Dead Trees and a Few Pixels

It's a good day for short story fans (and not because of my story because well... how lame would that comment be)... Ahem!

M-Brane SF #15 is released today and it contains my science fiction story, Treading the Regolith. And it's not at all dark or fantastical, but pure SF- now there's a first. There are also stories by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Erica Hildebrand, Kaolin Imago Fire, Jason Heller, and Deborah Walker.

A new issue of New Bedlam has also gone live today, with stories from:  Brock Cooper, John Grover, Michael C. Pennington, Darlene Henderson, Dave Rex, and Zombie Zak. And of course Jodi Lee has also released the trade paperback of Courting Morpheus. I can't wait to read this book, I'm waiting on the rather excellent hardback.

And finally, though it should never be on the end of any lists, I received issue 10 of Necrotic Tissue in the post today, and it contains (among other wonderful folk - sorry, left the magazine downstairs and I'm in lazy mode) work by the ever fabulous Aaron Polson and the always delightful Katey Taylor.

Okay, I'm done. Have a fabulous Easter. If anyone feels the need to help me decorate (my Easter chore), most of you have my address. :D

New Bedlam

A couple of weeks ago the fabulous Jodi Lee invited me to write a story for her New Bedlam project. It's a new webzine which opens for submissions on April 1st. I was grinning from ear to ear when I read the invite, until my knees started knocking. What if she didn't like my story? Well she did, and this morning I received an acceptance for 'Insomniac Ink'. I believe it goes live on April 1st, but don't quote me on that.

So dudes, dudettes and serious horror writers start writing something for when they open for submissions in April. Working alongside Jodi are Louise Bohmer, Brandon Layng and Jeff Parish. Now that's a quartet to impress.

Tainted

YAY! Aaron Polson ran a competition a couple of weeks back to win a copy of TAINTED: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, which he edited. The anthology arrived today and it includes stories from some familiar names, such as HG Wells and Edgar Allan Poe, alongside some familiar watch-this-space writers: Natalie L Sin, Jodi Lee, and Camille Alexa.

Check out this cool trailer:

And here’s my fabulous free copy: (Darn dark days and the need for the flash).