My new short story, Rachel Can Still See, has been published in Issue 7 of science fiction and fantasy magazine Phantaxis. Rachel Can Still See is the sixth of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published, after Rachel Can See, Paul, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, The Home Secretary is Safe and Who is Rudolph Fentz? All these stories are set… Continue reading “Rachel Can Still See” has been published in Phantaxis Issue 7
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… Continue reading My short story “The Home Secretary is safe” is now published in Phantaxis Issue 6
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… Continue reading TWO “Million Eyes” short stories to be published by Phantaxis Magazine
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… Continue reading My short story “Rachel Can Still See” has been highly commended by Writers’ Forum
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… Continue reading How I plan a story + story updates
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… Continue reading My short story “Paul” has now been published by Storgy Magazine
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… Continue reading My short story “Paul” will be published by Storgy Magazine on 23rd November
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… Continue reading Commercial fiction vs literary fiction + story updates
Happy Halloween! You can now read a sneak peek of my new short story and honourable mention winner, Rachel Can See, the latest of the Million Eyes Short Stories, published in Metamorphose Volume 2. A Facebook user has already given the story a positive review: "Good story about a woman who is convinced she is not crazy."… Continue reading Sneak peek of my story “Rachel Can See” now available to read!
Evening folks! I'm pleased to announce that Metamorphose V2 is now available for pre-order! Its release date is November 1st, but if you order it before then, you get 50% off. It's only $14.99 anyway, so right now it's $7.50. (Around £6 for UK readers.) Happy days! As you know, the magazine features Rachel Can See,… Continue reading Metamorphose Volume 2 now available for pre-order with 50% off — includes my story “Rachel Can See”
Good evening readers! Tonight I bring a round-up of Million Eyes updates and some advice on a literary rule that’s habitually banged on about by editors, agents and publishers: “show, don’t tell”. Million Eyes and Hodderscape No, no, it’s nothing exciting like a book deal from a publisher (I wish). However, it’s a mini endorsement… Continue reading “Show, don’t tell” advice for writers + story updates
Evening all! I mentioned in a recent blog that I had an announcement to make very soon about the Million Eyes Short Stories. Well, here it is! Rachel Can See, a story I wrote at the end of 2014, is going to be published in the Fall 2016 volume of Metamorphose, a science fiction and fantasy magazine and… Continue reading My short story “Rachel Can See” will be published in Metamorphose Issue 2
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