Callum McSorley is an author based in Glasgow.
Excited to announce a short story of mine has been sold to Typehouse Literary Magazine, and will appear in print in the magazine’s forthcoming September issue. Set in 1957 in Budapest under Soviet rule, ‘Pamphleteers’ tells the tale of a once-lauded writer who has become part of a conspiracy to attack the ideology of … More Typehouse Literary Magazine
I’m really excited to have a short story included in the next issue of Schlock! Webzine. Cutting Gold Teeth – an urban fantasy tale about a bank heist that goes wrong, kicking off a surreal trip through some unsavoury parts of San Francisco – will be published on 16th September and available to read … More Schlock! Webzine
Since I visited Japan three years ago, I’ve been obsessed with ramen – the famous soupy noodle dish found everywhere in the country with many regional variations. Ramen shops are ubiquitous in Japan’s cities – the little restaurants are crowded underground in railway stations and shopping malls. You make your selection from the machine outside … More Ramen Recipes and Japanese Fiction
I’ve been sitting on this news for a while, so it’s with much excitement that I can say I have a short story appearing in a new Gothic horror anthology by FunDead Publications! FunDead is an amazing indie horror publisher based in the Witch City – Salem, Massachusetts. Back in December 2016 it released a … More New Gothic Anthology by FunDead
A couple of years ago, my short story Queen of Junkyard Dogs appeared in an anthology called Hardboiled: Dames & Sin by Dead Guns Press. (I have since self-published this one in my own latest collection, Fresh Blood Orange.) Shortly after, DGP went on hiatus, its future uncertain. I’m pleased to say in 2018 DGP … More New Hardboiled anthology – the return of Dead Guns Press
Buongiorno! Last week I came home from my summer holidays in Italy, and I thought I’d shared a few thoughts about the books I read while I was sunbathing in Sorrento – plus share some of my snaps, which are mostly of random animals I saw, and the occasional UNESCO World Heritage landmark. … More Holiday Reading in Rome and Sorrento
In Edinburgh there lives an awesome sci-fi magazine called Shoreline of Infinity. I sometimes write book reviews for it. Every month SoI hosts a free reading event, called Event Horizon. Now, you’ve heard of peanut butter and chocolate, and you’ve heard of peanut butter and jam, let me introduce you to another of the world’s … More Event Horizon w/ Aether & Ichor, 10th May
New York City, the year 2142. Melting polar ice caps have caused mass floods around the globe, leaving Manhattan swimming in the drink. But Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 is no post-apocalypse piece, here the city that never sleeps is as vibrant as ever, living under its new moniker, ‘The Super-Venice’. My review of … More Review: New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson
You can now read Edinburgh author Callum Dougan‘s short story, Salt the Earth, on Aether & Ichor. This is another piece I worked on personally along with the rest of the A&I team, a tale of elemental magic and a teenager embarrassed by her parents. Read it in full here. Photo: Margaret Graton
Two pieces of awesome news in one here! First up, Surreal Nightmares II (published by James Ward Kirk Publishing) – containing my short story The Dog Walker – is now available on Amazon in print and on kindle. It sits in good company beside other surrealist horror stories and mind-bending poetry. Secondly, The Dog Walker … More Read The Dog Walker in Surreal Nightmares II / Editor’s choice award
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