Halfway to Hell is the story of an unassuming man’s encounter with the occult following a brush with death and his fight to overcome the curse that burdens him. Where did the idea for this novel come from?

I like to take ordinary people and put them into extraordinary situations. The core idea of the book was the notion of how people are sent red flags as warnings and how often they ignore them. The working title for the first phase/edit was “Red Flag Angels.” The story branched off from that theme quite organically. Remember people, don’t ignore red flags! They are sent for a reason.

Is there anything from your own life that went into creating your main character Joe?

I, like many others, have indulged myself in the bad habit of ignoring red flags that have been sent my way. Ignoring my gut instincts. I think Joe’s personality is more than a little like my own. Sometimes I can be “Mr Procrastination.” Fighting an uphill battle against other people. We have all felt like that at some point in life, but what about fighting actual demonic forces? How would we fare? Who would aid us?

What is it that draws you to the paranormal fiction genre?

I’ve always had a vast and vivid imagination. As a child, I preferred to read books like Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and works by Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. I would probably struggle to write a straight-up crime novel, without veering off into the paranormal or science fiction. My first book series “Midas” started the trend.

Is this the first book in a series? If so, when is the next book coming out, and what can your fans expect in the next story?

I do plan to write a follow-up to Halfway to Hell. Probably next year. I think there needs to be some resolution and the characters need to get back into action. These demons need to be dealt with! At the moment, I am writing a fourth and final book in the Midas series, penned under “Peter Birkett”, so it will have to wait a little while.

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