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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. Smashwords Sale: Authors Give Back
20 March 2020
To help those of us who need extra reading during the Covid-19 crisis, Smashwords is holding a month long e-book sale where "authors give back". The e-book editions of my two short story collections, Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth & Other Stories, are only $1.59 to buy at Smashwords until 20 April. That's a 60% price reduction. Purchase Moondust Memories Purchase Sons of the Earth & Other Stories Also, if you'd like to sample my fiction, these are free to download: Download Reeves Indeed Download In Deep With Janine 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. Vast Dreams in Order
31 January 2020
Vast, an anthology of stories of mind, soul, and consciousness in a technological age, which includes my new story Dreamtime, is now available to pre-order. The anthology's editor is C.R. Dudley, co-founder of Orchid's Lantern. Pre-order links: Amazon (US) - Kindle Amazon (UK) - Kindle Orchid's Lantern - for paperback Blue New Year
5 January 2019
First up, I'd like to wish a belated "Happy New Year" to all my readers and visitors to this website. My first news of the year is that Little Blue Marble has reprinted my SF story Good to Go in their Climate in Crisis anthology, which collects the stories they published last year. This anthology is currently available to purchase as an e-book. The paperback edition is coming soon. Good to Go originally appeared in Electric Athenaeum. 2019: Blogged, Sealed and Delivered
Good Prices Unboxed
26 December 2019
The e-books of my two short story collections, Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth & Other Stories, are only $0.99 to buy at Smashwords until 1 Jan. That's a 75% price reduction! Purchase Moondust Memories Purchase Sons of the Earth & Other Stories (You should find the same prices at Amazon.) Please fill your (virtual) boots! Xmas Minimalism
Merry Christmas!
Delivering Peace
Flash in a Flash will be reprinting my Christmas themed story Peace on Earth on 24 December, when it will be delivered to their newsletter subscribers. Subscription is free and can be cancelled at any time.
The Season of Good Prices
12 December 2019 (Edited)
As expected, Smashwords has announced an end-of-year sale, which runs from 25 December to 1 January. I've dropped the price of my short story collection e-books, Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth, to $0.99 for that period. You can purchase them here. Also, as I announced earlier, the Kindle editions of these collections will cost $0.99/£0.99/€0.99 from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk throughout December. (Links for other countries are here.) One Theory: Oh My!9 December 2019
I'm pleased to announce that Omicron Theory, an Ecuadorean online 'zine, has reprinted my SF story One Is One, in English. You can read it here. Doubly Blogged Up
19 November 2019
I've posted a couple of new items in my blog recently. 19 November: Review of The Illiterate Ghost by Alan Price. 18 November: "What if one what if collides with another what if" about my ideas generation process. Peace Dividend
6 November 2019
I've received news of an acceptance for a reprint of my Christmas-themed story Peace on Earth. I'll post more details when everything is confirmed. Going Blue Again
17 October 2019
I'm pleased to announce that Little Blue Marble is including my SF story Good to Go in their 2019 Climate in Crisis anthology, which collects the stories they've published this year. This anthology will be published in paperback and ebook formats. Good to Go originally appeared in Electric Athenaeum. The Original Indeed!
15 October 2019
I thought I'd finished writing my Reeves series of all-dialogue stories three years ago, but late last year I found myself wondering what reward I could offer backers of Eric Fomley's Kickstarter for his Sins and Other Worlds anthology. So I wrote a prologue, which I included in a special edition of my Reeves Indeed! ebook, which certain backers received. Now it feels like the time is right for every Reeves fan to find out how their favourite robot butler met his (alleged) master. Well Met is free to read here. Futuristic Punks for Sale8 October 2019
Zsenon Press's new anthology, A Punk Rock Future, is now available to purchase in ebook and paperback formats. This book collects 26 SF stories, including my new flash-length piece, I Think We Need To Hear That Again. Editor Steve Zisson has assembled an eye-catching line-up of authors, including Sarah Pinsker, Erica L. Satifker, Wendy Nikel and Charles Payseur. Available from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and other Amazon stores. Going to a Good Realm for Mortals
7 October 2019
I'm pleased to announce that a reprint of my story Good to Go will appear in a science fiction anthology forthcoming from Mortal Realm in 2020. Good to Go was originally published by Electric Athenaeum. Vast Dreams Await Us
25 September 2019
I'm delighted to announce that I have signed a contract for my SF story Dreamtime to appear in Vast, an anthology of stories of mind, soul and consciousness in a technological age forthcoming from Orchid's Lantern. The anthology's editor is C.R. Dudley, co-founder of Orchid's Lantern. Virtually Performance Art
19 September 2019
I'm delighted to announce that a short film of Andrew Wallace performing his SF story The Minus Four Sequence at this year's Virtual Futures "Autonomous Agents" event has been selected for the Bio-Fiction festival in Vienna (23-24 September). Although I was named in the the nomination (together with my fellow co-curator Stephen Oram) the achievement is all Andrew's. He wrote a fantastic story and performed it flawlessly at the event without reference to a script. I remain more than a little star-struck. Accelerated Dead Arrive
6 September 2019
Online magazine The New Accelerator has reprinted my SF story The English Dead. The English Dead was originally published in Hub magazine. Bitty Bees Buzzing
22 August 2019
Jason Brick has published his anthology of bite-sized stories, Itty Bitty Writing Space, which includes a reprint of my story Bee Futures. It's available to purchase from Amazon (and, I think, other online stores). Accelerating the Dead
22 August 2019
I'm pleased to announce that my SF story The English Dead has been accepted for reprinting by The New Accelerator magazine This will be my second story to appear there. The English Dead was originally published in Hub magazine. Son and Moon Dollars
2 July 2019
Smashwords is holding an ebook sale throughout July. My collections Moondust Memories and Sons of the Earth & Other Stories cost just $1.00 for the duration. Fill your (moon) boots! Nova Still Visible
28 June 2019
If you are a UK TV license-payer and missed my brief appearance on TV last night, you can watch it here. The film begins at about 8m30s into the show. It will remain on the BBC iPlayer until 26 July. Televisual Moondust Memories
Updated 27 June 2019
If you are following the build-up to the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing and live in the UK, you might be interested in watching The One Show on BBC Two at 7PM tomorrow (27 June). James Burke -- acclaimed TV presenter from that era -- appears in a short documentary film that was made especially for the show. I also feature in the documentary, which only lasts about four minutes, so it’s probably a case of blink and you’ll miss me. The subject is, in part, some rare films that a friend and I recovered from collectors in the 1990s, which contained unique BBC footage and commentary from the original Apollo 11 broadcasts (featuring James Burke). It may also touch on the influence the Apollo era had on my subsequent life (assuming those segments made the final cut!). If you are UK TV licence payer and miss the programme, you can catch up with it on the BBC's iPlayer for 30 days after its transmission. The Moon and Me was produced by Alleycats TV. Below is a publicity picture for their film. 
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