I am reliably informed by Jetse deVries (and he's the editor, if anyone should know, he should) that my story "Barcode Babes" will be appearing from April 2nd on the DayBreak Magazine site.
I'll be interested to see how people react…I'm a little nervous about this one.
I have no clue if anyone is even remotely interested, but if you’re at Eastercon and you have a burning desire to see me (and for some strange reason you can’t find me in the con bar – perhaps there’s been an earthquake or a zombie outbreak, although even then, I’m probably in the bar) here’s the things I’m definitely doing at this year’s Eastercon
Since I genuinely can’t remember the last time I attempted to do anything at 9am on Saturday morning that didn’t involve snoring, I’m rather lo0king forward to the panel on “living forever” – I may record it to find out what I said later. Extra bonus points for anyone who brings me toast to that one!
Niamh and Moira are coming to their first Eastercon, so I’m hoping everyone will make them welcome and I can’t wait to see what Niamh makes of fandom…
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The latest issue of Focus – no. 55 – is at the printers (at last) and should be going in the post to members early next week. Here’s the cover:
And here’s some of the contents: Read more »
Over the last few months I’ve read Stephen Baxter’s Ark and Paul McAuley’s Gardens of the Sun – aside from being examples of work by British science fiction authors I really like, both books are also sequels to books I thought were excellent. Flood is, in my view, one of Baxter’s best and McAuley’s The Quiet War was one of my favourite novels of 2008). Both Ark and Gardens… conclude the stories begun in their earlier companions (I’m pretty sure there’s no scope for trilogies here) and I felt both of them were unnecessary. Read more »
So here’s the first piece of flash fiction I’ve written in a long time. It was inspired by The Campaign for Real Fear although it turned out a little bit too long and probably not really what they will be looking for. It’s called Abigail and it’s about one of the things that frightened me most when I was growing up…
ABIGAIL
Every night, at 10:30, Abigail’s father closes the front door, climbs into his rusty Toyota and drives away.
Partly to help me at the end of the year (when it comes time to come up with nominations for awards) and partly just because I live under the perpetual misconception that other people are interested in what I think, I thought I’d use this blog to keep track of the good short stories I read during the year. My only hesitation is that, in doing so, it’s going to reveal what a flibbertigibbet I am when it comes to reading short fiction – skipping from publication to publication whenever things happen to cross my path (or are handy when I need spend some thinking time in a small room – ahem!)…
There is a revolutionary movement growing in this country. British people are defying those in authority and forcing the powerful to change their plans. At the moment the movement is small, but it is growing and the time when those in power will be forced to strike against the agitators or surrender to anarchy is fast approaching.
So the Political Studies Association is holding a ballot to identify the top ten political songs as part of their 60th Anniversary celebrations. Below the break is the list of the songs they’ve put forward – I’m listing them all because you can’t get to it unless you’re a member of the PSA (members can also nominate one song of their own…)
So, long time no blog…