My Glasgow cyberpunk short story FOREVER IN SCOTLAND has been reprinted by the Glasgow Review of Books as part of its ‘Future Glasgow’ series! Set in a future where life can be extended forever (if you have the money), Scotland has banned all forms of immortality, physical and digital, following a violent revolution. Hacker Dana, … More Read FOREVER IN SCOTLAND in the Glasgow Review of Books
Tired of meeting that same person again and again for games of tennis? Bored of standing in hour long queues outside Homebase just to fight over the last tin of Ronseal? Why not pick up something new to read!? Here’s what I’ve liked recently: A Window Breaks by C. M. Ewan (Pan MacMillan, 2019) The … More Lockdown Reading Roundup 2
It’s finally here! The Switchblade Magazine/Pulp Modern double feature Tech Noir is out today! Switchblade and Pulp Modern have teamed up to make a retro cyberpunk anthology with twice the goodness. My featured short story Baby on Board sees ex-cop Oink, having returned from Mars to his hometown on Earth, Belt City, get embroiled in … More Read Baby on Board in Tech Noir
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
This year, Switchblade Magazine, home of hardboiled, is publishing a special cyberpunk-themed edition called Tech Noir which will feature a short story by yours truly, called Baby on Board. Set in a future Scotland where haggis and battered ramen have become popular street foods, and the formerly independent cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh have grown … More Switchblade Magazine / Pulp Modern
With regards to both my reading and writing, it’s been a couple of months of sci-fi, horror, and sci-fi-horror. And with Cymera Festival coming up next month, that seems unlikely to change soon! Thin Air by Michelle Paver (2016) Told in the style of a classic ghost story, Michelle Paver’s Thin Air takes us up … More Reading Round up April/May 2019
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