Hey man, you haven’t written anything on here in a while, are you gonna do that thing where you start off a post by talking about how or why you haven’t blogged in ages? No. (Though actually yes.) Anyway, this post is for my pal, Andrew, who lives in Vietnam. Throughout most of 2020 when … More Scottish Book Recs for My Pal in Vietnam
This is, of course, not Indie April as normal. However, with businesses closed or operating solely online and everyone at home on lockdown, I think it’s important that readers, writers, editors, and publishers still take a little time to celebrate and promote our small presses this month, for whom this could be a tough time … More Indie April 2020
It hath been declared that April shalt be the month to celebrate indie publishers, and in that spirit, here are a few words on some of my favourite Scotland-based indies, all doing incredible, interesting stuff right now. Gutter Magazine – Going it alone after the collapse of its former publisher, Gutter has never been stronger … More Indie April
It’s here! The second issue of the revamped Aether/Ichor has hit the online shelf. Scary isn’t just for Hallowe’en. The theme of the Equinox issue is ‘Spooky in Spring’ and in that vein we have vampires, zombies, and ghosts aplenty. Ed Ahern brews up a tale of witches and reality TV in ‘The Samhain Show’, … More Aether/Ichor Issue 2 out now
My short story Plant Life, which appears in Monstrous Regiment Issue 2: Emerald, tells the story of a man called Ger who plants memories in his garden and they bloom into all sorts of weird and wonderful things. Ger isn’t much of a gardener to begin with, and relies on a map and set of … More Plant Life
On Friday I had the pleasure of going on Subcity Radio show Daytime/Nightime to read some stories, pick some tunes, and chat to host Roslyn Potter about my writing and what I’m up to this year. You can listen to the episode of DTNT here. Readings include Plant Life (published in Monstrous Regiment Emerald in … More Daytime/Nightime
At the end of 2018 I wrote an article for The Glasgow Review of Books where I selected three of my favourite reads of the year – GRB ask this of all contributors and they published my short story There’s a Joab Oan back in September (which you can still read here.) Picking just three … More Reads of the Year 2018
It’s been a busy one! Particularly in recent months I’ve had quite a few short stories published, so I thought I would do an end of year recap. I’m really grateful to all the publishers and editors who picked up and worked on my stories this year and to anyone who took the time to … More End of Year
Publication day is finally here! Been excited about this one since the acceptance a good few months ago. You can now get your hands on a copy of the new issue of Monstrous Regiment, featuring my short story Plant Life! The second issue of Monstrous Regiment is subtitled ‘Emerald’, with all stories within inspired … More Read ‘Plant Life’ in Monstrous Regiment Emerald
I’m absolutely stoked to have a short story coming out in the new issue of Monstrous Regiment! ‘Plant Life’ is the tale of Ger, a man who decides to begin planting memories in his back garden with some hit-and-miss results. It will appear alongside some other great stories in the ‘Emerald’ issue of Monstrous … More Monstrous Regiment – Emerald
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