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Most recent changes: News items below and update to Bibliography and Podcasts pages (18 August 2017).
Latest NewsInvisibly Spoken
18 August 2017
I couldn't announce this at the time as I was on vacation, but The Centropic Oracle has podcast a marvellous version of my flash-length story Invisble Touch, which was originally published in Daily Science Fiction. Major kudos go to Rob Gillespie for doing an excellent job of the character voices. Hand Raised
18 August 2017
I'm delighted to announce that the editor of Uprising Review has accepted my SF short story Hand in Glove for reprinting. This story was originally published in Midnight Street #16 in 2011. More news in due course. Squid on the Menu
1 August 2017
Delicious Served Cold, the fourth of my 'Reeves' all-dialogue stories, goes live on Space Squid today! And something else to look forward to: on 4 August, The Centropic Oracle will be podcasting Invisible Touch. Digital Glass
31 July 2017
I'm delighted to announce that the editor of Digital Science Fiction has accepted my short story Star in a Glass for reprinting. This story was originally published in the Music for Another World anthology from the sadly now-defunct Mutation Press. More news in due course. One Cat Gets Praise
27 July 2017
Third Flatiron's Kurt Vonnegut tribute anthology Cat's Breakfast has been reviewed at Tangent Online, largely favourably. Needless to say, I was pleased to see my story, One Is One, receive a positive verdict. Cat's Breakfast is available to purchase at Amazon. Moondust Sprinkled Everywhere
25 July 2017
The epub edition of my first SF collection, Moondust Memories, is now available to purchase for $2.99 at Smashwords, iBooks, and Barnes & Noble. This ebook should also be available to purchase (as opposed to pre-order) within a day or two at Kobo and other on-line book retailers. Delicious Squid!
24 July 2017
I'm delighted to announce that the editor of Space Squid has accepted my short story Delicious Served Cold for publication. Delicious Served Cold is the fourth story in my Reeves series of all-dialogue humorous flash fiction. The earlier episodes were published in Daily Science Fiction and Plasma Frequency Magazine. You can find links to them here. More news on this in due course. The Changing Phases of the Moon
Updated 7 July 2017
My first SF collection, Moondust Memories, will be available to buy at Smashwords, iBooks, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo from 27 July. But if you would rather pre-order it now, please click the appropriate link. If you've signed up for Kindle Unlimited please note that Moondust Memories, which is currently available for free to members, will disappear from the KU catalogue on 25 July. After that, the Kindle edition will cost $2.99 (or the equivalent) on Amazon. Cat Gets One Breakfast
15 June 2017
Third Flatiron's Kurt Vonnegut tribute anthology Cat's Breakfast is now available to purchase at Amazon. It includes my SF story One Is One. That's my thirty-seventh story to see publication. If you're interested in supporting Third Flatiron, their patreon page is here. Quick! A Botnet...
5 June 2017
(I somehow managed to miss this one, a few weeks back!) Digital Fiction Pub has reprinted my SF short-short The Last Botnet in its QuickFic series. It's my second story to appear there. This story first appeared in Nature Physics, as part of the 'Futures' series, in 2008. Moonset
1 June 2017
The promotional price for the Kindle edition of my first short story collection, Moondust Memories ends tomorrow (2 June) at 23:59 GMT. Around the end of July, I will be publishing this ebook on other platforms, so it will no longer be exclusive to Amazon. Therefore, if you wish to buy the Kindle edition for the lowest possible price (£0.99 / $0.99+sales tax), now's your final chance for the foreseeable future. Newsworthy Writer
28 May 2017
My talk to the Thurrock Writers Circle even made it into the local news... For the sake of historical accuracy, I ought to point out that the arcticle does contain one inaccuracy, in that although my "book" did win a school contest it is not true that it was published, except in the sense that I cheekily wrote "published by" the name of my school inside the front cover of the exercise book I wrote it in (aged 13)! Thurrock Tales Told
25 May 2017
I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of talking about my short fiction to The Thurrock Writers' Circle yesterday evening, which was a first for me. My audience was very enthusiastic and asked lots of interesting questions. I'm hugely grateful to everyone who attended, but especially Cindy Mannering, who organised the event. As part of my talk, I performed readings of Sons of the Earth, Bee Futures, and Peace on Earth, also read brief excerpts from a story I wrote while at senior school (aged 13) and my PhD thesis on X-ray astronomy (from 1985, much of which reads like fiction now, so rapidly has the field developed since then). Thurrock Tales
24 May 2017
This evening, I will be giving my first ever talk about my short fiction, to The Thurrock Writers' Circle. To say that I'm looking forward to this event is putting it mildly! To celebrate this event, I've dropped the price of my latest short story collection, Sons of the Earth (Kindle edition), to £0.99 / $0.99. The price reverts after seven days. One Cat Ordered Breakfast
18 May 2017
Third Flatiron's Kurt Vonnegut tribute anthology Cat's Breakfast is now available to pre-order at Amazon. It includes my SF story One Is One. The line-up looks great and I love that cover! If you're interested in supporting Third Flatiron, their patreon page is here. Collapsing Onto Site
9 May 2017
Since the sad demise of Cracked Eye, my story Collapsing Into Life has not been available to read. Well now it is! I have reprinted it here on my website with the kind permission of the publisher (The Other Publishing Company Limited). Bees Caught on Camera
8 May 2017
Tom Chisholm's reading of my story Bee Futures at the Virtual Futures Near-Future Fictions Salon Vol. 01 can be viewed here. There are lots of other readings from the first three events on this YouTube channel. Bee Futures was originally published in Nature Futures (2013). Bees Caught on Camera
8 May 2017
Tom Chisholm's reading of my story Bee Futures at the Virtual Futures Near-Future Fictions Salon Vol. 01 can be viewed here. There are lots of other readings from the first three events on this YouTube channel. Bee Futures was originally published in Nature Futures (2013). Stories Circling Over Thurrock
5 May 2017
I'm delighted to announce that I will be giving a talk about writing short stories, which will include some readings of my own work, to The Thurrock Writers' Circle on 24 May. This is my first invitation to give a talk of this kind. Needless to say, I'm very much looking forward to it. The Numbers Are In!
25 April 2017
I'm delighted to announce two acceptances today: Third Flatiron have accepted my SF story One Is One for publication in their Kurt Vonnegut themed Cat's Breakfast anthology. I'm particularly thrilled about this news as I'm a big fan of Vonnegut, his earlier novels in particular. and... Alban Lake has accepted a reprint of First and Third for their Outposts of Beyond magazine. This Mars-set SF story was originally published in Postscripts 27/28 Unfit for Eden (PS Publishing). More publishing details will follow in due course. |
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