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Aycliffe & his Works…
Jonathan Aycliffe was born in Belfast in 1949. His real name is Denis McEoin and he is also known as Daniel Easterman (the thriller writer of many books). This three times British Fantasy best novel nominee is the author of several tense and brooding classical horror novels. When I spoke to him, he told me that there was no specific reason as to why he chose the name Jonathan Aycliffe as an alter ego.
Naomis Room started the ball rolling in 1991, a tale of ghostly horror. There then followed Whispers In the Dark the following year, the story about Charlotte, a child in late Victorian England and her time spent in apparent safety with relatives when she hears strange noises at night a sees weird apparitions .The Vanishment (1993) is the tale of a haunted house in England. Others that followed are The Matrix (1994); The Lost (1996); The Talisman (1999); and his most recent A Shadow on the Wall, published in 2000.
Five or six years ago, Jonathan Aycliffe books adorned the shelves of most book shops. They sat prominently alongside the Kings, the Herberts and the Rices. Sadly horror literature has taken a downhill slide for reasons unbeknownst to all horror fans and if you want one of his books you have to search the Internet or order them in bookshops. This has happened to several other authors, including Mark Morris and even Graham Masterton.
A lot of his spare time is spent helping his wife at her practice, he is the chairman of the UK's Natural Medicines Society (a post he says he has held 'for ever') and occasionally writes on medical subjects. He also serves as a magistrate in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he lives.