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… Continue reading My short story “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” has been re-published in Suspense Magazine
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
George Clarke is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, producer and founder of independent film company Yellow Fever Productions. Best known for his micro-budget zombie horror flicks, his sixth feature film, The Blood Harvest, won two awards at the 2015 Freak Show Horror Film Festival in Florida. But back in 2010, George shot to worldwide attention for an… Continue reading Talking time travel, Charlie Chaplin and Donald Trump with filmmaker George Clarke
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
My interview on Spaced Out Radio is now available for listening! It aired live at 9pm Pacific time, 12am Eastern time and 5am UK time. We ended up going for three whole hours, but seriously, they were the fastest three hours ever! Host Dave Scott was a lovely, friendly chap and we discussed a ton… Continue reading My interview on Spaced Out Radio looks at Princess Diana’s crash, Flat Earth, time travel and if Paul McCartney’s really dead
Whoops. A time traveller has made an epic boo-boo and got themselves caught on film in 1928. And now filmmaker George Clarke has exposed their clumsy arse to the world. I’ve mentioned this particular urban legend a few times recently. That’s because it inspired my short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, which was published… Continue reading Time traveller spotted in Charlie Chaplin DVD extra
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
Hello hello! Welcome, on this stifingly hot and sticky September day, to my monthly round-up of news, including the latest on Million Eyes and the Million Eyes Short Stories. And this month I also come bearing tips for writing flashback sequences in fiction—not as easy as it sounds! I’m being interviewed on Spaced Out Radio! Last month I was contacted… Continue reading How to write flashbacks in fiction + story updates
My short story, The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller, has now been published in Tigershark Magazine, Issue 11! You can download the PDF of the issue for free right here! Just click the link below. (The story starts on page 18.) Tigershark Magazine Issue 11 The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories… Continue reading “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” now available to read in Tigershark Magazine
I come bearing news! The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller is about to become the second of the Million Eyes Short Stories to be published. The story will be part of Issue 11 of Tigershark Magazine, a free e-zine of flash fiction, short fiction and poetry that's been running since 2013. Issue 11 should be out at the end… Continue reading “The Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller” to be published by Tigershark
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