My name is Alex McCall, and I’m a writer.  My book is called Attack of the Giant Robot Chickens and won the 2013 Kelpies Prize. It also won the Younger Readers category of the 2015 Scottish Children’s Book Award. It’s sequel is called Revenge of the Giant Robot Chickens.

• A Short Time Later…November 22, 2022
  Well it has been a busy week and a half Between my dishwasher destroying itself in a way never before seen, according to the nice engineer, a few doctors appointments and maybe getting evicted, maybe not (it’s currently looking like not but I only found that out about an hour ago) it’s been quite an … Continue reading A Short Time Later…
• Where was I and what was I up to?November 12, 2022
  Hey guys, it’s been a while. Last year I challenged myself to write a short fairy tale every month and post it up on my website. I managed it and I think they turned out really well. So the obvious thing was to try that again this year. I would say I made it to … Continue reading Where was I and what was I up to?
• Season’s EndJanuary 29, 2022
  There once was a girl who was born of the storm. Her name was Cirrus and she was daughter to the King of Storms. But that isn’t important. It was where her story started but it didn’t define it. In truth she remembered little of that time, just rage and pain and fear. The important … Continue reading Season’s End
• New Year, New Me.January 26, 2022
  Hello all! Happy 2022! We’re almost through January and already this year has been excellent. Due to a number of reasons from family health to my flat being laughingly uninhabitable I’ve been living with my parents since March 2020. While this was great in a lot of ways I work best with less distractions, such … Continue reading New Year, New Me.