The last year was not productive, fiction-wise. Most of my creative effort has gone into writing video-games, that being my day-job. In some ways, I’m living the (writer’s) dream, in that I get to write fun stuff all day and get paid properly at the end of the month. However, combine this with some fairly […]
This week saw the release of the Best of British SF 2023, which includes ‘Muse Automatique’, my angsty high-concept not-really-a-romp inspired by the life of Galina Dali. The lovely Donna Scott of Newcon Press expertly hosted a virtual launch party, featuring several of contributors from the book’s truly impressive list. For reasons explained during the […]
I was delighted to discover that Strange Attractors has made the British Science Fiction Awards shortlist in the ‘Best Collection’ category. I’m in some very find company on the various shortlists – ‘Best Novel’ will be particularly interesting. I also note that The Book of Gaheris has made the shortlist in the ‘Shorter Fiction’ category, […]
Strange Attractors, a collection of short stories, is out today from Newcon Press. It covers 20 years worth of my writing, and a wide variety of subjects. OK, it’s all ‘spec-fic’ (or SFF, or whatever you want to call it) but as well as my ‘default’ genre of science fiction I’ve dabbled in fantasy, alt. […]
Doctor Who was my gateway drug into SF when I was a kid growing up in the country with no geeks within miles, back before the internet was more than a gleam in Tim Berners-Lee’s eye. I was therefore delighted when, back in 2018, Big Finish commissioned me to the write a Dr Who story. […]
As I may have mentioned elsewhere, Strange Attractors, my short story collection, is out next month from Newcon Press. You can find the full details here, should you be so inclined.
(By ‘here’ I mean on my dining table. Though you can actually buy it here.) I was delighted to be invited to contribute to this anthology, which was originally inspired by the loss of several musical legends over too short a period a few years back. One of those legends was Bowie, who is my […]
Newcon Press, purveyors of quality SFF to the discerning reader, have put out an anthology for our times. ‘Stories of Hope and Wonder‘ is a collection featuring stories – a LOT of stories – from most of the top SFF writers in the UK at this time (and me). It’s so big it only exists […]
I’ve not had much news to share here recently – OK, I could have gone on about winning the BSFA Award, but I kind of blanketed social media with my joy over that at the time – but in the last week I’ve had not one but two stories see print. Actually, one of them […]
More good stuff to celebrate, although not unexpected; I’ve now been on Patreon for a full year. It still gives me a genuine warm and fuzzy feeling to know people are willing to give up some of their hard-earned dosh to help me get my stories out there. Partly in general exuberance, but mainly because […]