Keith Dumble - Writing

I am currently writing:

Steampunk

England, 1889.

Lady Jessica McAlpin is the commander of The Black Diamonds, the Great British Empire's covert monster-hunting division.

With her crew of criminals, misfits and desperadoes, Lady Jessica soars above the land in the airship HMS Zephyr, tracking down the diabolical foes of the Empire.

Lady Jessica, Monster Hunter is my steampunk series, a collection of short, linked novellas which tell the daring adventures of the Empire's most fearless airship commander. Inspired by the likes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the adventures of Lady Jessica are fun, action-packed and intended to take the reader on an exciting ride through an alternative history filled with magic, mystery and monsters.

Read more on the Lady Jessica Monster Hunter website.

Children's fiction

Time Keepers

13 year-old Connor Forsyth discovers he is a Time Keeper, the descendant of an ancient order of wizards who are able to control time.

Discovering that his life -- and everything around him -- is in danger from Major Weir, an evil necromancer, Connor finds himself flung back into the past in a quest to save the world.

Not only is the Edinburgh of the past very different -- so too are his ancestors, whose help he needs in order to defeat Weir...and to get back home.

Psychological thriller

Murder Ballads

Jess Mitchell is taking her alter ego Lady Jezebelle out on the road one last time at the Edinburgh Festival before putting her past behind her forever.

But when she learns that not only is Edinburgh being stalked by a serial killer but that the murders seem to be re-enacting the stories in her songs, she realises not everyone may be as keen for her to quit as she is...