a place you can be anyone you want, where anyone is accepted. London used to be this way, but with fluctuating prices, it drives artists away rather than supports them. I see this happening with Brighton now, so I just turned the problem around and rather than subordinate parasites coming from London, I turned them into subordinate parasites that are coming from the sea and taking peoples identity. Making them conform and march to the beat of a single drum — something Brighton is the antithesis of. There is no real defined idea in modern film or literature of a sea siren that’s a go to short hand as with other creatures such as Zombies or Ghosts; so I took liberties with the legend and reinvented them to fit the story I wanted to tell. I took these ideas and turned them into ‘80s style horror novel. It’s a lot of gory fun.”
Night Waves has been praised as:
"Refreshing, raw, dark horror"
"Engaging hyper-sleazy horror, evoking early '80s seaside horror."
"Wonderfully enticing, you get to the end of a chapter and hear your brain demand you carry on reading."
READ NIGHT WAVES TODAY!
MORE READING
NILA'S BABIES
A young nanny battles an ancient demon for the souls of the twin babies in her care... Lilith, an ancient demon, has been cursed by the gods of creation with eternal life. When her body begins to fail, she must transplant her mind into the body of a younger woman. She chooses a widower's twin babies as prey for her and her acolyte's next body transfers. Nila, the babies' young nanny, is the only one who can protect the twins from Lilith's debauchery.
'An impressive and vividly imagined story that will keep readers guessing throughout... Compelling and devilishly spooky.' KIRKUS Reviews
BLINK OF AN EYE
The Blink of an Eye follows the story of Hamasa, raised in Afghanistan by the Taliban, or so he thought. His story takes him to Canada where a profound spiritual experience leads him to make the journey back home, to a land ravaged by war. Hamasa finds himself asking: What is our purpose in the Universe? Are we part of a Divine Master plan? When Hamasa discovers ancient documents found with the Dead Sea scrolls, he risks not only his own life, but that of his family and loved ones, to find answers which have eluded men for centuries.
This book will make you think. Worth reading twice. Excellent - Amazon Reader
Categories:
0 comments on this article
Leave a comment
