Cymera – Scotland’s only book festival dedicated exclusively to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror – will not be stopped by any old pandemic and will be going ahead this year online, with events being held via Zoom and on YouTube. Kicking off this Friday and running through the weekend, there will be panels, workshops, readings, and … More Brave New Words: Cymera 2020
I’m really pleased to have found a home for my short story, The Brothers Oe. It will be appearing in The Society of Misfit Stories, published by Bards and Sages Publishing, in September this year. It seems almost inevitable, as ‘misfit’ is certainly the best way to describe The Brothers Oe. It’s fantasy, sort of. … More The Society of Misfit Stories
Issue 3 of Aether/Ichor is available to read now! The Solstice edition is crammed with awesome Sword & Sorcery tales, action packed and brimming with magic. Daemoralis by Laura Gregory considers the impact fighting evil has on the family unit, with horrifying violence juxtaposed with tender scenes of family life. Oh, and there are terrifying, … More Aether/Ichor Issue 3: Solstice out now
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of travelling down to Edinburgh to go to Cymera Festival, Scotland’s first ever book festival dedicated to sci-fi, fantasy and horror writing. Held at prominent Fringe venue and labyrinthian maze, The Pleasence, from 7th-9th June, some of the world’s leading SFF and horror authors, including Gareth … More Cymera, Thin Air, and the inner life of Darth Sidious
Last Thursday I boarded the train to Edinburgh to take part in Shoreline of Infinity’s Event Horizon. And sure, every time I say the words ‘Event Horizon’ it conjures a horrifying image of eyeless Sam Neill from the nineties film of the same name (“Where we’re going… we don’t need eyes to see!”) but I … More Infinite Space, Infinite Terror… and a raffle
It’s almost here: Event Horizon – not the film with Sam Neill (still terrifying) but the monthly reading night in Edinburgh hosted by Shoreline of Infinity. Usually sci-fi based, tomorrow’s event will be taken over by fantasy webzine Aether/Ichor. I’ll be reading there myself along with some fantastic authors recently published by A/I: Ely Percy, … More Event Horizon
I’m really excited/slightly nervous to be reading at next month’s Event Horizon in Edinburgh! Hosted by Edinburgh’s British Fantasy Society Award-winning magazine, Shoreline of Infinity, Event Horizon is a free monthly evening of sci-fi spoken word and music (and there’s a raffle, of course). 9th May will be a fantasy special takeover by fellow Edinburgh … More Event Horizon 9th May 2019
I am really stoked to have made it into the front cover of Schlock! Webzine!! (Exclamation marks 2 & 3 my own.) This week only (Sun 16 – Sat 22 Sep) you can read my short story Cutting Teeth for free on the Schlock! website here. This one’s an out-there urban fantasy piece … More Read Cutting Teeth in Schlock! Webzine
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
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
Callum McSorley 