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October 30, 2018
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October 26, 2018
Rich Horton mentions me in his review of Shades Within Us!
Rich Horton over at Locus Magazine has this to say about my story “Superfreak” in the anthology Shades Within Us:
“…the story is a powerful look at the protagonist taking control of her life and her body.”
EEEEE!!!
(Runs around screaming)
You can read the whole review here:
https://bit.ly/2z4UdRs
Rich Horton over at Locus Magazine has this to say about ...
Rich Horton over at Locus Magazine has this to say about my story “Superfreak” in the anthology Shades Within Us:
“…the story is a powerful look at the protagonist taking control of her life and her body.”
EEEEE!!!
(Runs around screaming)
You can read the whole review here:
https://bit.ly/2z4UdRs
October 20, 2018
New Story of mine available in See The Elephant magazine!
See The Elephant magazine, with my story “An Accounting, Of Sorts”, is now ready for purchase by the public in PFD, EPUB and Mobi formats on the MCP website and Amazon!
Buy direct here: http://www.metaphysicalcircus.com/mcp-books/see-the-elephant-issue-4-beyond-death/
Buy and leave reviews at Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JHJCDX4/
Available at Weightless Books Soon!
September 18, 2018
Vastarien is available for pre-order!
VASTARIEN issue 3 pre-orders are now being taken for print, Kindle and ePub editions!
It includes my story “Chronology Of A Burn”!
The issue ships in mid-October.
Click here to go to Vastarien’s issues page.
September 8, 2018
Shades Within Us releases today!
September 6, 2018
Throwback Thursday: Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig…
It was two years ago tody that my flash piece “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig” was accepted into Akashic Books’ “Mondays are Murder” online series!
September 5, 2018
Preview of my story “Superfreak” in Shades Within Us
Hey hey hey, it’s almost book release day! Shades Within Us will be out in the world on September 8th, including my story SUPERFREAK!
You can start reading here, then you can follow the Amazon links & buy the book, because it’s honestly just a really really good anthology!
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Something biting cold brushed the back of Danielle’s neck. She reached back to flick it way and felt a breath. Jumping in her seat, she looked around.
“Yo.” A black guy stood to his full height, chuckling. “You look sweet.”
What was funny about intruding on her space?
“Wassup?” He took a swig at a cup of coffee. He seemed to have thought he’d started a conversation.
Danielle didn’t know what do to. She turned back round, joining the others watching television.
“Yo. Yo.”
Danielle took a deep breath and tried to concentrate on the television.
“Yo, fucking bitch. Yo.”
Danielle’s hands clamped together. Her palms became sweaty. She didn’t know what it was like in this place yet; it was her first day. She didn’t want a conflict.
But someone seemed to have smelt the new on her and came picking for one anyway.
“Yo, fucking bitch.” A kick thumped the back of the sofa for emphasis. “Yo.”
Someone pushed themselves in between Danielle and the sofa . A black girl , sporting a long, unstyled mohawk in a fan of fractalized colours. “Yo make some space, I wanna sit.”
Danielle moved as much as she could.
The colours in the female’s hair changed, coruscating frantically. The girl turned around to the back of the sofa. “Darien, what you doing standing there? Ain’t you got some bush to lift your leg up on or something?”
“Shut up, man.”
“Don’t you dare tell me to shut up. You know what happened last time.”
Finally a staff seemed to ken onto what was happening. “What’s going on over there now?”
“Just Darien bothering people again,” the female said.
“Darien, you have enough warnings already.”
“Yo, miss, I wasn’t talking to this bitch…”
“Language.”
“Yeah, go an’ get yourself kicked out of here again.”
“Fucking bitch,” he muttered under his breath. “Stupid bitch,” he said, kicking the sofa lightly and backing away.
“Mmmhm. Icebreath,” the black girl said. “With all that coffee you drink, fucking bad breath. Who gonna kiss you with that mouth?” She turned around, sucking her teeth and adjusting her leather jacket. The colours in her hair calmed , undulated more smoothly.
She looked to Danielle. She put out a hand. “Hi.”
Danielle took her hand, shaking it.
“Danielle.”
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Here’s a link to Laksa Media’s page, where you can see all the places and ways to buy Shades Within Us!
August 31, 2018
More accolades for the Shades Within Us anthology!
Shades Within Us, in which I have a story titled “Superfreak”, is getting publicity from the likes of Tor.com and the SFWA!
1) https://www.tor.com/2018/08/31/new-genre-bending-books-september-2018/
August 16, 2018
I’ve made my third pro sale!
The contract is signed and sent.
I’m happy to announce that I’ve been accepted by Diabolical Plots!
(Home of the popular tool The Submission Grinder.)
My story, “Bootleg Jesus”, will be published early next year.
I qualify for SFWA now!
And Codex, since Diabolical Plots is already on their list of markets.
I needed 3 sales, not the wordcount, lol…
