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
I decided that in aid of the holiday a season and people needing stuff to read on planes/in the park (the weather in Glasgow right now is crazy beautiful, very unexpected) that I would give away free downloads of my books this week, Mon 28 May – Fri 1 June. On each day of the … More Summer Book Giveaway Day One
That thing is back in the sky. You know the thing – big, orangey, hard to look at. And for people here in Scotland that means a solid week of shorts, ice cream, sun burn, daytime drinking in the park, burnt burgers, knock-off Ray Bans… all the things that make it worth getting through the … More Free eBook Summer Promo
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
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
I took a long time coming round to read Neil Gaiman. A combination of being told an unflattering anecdote about him and seeing him on a 2000AD documentary explaining how he cried when Alan Moore told him how he would have completed his cancelled series The Ballad of Halo Jones put me off. (Plus reading … More Pulp 2 influences: Neil Gaiman
To celebrate the release of my latest sort story collection, Fresh Blood Orange, the kindle versions of my previous books – Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter and Beaten to a Pulp! – will be given away free on launch day, Hallowe’en 2017. The promotion will run from 31/10/17 until 4/11/17. Dead in Autumn, Buried … More Kindle book giveaway
I’m excited to be joining fantasy story site Aether & Ichor as a guest editor! Based in Edinburgh, they publish short stories from writers all over the world and back in October 2016 they were kind enough to publish one of mine – Naoko. Now on the other side of the desk, I’m looking for urban fantasy … More Aether & Ichor
Here’s my first published story of 2017 – The Red Elk. It links with previous stories Year of the Money Lender and Naoko. More to come! Published by the good people at Scrutiny Journal who specialise in magical realism. You can read my short story and lots of others here. The Red Elk It had … More Read ‘The Red Elk’ on Scrutiny Journal
