While Jim Steinman might be the more overt musical influence on Coldharbour, Stevie Nicks really can’t be discounted, as her lightly Gothic combination of rawness and femininity with that dash of mysticism appears in Coldharbour.

I’m often asked about my influences when it comes to writing and obviously, I have many literary ones. But really, it all comes back to the legenday Jim Steinman. If you don't go over the top, you can't see what's on the other side…