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February 21, 2017
Listen to R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast & my new story ‘Wolves And Girls’
Episode #63 of R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast is now live! The story prompt was “February”, and this photograph: My story this month is called “Wolves And Girls” and is a bit of a riff on Little Red Riding Hood. The other participating authors are: Bill Kirton – “George” Eden Baylee – “Love And Death” C. Thomas Smith – “Fecking Direction” […]
February 19, 2017
Good books
I’ve read a lot of excellent books lately, and thought I’d round them all up in one convenient post. And yes, it’s all “genre” stuff, AKA horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Eventually this year I’ll get to some non-genre stuff on my reading list (LeCarré’s ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ is pretty high on my list), but […]
February 1, 2017
December / January recap: reviews, stories sold, interviews & more
A lot has happened in the last couple of months. And I’m not even talking about the big world out there, but the little world of My Writerly Things. Here’s my personal highlight reel for December and January: I sold a story to Shimmer. I also sold a story to Flash Fiction Online. AND […]
Speculative short fiction roundup – January, 2017
I’ve run out of adjectives! After calling the stories in this monthly feature everything from “intriguing” to “incredible” since I started posting roundups a year ago, I’ve decided to cut to the chase and just name the posts “short fiction roundup”, since that’s what it is. This month, for the first time, I am featuring stories […]
January 31, 2017
Never (Always) – a poem
Never (Always) Never again is not a statement of fact, no matter how many times we repeat it. As if we had never heard of Pol Pot, Srebernica, or Rwanda. As if we hadn’t stood on the shore and watched children drown in the Mediterranean. As if we hadn’t allowed them to suck water into […]
January 29, 2017
Read ‘The Weight of the Sea’ – a story written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast
You can hear me read this story on episode #62 of R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. One of the new tweaks to the show is the use of a photo as a story-prompt, together with the month of the podcast (January in this case). The podcast also has a new look, to quote R.B. Wood […]
January 23, 2017
Too long, too old; don’t read (with gifs)
2017 has started out with a bang for me. Last week, Shimmer (one of my absolute favourite zines), bought one of my stories (*toots own horn loudly*). And if that wasn’t enough for confetti and fireworks: the same day, Flash Fiction Online bought another one of my stories. (Can you say, “best day ever”? I did. Repeatedly.) […]
January 22, 2017
Listen to R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast & my new story ‘The Weight of the Sea’
Episode #62 of R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast is now live! This year, the story prompts are a little different. The prompt was “January”, and a photograph: My story is titled “The Weight of the Sea”. The other participating writers are: C. Thomas Smith – “The Wasteland” Cameron Garriepy – “By the Sea” John A. McCaffrey – “Clamming […]
January 20, 2017
This Is The Truth (a poem)
This Is The Truth This is the truth: we are not a single-minded monolith of coin-operated, automated, righteous action, not an army of caped crusaders painted in primary colours, not a force of nature cloaked in radiant light. But then neither are you. There is no invincible robotic overlord, no Sith, no Saviour. We are […]
January 17, 2017
New review of ODIN’S EYE & a new interview – at bookscover2cover
Huge thanks to the website bookscover2cover for not only reviewing my short story collection ‘Odin’s Eye’, but also doing an interview with me. Read it all here: Read the review of Odin’s Eye Read the new interview with me, Maria Haskins on science-fiction, fantasy, and music Filed under: Books, Writing
