Tue, 03 May 2011 Voices from the Past
Voices from the Past is a new e-anthology of flash fiction edited by Scott Harrison and Lee Harris from their fledging imprint H&H Books. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
There are two editions available to buy (in both ePub and Kindle formats). The standard edition costs £0.99 and [...]
Tue, 05 April 2011 Vic podcast is live
Thanks to dynamic duo of Sharon Ring and Del Lakin-Smith at Dark fiction Magazine my short story ‘Vic’ is now available as a podcast in its latest issue titled ‘The Waste land’. The TOC is:
The God of Rain by Tim Lebbon (read by Marty Perrett)
Vic by Maura Mchugh (read by Kim Lakin-Smith)
My Love Sick Zombie [...]
Fri, 11 February 2011 Water in Black Static 21
My flash short story, ‘Water’, is appearing in Black Static 21. Thanks to editor Andy Cox for taking the story. A shout-out is also needed for non-fiction editor Peter Tennant, who has devoted the Black Static’s Case Notes blog to the subject of women in horror for the month of February.
At the moment you can [...]
Sun, 09 January 2011 Involuntary Muscle
Issue 35 of Theaker’s Quarterly Fiction is now out and it includes my short story ‘Involuntary Muscle’.
Thanks to editors Stephen Theaker and John Greenwood for choosing to include my story in this issue.
It also features work by Matthew Amundsen, Douglas Ogurek, reviews by John Greenwood, Stephen Theaker and Howard Watts, with cover art also supplied [...]
Thu, 28 October 2010 Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010
World Fantasy Convention is happening this weekend in the USA, and in conjunction with that event I’ve received word from editor Paula Guran that Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010 is now available.
Here is the Table of Contents:
THE HORRID GLORY OF ITS WINGS, Elizabeth Bear
LOWLAND SEA, Suzy McKee Charnas
COPPING SQUID, Michael Shea
MONSTERS, Stewart O’Nan
THE BRINK OF ETERNITY, Barbara Roden
FROST [...]
Fri, 28 May 2010 Black Static 17
Black Static, issue 17, has been sent to the printers, and you can expect to see it around June 11th. The cover is by Ben Baldwin.
The first group of ten winners from the Campaign for Real Fear will be published in this issue:
‘Copy Degradation’ by Gemma Files
‘The Rude Little Girl’ by Kaaron Warren
‘Nice [...]
Thu, 20 May 2010 year’s best
Horror editor Paula Guran has announced the Table of Contents for the Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010, which is being published by Prime Books in October.
I’m delighted to confirm that my short story “Vic” has been selected for the anthology.
“Vic” was first published in Black Static, issue 10, so a big thank you [...]
Tue, 05 January 2010 news for the new year
Welcome 2010: minty-fresh and full of hope.
I’ve some news I’ve been sitting on for no good reason, other than my motivation for blogging suffered a sap across the forehead late last year.
In December I sold the audio right to my story “The Tamga” to Pseudopod. I’m delighted I’ll soon have another story up [...]
Tue, 29 September 2009 waiter, is that horror in my sf?
The events of the previous week came at a time when I was busier than normal, so it’s taken me some time to catch up, and even out my workload.
Except now I have the joyful task of sorting out my tax returns, ASAP. Hurray!
So, it’s nice to hear that issue 9 of M-Brane [...]
Tue, 22 September 2009 a sale, and a shoot
Chris Fletcher, editor of M-Brane SF, informed me yesterday that he wanted to buy my near-future sf short story “The Secret Names of Buildings”. So I said yes! It will appear in issue 12, which is being guest edited by Rick Novy.
Again, this is a story I wrote at Clarion West. It was during [...]
