Don’t Bite My Finger…

Two of my short horror stories have been published in Monk Punk and Shadow of the Unknown Omnibus. Often on the back covers of anthologies I am listed in the ‘Others’ so here I am listing ALL the writers. I am in red. I enjoyed the tease with the Monk Punk short...

Gravity and gravitas

I was interested in the plot of that new Clooney and Bullock film, Gravity. During my sifting through a thousand short stories for the Escape Velocity anthology and magazine a few years ago for Adventure Books of Seattle, I received at least two with exactly that plot...

FantasyCon 2011 – hot, hot hot

I’m suffering jet lag. Okay, the distance between Brighton and Chester is only a handful of hundreds of miles and four hours by train, but the distance in terms of literary milieu I am on the other side of the planet. A day ago I was shaking hands with Brian Aldiss....

Escape Velocity: The Anthology

The anthology of best and new stories submitted to Adventure Books of Seattle’s Escape Velocity magazine is nearing fruition. Last night I finished proofreading 35 stories for the anthology. Not all will be used in it because some are now rather dated and we...

New pals at NewCon5

I’ve just returned from NewCon5 in Northampton – a convention for lovers of science fiction. I had a nice long chat at what in many conventions are called Kaffeeklatsche (German – sort of – for a coffee chat about almost anything with Paul...