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
It’s been a good start to 2018 for me, with a horror short story of mine, The Dog Walker, being accepted for the second volume of the Surreal Nightmares anthology by James Ward Kirk Fiction. Surreal Nightmares II is a collection of surrealist horror stories and poetry, and is sure to be full to the … More Surreal Nightmares II
Around summertime I joined up with fantasy website Aether & Ichor as a guest editor. Now, one of the first pieces I worked on with them has been published, and you can check it out on the A&I website here. The Tattoo by Rick Brooks is the story of slimy corporate fixer, womaniser, and all-round … More The Tattoo by Rick Brooks on Aether & Ichor
Issue 10 of Shoreline of Infinity is now out, featuring some great sci-fi short stories, flash fictions, and a book review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 by yours truly. Shoreline of Infinity is an Edinburgh-based sci-fi magazine. You can get the new issue, and back issues, here. Below is a snippet of what … More Shoreline of Infinity 10
Hera sat beneath the reindeer skeleton. It was made of aluminium and flashing fairy lights; its innards were red and gold baubles. It towered three metres above, from bolted-down hoof to the tip of its great antlers, where the electric cable fed into the window of the department store. And in the space between its … More The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
McKinney got the football for Christmas. It arrived on the 24th, last post till after New Year. John got chocolate and a card. He ate half the bar in one go, then gave the rest away, brick by brick. He kept the card under his tin hat. They sang hymns that morning, Christmas Day. They … More War is Over
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