Thank you 3LBE
Contributor copy arrived. Thank you TE Lawrence, thank you Andrew S Fuller, thank you 3LBE. Beautiful volume.
Tag: writing
On writing (excuse me while I tap out my pipe and load some more tobacco, young people)
I am not George Orwell, nor was meant to be. I was just thinking about why I write – because I enjoy it! – yeah, but why* – and I remembered a little interview I did with Breach magazine, which I think may not exist any more because the links are all dead, where I […]
RA – RA – STORY # 25
My 25th published story, “The murder of Father Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin considered as the single men’s Olympics Luge final“, has just gone live at Sein und Werden. I first read “The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy considered as a downhill motor race” by JG Ballard around 1979 / 1980, in one of the best sf […]
” … and many more”.
Cover reveal for the upcoming print anthology 3LBE Volume VII, collecting issues 25–28, with 23 pieces of original fiction by Cat Rambo, Mari Ness, J.M. McDermott, Gwendolyn Kiste, Michael J. DeLuca, Kristi DeMeester, E. Catherine Tobler, and many more. “… and many more”. Hey, that’s me! My first 3LBE story, “Some Corner of a Dorset […]
Jersey Devil Press
Come, let us depart from reality … something a little odd by me appearing in the latest edition of Jersey Devil Press – A Locked Room Mystery.
Acceptance
Second acceptance for the year, I think that I prefer 2021 to 2020 (wot? its not just me?). I now have an odd little something / something a little odd appearing in the January edition of Jersey Devil Press.
William Gibson reminds us to read Jack Womack
Stealing from the Guardian as I do from time to time, I see that in their regular “The Books that Made Me”, William Gibson, under the heading “The book I think is most underrated” nominates, “Jack Womack’s Random Acts of Senseless Violence. A near future that chillingly predicted the foulest possible outcome of our past […]
First sale of 2021
Not quite the 12 days of Christmas. Two rejections on 23 December, one on 27 December, one on 29 December. Opened the first rejection email of the year on 2 January, only to find it was an acceptance. An excellent way to start the year. Details to follow, but the outline is an “anthology about […]
Born Free: it’s back
For your listening pleasure … Big thanks to Seth Williams, Drew Sebesteny and all the folks at Tales to Terrify, who have podcast my story Born Free in edition #463. Thanks especially to Amy Paonessa for her excellent narration of the story of young Susan, who does indeed need a hand in breaking out of […]
GROOMING MY GRANDFATHER – NOW APPEARING IN VASTARIEN
VASTARIEN vol 3, issue 2, a double issue, is now available here, and includes my little story, Grooming my Grandfather. I see that the Kindle and ePub editions are priced at PAY WHAT YOU CAN, which is pretty reasonable, except maybe for Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, who can probably pay a lot, but I bet […]
