Category: short stories

Dec 05

Another short story in a big wide world

Today I learned Death Masque has been accepted into the CSFG‘s Masques anthology! Horray! My thanks go out to Gillian for her fantastic editorial feedback. And I couldn’t do any of this without dearest Rabia, the best critique-buddy a writer could hope for.

Nov 24

Website tinkering

I’ve been playing around with the website a little. We have a new theme going – something a bit more organised and less depressing. I can be dark, but peoples, I’m also shiny with butterflies. Sometimes. Anyhoo I’ve added a Free Fiction page with a short story for your enjoyment. And that’s IT for now. …

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Nov 23

Reality is harder than fiction

At least I find it harder to write. Why is that? I have recently written a short auto-biographical piece, and in the process discovered just how much I prefer to write about imaginary characters. So I started wondering what the difference could be. I don’t think it’s as simple as ‘imaginary characters do what you …

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Sep 08

Black Box!

My contributor’s copy of Black Box arrived today! Oh, it is so pretty. And that’s just the outside. The e-anthology is amazing, so slick and professional. But that’s hardly surprising coming from Brimstone Press. So if you’re in the mood for dark flash-fiction, artwork, and music I can only say grab it! It’s for a …

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