Saaaantaaaa! I know him! Time to get excited about Christmas! And, in the old fashioned tradition, time to scare each other with Christmas ghost stories around the fire. My short story The Sixpence in the Pudding (excerpt below) features in the new Christmas horror anthology, O Horrid Night, by Fundead Publications. It sits alongside 19 … More Read The Sixpence in the Pudding in O Horrid Night
You can check out my latest piece of flash fiction, Unofficial Tapes #1, over on the excellent FTP Magazine website. It’s y attempt at being both political/funny, who knows if either works, but if you wanna find out you can read it here: http://www.ftpmagazine.com/2016/10/26/unofficial-tapes-1-callum-mcsorley/ FTP is a new Glasgow-based arts magazine. The initials stand for Fuck The … More Read ‘Unofficial Tapes #1’ on FTP Magazine
Really excited to have a short story accepted for FunDead Publication’s Christmas horror anthology. Yet to be named, it’ll be coming out later in the year – a perfect Christmas stocking present, maybe? – full of scary tales in the vein of Charles Dickens and Algernon Blackwood. My own story, The Sixpence in the Pudding, … More FunDead Christmas horror
I’m really excited to have one of my short stories, Unofficial Tapes #1, included in the launch of new Scottish web and print mag, FTP. According to editor and founder Mina Green: “FTP stands for Fuck The Patriarchy – the idea is to promote equal rights and opportunities for all people through the creative arts, … More FTP Magazine
My short story Queen of Junkyard Dogs is featured alongside some great pulp crime stories in Dead Guns Press’s latest Hardboiled offering. Excited to finally get a read at it! Sadly this might be DGP’s last anthology, so best get yours hands on it while you still can. Read here.
My miniature dachshund/editor is one today so to celebrate I wrote her a poem. To a Sausage Dog on her Birthday Miniature dachs-hound of the Baskervilles, Scourge of the skirting board, Our fearsome beast Is now one-years-old. In these last twelve months She’s grown from pup to dog And developed the worrying … More Happy Birthday to Bella!
Stoked to have one of my short stories, Queen of Junkyard Dogs, included in Hardboiled: Dames and Sin. Published today, Dames and Sin is the third and, sadly, the last anthology to be released by Dead Guns Press. It’s out now in print and on Kindle. You can buy it here. As well as my … More Read Queen of Junkyard Dogs in Hardboiled: Dames and Sin
I was delighted last April when my short story The Six-Foot was included in Gutter 14, one of Scotland’s leading literary journals of new writing. As well as my own piece the latest issue contains some incredible stories and poetry, including work by Aidan Moffat of Arab Strap fame. You can buy it from the … More Read ‘The Six-Foot’ in Gutter 14
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