Rick Brindle

  Kiss of the Gypsy Early 90’s blues rockers who made a seismic debut album. They probably just came along at the wrong time, as grunge swept everything else aside, which was a shame, as they guys definitely didn’t get the recognition they deserved. Skin A hugely popular band, again, early 90’s but they just didn’t get the attention they deserved. I love their albums, loved their live shows, but not enough other people did. Baby Animals Australian rockers who absolutely deserved the big time. A hugely diverse sound, and a crime that they didn’t achieve bigger success. And of course, Cold Steel. Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold Steel Cold Steel on the Rocks It's Not For Everyone Sister Alex

  Options include s olar panels, wind turbines and water wheels. Well, that’s probably quite a sweeping statement, and I guess it depends on the kind of apocalypse we’re dealing with. So, in the apocalypse I created, Alex, my main survivor, rifled deserted DIY shops and set up her repurposed military bunker with a steady supply of solar power Backed up with a small wind turbine Other surviving communities in Alex’s world have chanced upon an old water wheel, which makes them very lucky. Sister Alex Cold Steel on the Rocks We Are Cold Steel Cold Steel and the Underground Boneyard It's Not For Everyone

  My latest novel,  Sister Alex , has just had a shout out from  The Write Advice . Thanks to Anna for an excellent proof read. Berkshire, England, and it’s no longer the promised land. Ever since a species-wide illness wiped out nearly every human being, the home counties have become a gender-based battlefield. The women stick together as a single, cohesive community, but only as long as you’re a woman. And it’s the same for the men, although they haven’t quite got the same group thing going, choosing instead to range as lone threats, taking what they want. Sometimes they team up and run in pairs, but only as long as you’re a man. They’re separate tribes, and they hate each other on sight. Pick your gender, pick your side. And then there’s Alex, born as a man, identifies as a woman, and thanks to a stash of scavenged hormones, she’s stuck somewhere between the two, lost in the middle and hated by them all. But she’s survived, and if what’s left of the world w...