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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. Succinct Someone
Updated 24 April 2017
I'm delighted to announce that my micro-fiction Someone Else's Problem has been published in 50-Word Stories! This is my 36th story to see publication, and my shortest ever. Fenn Lands Gong!
18 April 2017
Although the announcement was made several days ago at the Innominate convention, I am delighted to belatedly post the wonderful news that my good friend and fellow member of the One Step Beyond writers' group, Jaine Fenn, has won the the British Science Fiction Association's Award for Shorter Fiction (2016), for her story 'Liberty Bird'. I've known Jaine since 1998. She's a hard-working and talented writer who thoroughly deserves this award. Go Jaine! PSA: No Way LJ
14 April 2017
Just for the record, I have deleted my LiveJournal, which has not been my primary social media account for a long time. I still have an account on the very similar Dreamwidth, but you probably won't read anything there that you can't get here. Catch Sixty-Six
6 April 2017
Speculative 66 has just published my micro-flash SF story Gone Fishing in issue 7. This is my third story to appear there. There's a lovely illustration to accompany my words, all 66 of them! Hidden Oracle
26 March 2017
I'm very pleased to announce that I have received an acceptance from The Centropic Oracle for my flash story Invisible Touch. This is my first acceptance from this podcaster. Invisible Touch was originally published by Daily Science Fiction. Service Provider Reminder
23 March 2017
If you're a writer seeking an experienced and objective view of one or more of your short story drafts, please note that I offer written critiques for pieces in the 500-10000 words range. If you're interested, please read the information here and then contact me. |
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