Callum McSorley is an author based in Glasgow.
The blog tour for SQUEAKY CLEAN kicks off today, Monday 27th February with podcast Dark Matter Zine, and will be running through to Friday 17th March. The links to each stop are below, which I will continue to update it as we go along. I’m really looking forward to this, and hearing what everyone has … More SQUEAKY CLEAN blog tour
Despite the title of the collection describing its contributing authors as ‘Five Without Honour’ I am, actually, very honoured to have a story in this new short anthology from Anxiety Press. Five Without Honour: Justified Sinners is a sampler of Scottish writing put together by the incredibly talented Chris Kelso, author of The Dregs Trilogy, … More Read YE TAK THE GHOST ROAD in ‘Five Without Honour: Justified Sinners’
Just under two weeks to go until SQUEAKY CLEAN is out in the world! To send it on its way there will be a launch event at Mount Florida Books in the southside of Glasgow on 2nd March (publication day). I’ll be speaking to the excellent Elle Nash, author of Animals Eat Each Other (404 … More SQUEAKY CLEAN launch night at Mount Florida Books w/ Elle Nash
With my debut novel SQUEAKY CLEAN coming out on 2nd March (Pushkin Vertigo), I wanted to highlight a few other books publishing in the same month which I’m excited for. The Space Between Us by Doug Johnstone (Orenda Books) – 2 March Renowned Scottish crime writer Doug Johnstone – known for his excellent series about … More March 2023 Releases
Last night I was visited by three ghosts who told me I need to get my arse in gear and hurry up with my annual ‘Favourites of the Year’ post. As ever, my end of year list is in no particular order and the only criteria is that the piece must have been published in … More Favourites of 2022
I’m once again over the moon to return to the pages of my favourite Sci fi mag Shoreline of Infinity. Issue 33 contains excellent work by David Lawrie (his experimental short story ‘You are in a Room’, which fills the margins of the whole issue, is truly original and chilling), Lucy Zhang, Michael Teasdale and … More Read CRADLE in Shoreline of Infinity 33 now
It’s always boom or bust for me and after having a quiet year in 2021 with regards to short stories, I’ve had quite a few out this year which I want to highlight – for eligibility purposes, if you’re involved in reading/voting for awards, but also for anybody who may be interested and is looking … More Eat my shorts 2022
I’ve been sitting on this for ages and now I can finally, finally, say it! The moment I’ve been working towards forever: My debut novel SQUEAKY CLEAN will be published by Pushkin Vertigo next March. SQUEAKY CLEAN is a crime thriller with a dark sense of humour set at a car wash in the east … More SQUEAKY CLEAN out 2nd March 2023
Thrilled to be back in the pages of the esteemed New Writing Scotland! Out today, New Writing Scotland 40: nobody remembers the birdman, contains some of the best, freshest contemporary writing coming out of Scotland right now. It includes my short story THE LAST GOOD THING which features a genie who lives in a can … More Read THE LAST GOOD THING in New Writing Scotland 40
CHILDREN OF THE NEW FLESH is a new book on the early work of master horror auteur David Cronenberg from editors Chris Kelso and David Leo Rice. (Published by 11:11 Press, 2022) Often overlooked, Cronenberg’s early short films are picked over here in essays, short stories, poetry, and artwork by a host of brilliant writers … More Read CHILDREN OF THE NEW FLESH now
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