Iain: Hello friend. Well, Autumn is well and truly upon us. Here in the UK — Come visit! We have a different Prime Minister every month! — it’s looking a bit blowy and rainy at the moment.

Heide: Ideal weather for staying indoors with a good book.

Iain: Do you mean reading one or writing one?

Heide: Either. Both.

Iain: I’m currently listening to “Time After Time” which is a serious time-travel novel written by didn’t-used-to-be-so-serious writer, Ben Elton. The style of the narrative isn’t gripping me — it feels like he’s always thinking about the big screen adaptation — but the story of a man going back to 1914 to try to stop World War One is a certainly gripping one.

Heide:  I’m currently reading Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. It’s a really interesting and surprisingly fun book about the many and varied things that can happen to a body after death.

Iain: Dead bodies? Isn’t that all a bit scary?

Heide: Well, it is Halloween soon. If our readers want to check out something REALLY scary then they should see our performances in this short promo video we shot for the sixth Sam Applewhite novel, Jaegermax. Jaegermax comes out next week. You can buy your copy here!