UNITED KINGDOM AUTHOR · FICTION · HORROR
Mark Morris
Also known as: J. M. Morris
Mark Morris became a full-time writer in 1988 on the Enterprise Allowance Scheme, and a year later saw the release of his first novel, Toady. He has since published a further thirteen novels, among which are Stitch, The Immaculate, The Secret of Anatomy, Mr. Bad Face, Fiddleback and Nowhere Near an Angel. His short stories, novellas, articles and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies and magazines, and he is editor of the highly-acclaimed Cinema Macabre, a book of fifty horror movie essays by genre luminaries, for which he won a British Fantasy Award in 2007. His latest novels are Doctor Who – Forever Autumn, which was voted “Best Doctor Who Book of 2007” by readers of Doctor Who Magazine, and The Deluge, published by Leisure Books in the USA. Forthcoming work includes a novella entitled It Sustains, a “Hellboy” novel entitled The All-Seeing Eye and another book in the immensely popular “Doctor Who” range, Ghosts of India.
Light slithered over him, shaping the blue-white putty of his face, throwing zebra stripes of shadow across his shirt front.
— from Stitch!
Most acclaimed
Doctor Who - The Bodysnatchers
It is London, 1894. Amid the fog, cold and degradation, a gruesome business is being conducted. The bodies of the dead are being stolen from their graves — men, women and children alike — for the sinister purpose of a very mysterious gentleman. When the Eighth Doctor and Sam arrive, they are witness to a horrifying scene in the evil-smelling fog: something rises up from the filthy waters of the Thames and devours a man — a man terrified for his life and on the run from the devil himself... Teaming up with an old friend, pathologist Professor George Litefoot, the Doctor is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Together with Sam, they discover there is a far graver threat facing London then just earthly grave robbers. Deadly alien beings the Doctor has encountered before are at work, and they bring a whole new twist to the word bodysnatchers...
The Secret of Anatomy
David Fox is in the throes of a mid-life crisis. One day, whilst walking on the beach, he finds a bottle containing a note at the sea's edge. The note, written in 1953, is from a boy named John Marshall who claims his father is trying to kill him.
Doctor Who
Part one A storm rages on the planet Karn. One of the sisters finds the TARDIS buried beneath starship debris from which the Twelfth Doctor emerges requesting to be taken to Ohila. On prehistoric Earth, the Eleventh Doctor and Alice Obiefune search for a fruit that Jenny may gift Vastra for their anniversary. The fruit Alice finds however is a nanjura fruit which, though delicious to Time Lords, is toxic to Silurians. As the Doctor snacks, a dinosaur breaks through the brush and the two start to run. In the 24th century, the Tenth Doctor, Gabby Gonzalez and Cindy Wu travel via "space bus" through the Null Zone to Cosmomart, a planet that has been converted into a shopping mall. Despite the warnings of the pilot droid, the three transmat into the mall to find it abandoned before they are ambushed by Sontarans. In the Powell Estate in the year 2006, Jackie Tyler flees from a mechanised dog before she is rescued by the Ninth Doctor, Rose and Jack Harkness on a flyer. Though Jackie believes the ruined state of London is the Doctor's doing, the planet has been invaded by the Cybermen. However, the Doctor believes there is more going on, as the brutal efficiency of the invasion is beyond even the Cybermen. The group's first order of business is to retrieve the TARDIS, held at the converted St Paul's Cathedral. At Cosmomart, the Tenth Doctor surrenders to the Sontarans while Cindy lobs a shop dummy head at a soldier. Though she and Gabby are ready to run, the Doctor is adamant that they obey the Sontarans' commands. The three are led by Commander Sturg to the Sontaran flagship where Cindy realizes the Doctor wanted to be captured. As the Eleventh Doctor and Alice flee, their pursuer is suddenly killed by a tyrannosaurus rex with a cybernetic implant. Before the apex predator can eat them, they are surrounded by Cyber-Silurians using other Cyber-converted dinosaurs as beasts of war. On Karn, the Twelfth Doctor reveals to the Sisterhood that there are vortex tsunamis occurring throughout the Time Vortex. Though he has tried to reach Gallifrey he cannot breach the transduction barrier nor contact the High Council. As such, he has come to request usage of their "door". The secret door that the Sisterhood use to reach Gallifrey that no one is supposed to know about. Before Ohila can deny him access, Cybermen enter the chamber. With no alternatives, Ohila leads the Doctor to the door and sends him through, closing it to prevent the Cybermen from following. The Doctor runs to the High Council chamber, calling for his fellow Time Lords to break out the heavy artillery to deal with the crisis. Arriving in the Council chamber however, he is greeted by the sight of Rassilon in command of the Cybermen.