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Author: Sean Monaghan
Writer. Voracious reader.
Marking poetry nears the end
Another week of marking left, then on to the fiction part of the course. Poetry is always a challenge for me, yet with so many good poems coming my way, it’s been a pleasure. I’m into the final third of the portfolios now, so will still have a busy week ahead.
Meanwhile, I did post a new quick Haiku of my own – Catch the act – at the Undead Poets Society.
Paul Chadwick – The World Below
This 2007 graphic novel, parts of which were published earlier, is a rousing and fun homage to pre-space-age science fiction. A group of adventurers explore a vast cavern populated with strange flora and fauna, and an assortment of robots. It’s a fun read with some cool ideas, some borrowed, some new, and nothing too deep or worrisome.
Zombie-Eyed Girl – flash story on Flashes In The Dark
My story Zombie-Eyed Girl has just been published in Flashes In The Dark. A creepy, that was fun to write.
I will be participating in another Pekka Kucha night at Te Manawa in August, and plan to read this story, with accompanying slides. I’ve been working on the slides and they’re wicked creepy.
A little break – back Wednesday or Thursday
I’m feeling flat out with marking, and I have a couple of days to focus on it, so I’m going to take a break from posting briefly. I’ll be back soon with a couple of publication announcements.
Thanks for reading – see you soon.
Sean
Left to Chance – flash story reprint
My crime flash story Left to Chance originally published online in the wonderful, brutal and gritty Powder Burn Flash, has just been reprinted in actual print in Shalla Magazine number 4. It’s nice to have something in print – I can actually hold it in my hand (well, when it arrives in the post).
I generally don’t send stories out for reprint, but had an invitation from the editors for that story.
Guide Number 3 – new horror story in The New Flesh magazine
My fictional Guide Number 3 – a guide to a serial killer artist – is out now in The New Flesh.
This is quirky and different, even for me. I guess I’m experimenting with different ways of telling a story. There is a plot in there, but it’s a little hidden.
Thanks to Suzie B and III for taking this one. The New Flesh seems like a good home for it.
Eight-eyed bot
Just a quick sketch, but I’m sure this thing was tapping on my window last night. It was really tiny, say the height of a golf-tee. I think there was only one, but there may have been an army. (oh yeah, click on the picture for the full-size image, which is 8 times life-sized).
12k – a perfect introduction
I am an unabashed fan of Taylor Deupree’s 12k label – an imprint that focuses on minimal music, but has evolved over the years. I frequently listen to Shuttle358, Sawako, Steinbruchel and others from the roster as I write. Taylor has made an hour-long mix of tracks For all the things we did in May which has just come out as a stream on Fluid Radio (of which I’m also a fan). The mix is wonderfully low-key, beginning with one of my favourite pieces, Shuttle358’s “Gone”, then progressing fairly organically through tracks I’m familiar with, and some I’d never heard.
A wonderful introduction to 12k’s roster and style.
May is over – roll on June
May was busy, June will be busier. I’ve got a few publications coming up in the next few weeks, yay. I’ll post on the day as they come out …
Sean Monaghan - Writer 