C.R. Berry

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  • Cover and blurb reveal for “Million Eyes” and a new short story collection on its way

    The front cover for Million Eyes is now live on Elsewhen Press’s website! You can also read the newly written back cover blurb. Here’s the cover. The new blurb is as follows: How do you fight an enemy who has a million eyes? What if we’re living in an alternate timeline? What if the car crash that Read more

  • A couple of “Million Eyes” updates and a new article for Time Travel Nexus

    Happy Wednesday! This is a quick update about my time travel conspiracy thriller novel, Million Eyes, and a few other bits and bobs. So, I’m currently in talks with the publisher, Elsewhen Press, about a release date. We’ve not firmed up anything yet, but I’m hoping this will be confirmed very soon. I’m waiting to Read more

  • Book deal SIGNED! Elsewhen Press will publish “Million Eyes”

    I’m pleased to announce—no, not pleased, ecstatic and weeing myself slightly—that I’ve just signed my first ever book deal. After years of talking about it, my time travel conspiracy thriller, Million Eyes, is finally on its way. The deal is with an independent publisher called Elsewhen Press, who specialise in speculative fiction and are building Read more

  • New story “Eryl Mai’s Dream” has been published in Dark Tales Volume 17

    A new short story set in the Million Eyes universe has been published in the latest anthology from Dark Tales, a well-known horror and speculative fiction publisher. Dark Tales has been running monthly short story competitions and publishing them in periodic anthologies since 2003. The story is entitled Eryl Mai’s Dream and was shortlisted in Read more

  • Hey 2019. The year Game of Thrones and Star Wars end. And…

    … Million Eyes begins! Yes, yes, yes, I totally realise that I’m making it sound like my forthcoming conspiracy thriller novel Million Eyes is going to be the next BIG thing. I’m under no illusions how unlikely and pipe dreamy that is. I’m confident that a lot of people will enjoy Million Eyes given the subject Read more

  • Voila! A new look & feel for the website

    Good day readers! As mentioned in my article last week (which was great therapy by the way — I’ve felt heaps better since then), I’ve been wanting to relaunch my website with a new design and name. So here it is! While I always liked the name “Behind The Curtain”, it was more reflective of my Read more

  • New plans for “Million Eyes” and my stop-off at Heartbreakville

    Well, 2018. I’m not sure how I feel about you anymore. It started off well. First seven months—great. Last five—not so much. Now I’m afraid I’m looking forward to seeing the back of you. After a long-ish hiatus, I’m back. Blog’s going to take a slightly different form from now on, but I’ll get to Read more

  • I’m now a Grindstone Literary shortlisted novelist!

    In case you missed it on Facebook and Twitter, this is a quick post to say that I’m now a very proud Grindstone Literary shortlisted novelist. I entered the first 3,000 words of a new work-in-progress novel called Scuzzling — a conspiracy thriller with religious themes set in a fantasy world — into their international novel competition. It ended up Read more

  • Read my interview with The Ginger Collect

    Hello readers! Just a quick note to say that my interview with The Ginger Collect is now available to read on their website. Have a read by clicking the image below. The Ginger Collect recently published my short story, The Quiet Invasion, in Issue 6 of their online magazine. This is the latest of the Million Eyes short Read more

  • New story “The Quiet Invasion” has been published in The Ginger Collect Issue 6

    The Ginger Collect, publishers of “the weird, the new age and the strange”, have published my short story, The Quiet Invasion, in their latest issue. The latest of the Million Eyes short stories, The Quiet Invasion is set in the world of Million Eyes, in which time travel is possible but being kept secret by the powers that be. The Quiet Invasion is not, Read more

  • Were JFK and Marilyn Monroe’s deaths linked? Find out in my story “The Babushka Lady”, now published in “The Chronos Chronicles”

    Did you ever wonder if the deaths of Marilyn Monroe and John F. Kennedy might be connected? The lead character in my short story The Babushka Lady is on the trail of the killer — but is everything as it seems? The Babushka Lady is the latest of the Million Eyes short stories to be released. It’s a time Read more

  • Read “The Emancipation of Google” + an interview with me in Theme of Absence

    I’m thrilled to announce that my short story The Emancipation of Google has just been published today in Theme of Absence, an online magazine of speculative flash fiction and short stories. Click the image above to read it or go here. At nearly 1,300 words, it’s a short read. It’s about an unusual encounter between a Read more

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