Kings of the Realm, the lastest in Lame Goat Press’s growing catalogue of anthologies is available now both from both CreateSpace and Amazon. Amazon might be a little more convenient, but from CreateSpace the publishers get a little more folding green, which has gotta be good for their future. The anthology includes two of my stories: “Xuento” a hard-edged science fiction adventure story, and “Scattered Dunes” a character-driven fantasy story.
Tag: science fiction
Novel progresses
Quick post here, in between busy-ness. I’ve moved the novel ahead by around 1000 words since my last post, and I’ll get some more done right now. It is a little slower now as I try to make sure things are really tight as they tie up.
Quiet times
No posts for a few days – I have my head down, trying to complete my novel before the new year. I’m about five or six thousand words out, but with family stuff and holidays it’s actually hard to find concentrated time work on it. December 31st feels like such a psychological point – new year, for new writing and it’s good to work to a target.
The novel is an expansion of my flash fiction story The Rotated, as published on Infinite Windows. Incisive editor Mr Tannenbaum asked me why I’d written the story as flash fiction – there seemed to be so much more to it – the concept, their relationship, why do the invaders come, etc. Sure enough, there was so much more to explore. The story is sitting at around 60,000 words right now, so it is on the shortish side for a print novel, but the plan, if the editor likes it (current signs are good) then it will be serialized on Infinite Windows. I will be making the story nicely Gordian, I hope, in the next few days. Then of course, will be spending coming months on revisions and re-writes. I just need to get the draft done by the 31st … I may not post here for a few days as I try to keep my online time to a minimum.
Puncture Wound archive link
Antipodean Science Fiction’s site stays current, and older issues get archived by The National Library of Australia, so this is the new link for Puncture Wound from the November 2009 issue.
Vampire Gustav … in quarterly best
My story “The Vampire Gustav at the End of the Universe” has been selected as part of the Bewildering Stories Quarterly Best (fourth quarter, issues 355-365). I’m pretty honoured – especially since “Gustav” is one of my strangest tales (actually, that’s probably what makes it a good fit for Bewildering Stories).
Marooned – Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror books on Mars
My story “The Stone Goddess” from Horror Through the Ages has a mention on the Marooned blog. Definitely check out Paul’s blog – regularly updated with lots of great Mars fiction info.
Another Fibonacci Sequence Poem
A quiet little publication here. My Fibonacci Sequence poem “Reanimated” has been published on the very cool AlienSkinMag Science Fiction site. The Fibs appear in the left-hand column, randomly, so it might take a little exploring before my poem shows, but the site has some great stuff to read anyway, so it’s fun to look.
Alternate Reality/Time Travel anthology
My story “Berg” has been accepted for The Next Time – Lame Goat Press’s anthology of alternate reality/time travel stories. This looks like coming out some time during early-mid 2010.
Also from Lame Goat Press – the Horror Through The Ages anthology (with my story “Stone Goddess”) is now available directly from Amazon.
Puncture Wound – new story out now
My story Puncture Wound is out now in the November issue of Antipodean Science Fiction. This is an inter-linked story, a prequel if such a thing is possible, to my story How Things Fall, which was on the same site last year.
nb – 23 December: now archived – see this post for details
Two new stories in the world, then three
A good day for publishing today:
My 5000 word Science Fiction story “To a Pile of Ashes” has come out in the October issue of Infinite Windows. This is another xenoarchaeology themed story, though probably pretty stand alone, unlike the world of “Skinny Joe” (also on Infinite Windows earlier this year) which I will want to visit again.
My 1200 word entry in the Flashes In The Dark summer chiller contest “Breathe In” has been published in Flashes in the Dark. This is more of a suspense thriller than anything supernatural. Along the lines of the much shorter “Eddie’s on Fire” which came out on MicroHorror a few months back.
Also in the good news for today, my story “The Stone Goddess” has been accepted for the print anthology Horror Through the Ages. More details to come.
