Hi, thanks for stopping by.

 

I like ordinary things.

Until I start wondering what would happen if they weren't ordinary.

• What if trees decided humans were the problem?

• What if a story became capable of writing itself?

• What if the natural world stopped quietly cleaning up after us?

• What if the thing you thought was keeping you safe was actually keeping you trapped?

That's usually where my stories begin.

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I’m Neil Bailey, author of twisty thrillers, unsettling horror, and children's books full of oddballs, biscuits and mystery.

 

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I hope you enjoy having a wander through my autistic creative brain.

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I write across genres, but there’s one thing that ties it all together: the stories are never quite what you expect. I love to take the ordinary and twist it until something extraordinary falls out; whether it’s the world fighting back against pollution, psychotropic ash, or a zombie trying to blend in at the WI. Yep, you read that right.

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My work includes thrillers and horror for grown-ups, and children’s novels that mix mystery, monsters, and comedy, often with a dollop of science or a hint of real-world weirdness. This is all filtered through my amazing autistic brain and my experiences of battling with fibromyalgia (chronic fatigue and pain), for the last 20 years.

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I also write poetry: some serious, some silly. You'll find everything from deep emotions to odes to sausages.

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I live in the UK and spend a lot of time outdoors: being a volunteer Warden for my local Wildlife Trust, and running ultra-marathons [very badly], usually thinking through plot twists or making mental notes of suspicious-looking things.

 

I’m passionate about nature and conservation, and like to sneak a bit of that into my writing where I can.

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This site is where I share what I’m working on, post the odd rambling blog, and collect my poems before they escape.