C.R. Berry

Short Stories

  • My short story “The Bisley Boy” has been shortlisted by Artificium

    A nice email dropped in my inbox today. It was from Artificium, an independent publisher that runs short story competitions every spring and summer, and publish an anthology of short fiction, flash fiction and poetry two to three times a year. The email contained the shortlist for their summer competition and my name was among them! Read more

  • Did Rudolph Fentz time travel? My short story about the famous urban legend is now published in Storgy Magazine

    Who is Rudolph Fentz? was the first of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published, way back in 2015 in Issue 68 of Scribble Magazine (and it won 3rd prize in their quarterly comp too). Since that issue of Scribble is long out of print, I’ve been looking for a magazine to re-publish it. Now Storgy Magazine, Read more

  • My short story “The Home Secretary is safe” is now published in Phantaxis Issue 6

    A new Million Eyes Short Story is now published and available to read in science fiction and fantasy magazine Phantaxis! The Home Secretary is safe is included in Issue 6, which has just been released. (I’m even named first on the cover – think it’s just alphabetical but still – WHOOP!) In the story, Cody Evans is Read more

  • TWO “Million Eyes” short stories to be published by Phantaxis Magazine

    What a month! After a very slow first half of the year in terms of publication news for the Million Eyes Short Stories, my story Eryl Mai’s Dream just got shortlisted by Dark Tales, and Who is Rudolph Fentz? got accepted for re-publication by Storgy Magazine. Now, within 3 days of one another, I’ve had two further stories accepted for publication Read more

  • “Million Eyes” short stories to be published in Dark Tales and Storgy

    I’m super-pleased to announce that TWO of the Million Eyes Short Stories are slated for publication! The first is Who is Rudolph Fentz? This is based on a time travel urban legend that I’ve written about before. It was previously published in print in Issue 68 of Scribble Magazine, winning 3rd prize in its quarterly competition. Now Storgy Magazine Read more

  • My short story “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” has been re-published in Suspense Magazine

    Bonsoir les lecteurs! I’m back from my long bank holiday weekend in Disneyland Paris, but due to a big rush of copywriting busyness on my return, I’m afraid a new mystery/conspiracy article will have to wait till next week. In the meantime, I come bearing news about my short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller. The second Read more

  • My short story “Rachel Can Still See” has been highly commended by Writers’ Forum

    Good day fiction fiends, mystery-philes and conspiracy lovers everywhere. I have returned from full immersion in my forthcoming conspiracy novel, Million Eyes. More on that tomorrow; I’ll be posting an article with updates on my progress with Million Eyes, along with a review of South House Retreat and my time there. In the meantime, just a quick blog Read more

  • How I plan a story + story updates

    Greetings readers! Today I come bearing a handful of Million Eyes updates, and a bit of insight into how I plan and develop stories. Million Eyes  Work on the first novel in The Million Eyes Trilogy continues, and the end is nigh. I’m currently rewriting the very last chapter of the novel, and I’m in Read more

  • My story “The Babushka Lady” will be published in time travel anthology “The Chronos Chronicles” later in 2017!

    I’m super-pleased to announce that my short story, The Babushka Lady, will be published later this year! It’s been selected to appear in a time travel-themed anthology called The Chronos Chronicles, due for print and electronic publication by Indie Authors Press in spring/summer 2017. The Babushka Lady is the latest of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be accepted Read more

  • My short story “Paul” has now been published by Storgy Magazine

    My short story Paul is now available to read! It was published today by online magazine Storgy. The story is based on a famous pop culture conspiracy theory. The image above (used by Storgy for the publication) is a rather obvious clue as to what that might be, but if you’ve not heard of it, read the Read more

  • My short story “Paul” will be published by Storgy Magazine on 23rd November

    Hello readers! Just thought I’d drop by and let you know that Storgy Magazine will be publishing my short story Paul on November 23rd ! Paul was originally shortlisted in the Aeon Award 2015 and very close to making the top six (so said the editor). It will be the fourth Million Eyes Short Story to be published, after Who Read more

  • Commercial fiction vs literary fiction + story updates

    Good evening Earth. This week I’m talking about a popular conspiracy theory that President-elect Trump was assassinated by a coalition of Western governments before he could destroy Mexico’s economy, give guns to toddlers, and nuke the Middle East. Wait—what? There’s no such conspiracy theory, you say? President-elect Trump hasn’t been assassinated? Ah, okay. Sorry, must’ve Read more

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