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Latest News** Flash Writing **
12 April 2021
I'm delighted to announce that editor Jason Brick has has accepted my SF story Writing on the Wall for reprinting in his Flash in a Flash newsletter. This will be my fifth story to appear there. Writing on the Wall was originally published at Daily Science Fiction (2011). ** English Climbers Speak Catalan! **
10 April 2021
I'm delighted to announce that Catarsi magazine has accepted my SF story The English Dead for translation into Catalan. This will be my ninth foreign language. The English Dead was originally published in Hub (2007). ** A Day Much Spoken Of **
12 March 2021
I'm delighted to announce that The Centropic Oracle will be podcasting my SF story On This Day later this year. This will be my third story to by podcast by them. On This Day was originally published in Nature Futures in 2020. ** Smashing Spring Collections **
Updated 12 March 2021
One day remaining! Smashwords is running a one-week sale (7-13 March). I've reduced the price of the e-book editions of my three short-story collections to $0.99. The purchase links are here: The Last Moonshot & Other Stories Moondust Memories Sons of the Earth and Other Stories ** Touching Dread Today **
11 February 2021
I'm pleased to announce that The Dread Machine has reprinted my SF story Touching Distance. I've slightly shortened it compared to the originally published version (in Postscripts 7), to maximise the dread! I love the illustration accompanying the story. To read it in full, you will need to become a subscriber. ** Peace Studies 101 **
25 January 2021
Jason Brick's latest anthology of amazing flash fiction, Worth 1000 Words: 101 Flash Fiction Stories by 101 Authors, is now available to purchase on Amazon. It includes a reprint of my Christmas story Peace on Earth. Purchase links: Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk ** Moon Smashed **21 January 2021
The Last Moonshot & Other Stories -- my third collection of previously published short stories -- is now available to purchase as a e-book from Smashwords and its affiliates (for only $1.99 or equivalent). Purchase links: Smashwords Apple iTunes (USA) Apple iTunes (UK) Barnes & Noble Kobo ** Last Moon Launched **
20 January 2021
I'm very happy to announce that Emerging Worlds has reprinted my SF story The Last Moonshot. You can read it here. The Last Moonshot first appeared in Shoreline of Infinity in 2017. ** Bees Flying Abroad **
20 January 2021 (updated)
I'm very happy to announce that my SF story Bee Futures appeared in the December issue of Bengali magazine Sahitya Subarno, which can be downloaded as a PDF from here. For now, my story is only available in English but the editor has told me that he is hoping to translate it into Bengali too. Bee Futures originally appeared in Nature Futures. ** Quietly Brought to Book **
12 January 2021
I am delighted to announce that The Quiet Reader international literary magazine has published my short story The Book of Love in its newly released edition 2. Read it here. ** Moon Emerging **
5 January 2021
2021 has started in a happy way for me with today's news that Emerging Worlds has accepted my SF story The Last Moonshot for reprinting. The Last Moonshot first appeared in Shoreline of Infinity in 2017. ** Happy New Year! **
2 January 2021
Wishing all my readers and visitors to this website a happy and above all healthy 2021. If you are interested in reading my summation of 2020 (from a writing perspective), you can find it here. ** A Quiet, Bookish Kind of Love **
28 December 2020
I am delighted to announce that The Quiet Reader international literary magazine has accepted my short story The Book of Love for first publication in its second edition, which will appear online on 1 January. ** Peace on Earth Returns! **
23 December 2020
As what has been a deeply traumatic year for many finally draws to a close, I wish all my readers and visitors to this site a Merry Christmas and Seasonal Celebrations. If you'd like a little seasonal reading in between the (mandatory) sessions of over-indulgence, please head to the Milford SF writers blog where you will find stories by Marion Pitman, David Turnbull and me, also a short film by Molly Brown. Enjoy! ** Your Table Is Ready for You Now **
5 December 2020
Jason Brick has published my new flash-length story Laying the Table in his Flash in a Flash newsletter. The newsletter is free to receive. You can subscribe to it here. ** Bees Learn Bengali **
29 November 2020
I am delighted to announce that bilingual (English/Bengali) Indian webzine Sahitya Subarno will be reprinting my story Bee Futures in its December issue. Bee Futures originally appeared in Nature Futures. ** Flash Table Laid **
19 November 2020
I'm delighted to announce that Jason Brick has accepted my flash-length story Laying the Table for first publication in his Flash in a Flash newsletter, which is scheduled for release on 4 December. The newsletter is free to receive. You can subscribe to it here. ** Another Touch of Dread **
12 November 2020
I'm thrilled to announce that I've signed a contract with the publishers of The Dread Machine for the reprinting and podcasting of my SF story Touching Distance (which was originally published in Postscripts). More news in due course. ** The Last Moonshot Launched **
22 October 2020 (updated)
My new short-story collection The Last Moonshot and other stories is now available to buy on Amazon. Prices will be kept at the current, lowest-possible levels until November. The Kindle e-book edition is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. The paperback edition is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. Links to other Amazon stores where my books are sold can be found here. The Last Moonshot and Other Stories collects seven of Vaughan Stanger's previously published science fiction and fantasy tales and five pieces of nano-fiction. These original and imaginative stories encompass a wide range of themes relevant to our lives now. From encounters with dead people in a virtual forest to a meme that triggers an apocalypse. From a space mission mounted by a street gang to a desperate attempt to save our planet from climate disaster. Some can be read and digested in a minute, others will keep you thinking for a long time. ** The Future Is Today **
14 October 2020
I'm delighted to announce that Nature Futures has published my short story On This Day. You can read if for free here. ** Coming Soon: The Last Moonshot **
7 October 2020
My new collection, The Last Moonshot and other stories, should be ready for release on Amazon by mid-October. My talented cover artist, Tony Hughes, has created a wonderful cover. More details is due course. ** On This Day in the Future **
2 October 2020
I'm delighted to announce that Singer Nature has accepted my short story On This Day for publication in their online Futures series. This will be my fifth publication in Nature Futures. I gave a reading of an earlier version of this story at a Virtual Futures event last year, but this will be its first publication in any form. More details is due course. ** Top 100 **
9 September 2020
I'm delighted to announce that Jason Brick, editor and publisher of Flash in a Flash, has included a one-sentence story by me as the first entry in his big bunch of such stories in issue 100. To read my story, which I've titled Everything Is Better with Ads (although no titles are used in this issue), you'll need to subscribe to the free Flash in a Flash newsletter. You'll receive two stories a week and can unsubscribe at any time. ** 'One Is One' en español **
4 August 2020
The Spanish translation of my SF story One Is One has been published in Issue 1 (year 3) of Mexican publication El Futuro del Ayer, Hoy. It is available to purchase here. This is my first story to be published in Spanish, which makes a total of eight foreign languages for my fiction so far. ** One Is Going to Mexico! **31 July 2020
I'm delighted to announce that my SF story One Is One will be translated into Spanish (a first for me) and reprinted in the next issue of Mexican publication El Futuro del Ayer, Hoy, which will be available to purchase from Amazon shortly. This story was originally published in Cat's Breakfast (Third Flatiron Books) ** Dream Home Sold Again! **
31 July 2020
I'm delighted to announce that new independent publisher Wyldblood Press has reprinted my story In Every Dream Home as the first in its Flash Fridays series. This story was originally published in Neo-opsis 24. ** Son and Moon Smash Down **
1 July 2020
Smashwords is holding its regular summer sale during July. The e-book editions of my two short story collections, Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth & Other Stories, are only $0.99 to purchase from Smashwords until 31 July. That's a 75% price reduction. Purchase Moondust Memories Purchase Sons of the Earth & Other Stories Good buy! ** Nocturnal Cat's Activities Reported **
15 June 2020
Casey Douglass has posted a pleasing review of my contribution to DBND Publishing's new anthology, Ghost Stories for Starless Nights: "One of the strangest tales for me was Brown Cat Blues by Vaughan Stanger. It’s a story about someone going away for a long trip and worrying about how their neighbour’s cat very possibly could’ve sneaked inside their home before they closed the door, as is its habit. This creates a ghost-projection of cat anxiety, and it makes this tale feel a little like Casper the Friendly Ghost meets Schrödinger's cat. It’s very well written, and it stands out to me as one of the more curious tales in the book." The anthology as a whole gets a great review. It is available to purchase from DNDB's online store and in Kindle and paperback formats at Amazon (US) and Amazon (UK). ** Nocturnal Cat On The Prowl **
22 May 2020
DBND Publishing have released their new anthology, Ghost Stories for Starless Nights, which includes a reprint of my story Brown Cat Blues. This anthology is available to purchase in Kindle and paperback formats at Amazon (US) and Amazon (UK). ** Amazon UK Kindle Books Price Decrease (VAT Removal) **
5 May 2020 (edited)
(This post is relevant to those readers who purchase Kindle books from Amazon UK.) Now that the British government has zero-rated VAT on e-books, I have been able to permanently reduce the price of my Kindle books on Amazon UK. As before, I have set prices at the lowest permitted level. Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth & Other Stories now cost only £1.77. All my other Kindle books now cost only £0.77. Regarding other e-book retailers: I have done my best to adjust the UK prices at Smashwords, who supply my e-books to them, but in some cases (e.g. Apple) this does not appear to have worked. ** Nocturnal Cat Covered **
26 April 2020
DBND Publishing have released the cover picture for their forthcoming anthology, Ghost Stories for Starless Nights, which will include a reprint of my story Brown Cat Blues. Lovely title, lovely cover. ** Translated as One Is Stalked **
18 April 2020
My SF story One Is One has been included in the voting list for a Stalker (an Estonian SF award) in the best translated SF short story category (2019). The honour belongs to Mari Arumäe, who translated it for publication in Reaktor (an Estonian webzine). ** Cat Spotting at Night **
26 March 2020
I'm pleased to announce that DBND Publishing will be reprinting my story Brown Cat Blues in their forthcoming anthology, Ghost Stories for Starless Nights. Lovely title! More details when I have them. ** Vast Dreams Available **
28 February 2020
Vast, an anthology of stories of mind, soul, and consciousness in a technological age, which includes my new SF story Dreamtime, is now available to purchase. The anthology's editor is C.R. Dudley, co-founder of Orchid's Lantern. Having received my contributor's copies, I am happy to assure potential purchasers that this is a very nicely produced book. Links for all ordering options can be found here. Long-time readers of my fiction may be interested to know that Dreamtime is a distant sequel to my story Stars In Her Eyes, which was originally published in Postscripts 17 (from PS Publishing). You don't need to read it first to understand Dreamtime, but if you wish to it is available to buy from Amazon and other online stores, and it will be free to download from Smashwords during their next sale, which runs from 1st to 7th of March. ** Heroes Past Making Music **
14 February 2020
I'm delighted to announce that I have a story in the forthcoming No More Heroes anthology, which is edited by the inestimable Ian Whates and will be published later this year by PS Publishing. To quote Ian: "The book will feature stories inspired by the lives and work of musicians who have left us too soon." More details will follow in due course. |
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