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 [...]
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 [...]
Mon, 20 December 2010 voices from the past
A new eBook publishing company, called H&H Books, has been created recently by writer Scott Harrison and editor Lee Harris.
It will specialise in science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction, and will publish works to benefit a number of charitable causes.
I’m pleased to mention that a story of mine will appear in the company’s first [...]
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 [...]
Sat, 15 May 2010 ghost runner up
CZP has announced the winner of its Cities of Night photograph contest: the evocative “Dark Passenger” by Ania Bibulowicz. The image was shot in Queens, New York City.
My photo “Soho Ghost” was selected as one of the three runners-up, so I’ll still get a trade paperback of the book.
Plus, author Philip Nutman liked [...]
Thu, 18 March 2010 graphic preview
I’ve established a web site for the Róisín Dubh graphic novel I’m working on. I’ve been blogging intermittently about the project for the past couple of months.
There’s also a twitter feed and a Facebook fan page, if you like either of those media.
Artist Stephen Daly has been working flat-out, lettering and making tweaks to [...]
Thu, 11 March 2010 give us your fear
Chris and I are already receiving submissions for the Campaign for Real Fear, so keep them coming! We say:
“Give us your terror, your fear,Your horrid tales yearning to alarm,The wretched stories of your teeming brain.Send these, the disturbed, nightmare-tossed to us,We lift our laptops to behold their forms!”
With homage to Emma Lazarus and The New [...]
Wed, 10 March 2010 Campaign for Real Fear
Christopher Fowler and I have launched the Campaign for Real Fear: a horror short story competition.
Send us your best 500-word story that explores horror in the 21st century. We want diversity of characters and themes, and beginner or pro can enter.
The top ten stories will be published in Black Static, and podcast by Action [...]
Thu, 04 June 2009 finding direction
I’m off to Dublin today for the Give Me Direction screenwriting conference. On Saturday the Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild is having its AGM, and I’ll be attending that as well.
It’s Thursday, so here is my weekly pico-prose:
In the Tube, crushed, Lin watches the Bronté Waterfall on the vid-strip, hears splash and spray [...]
Sat, 30 May 2009 the garden of death
This month Fantasy Magazine ran a competition for writers to come up with a story in ten lines based on a piece of artwork.
I found the challenge interesting, and picked “The Garden of Death” (1896) by Finnish artist Hugo Simberg (1873 – 1917).
Fantasy Magazine decided to shortlist ten stories. A readers’ poll will decide [...]
