Callum McSorley's Blog, page 15
October 30, 2018
Happy Hallowe’en!
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To celebrate Hallowe’en this year I made the ebook of my first novel Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter free until the witching holiday is over.
Dead in Autumn begins on Hallowe’en, when a family of trick-or-treaters find an empty house and decide to take more than just a few sweeties. (Click here for your free copy!)
As well as dressing up and stuffing your face with chocolate and fruit filled with razor blades, Hallowe’en is about scaring yourself silly, and the best way to do so is by indul...
October 23, 2018
Hallowe’en eBook Giveaway!
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To celebrate Michael Myers’s yearly return to cause havoc – a festival called Hallowe’en – I’ll be giving away ebook copies of my novel Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter for free!
Beginning on 25th October, you’ll have five days to grab yourself a freebie, with the deal closing on Hallowe’en itself.
The story of Dead in Autumn begins on Hallowe’en night when a family of Trick or Treaters break in to an empty house.
Click here to get your free copy (starting 25/10/18).
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October 18, 2018
Read Pamphleteers in Typehouse Literary Magazine
You can now read my short story Pamphleteers in the new issue of Typehouse Literary Magazine!
Budapest, 1957. Once-famous writer Jozsef Novak is part of a conspiracy to publish subversive pamphlets. However, his new romance with student Lazlow is threatening his resolve and the secret police are closing in. For fans of spies, romance, and deep-fried langos.
I’m really psyched and honoured to be included in this issue of Typehouse along wi...
October 17, 2018
Read Hello! Housekeeping! in The Dark City Mystery Magazine
[image error]The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine, Volume 4 Issue 1, October 2018
You can now read my new short story Hello! Housekeeping! in The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine!
College Man is a college drop out, cleaning rooms in a city hotel for spare change. It’s not too bad a job – he gets to work alone and management are all right. His coasting comes to an end when he opens up a room one day to find a dead body and a bag of drugs. A big bag of drugs… (Read more.)
As I scrubbed the toilet I t...
October 4, 2018
Read ‘There’s a Joab Oan’ in the Glasgow Review of Books
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You can now read my short story ‘There’s a Joab Oan‘ over on the Glasgow Review of Books website!
Deek can see ghosts. Deek lives in a house haunted by its former occupier, Stan. Deek can’t be fucked doing the housework, or doing his job – helping Stan hunt other ghosts for cash – or doing anything really. He just wants to watch telly in peace. Fat chance.
“Christ, forgive me fir thinkin a fuckin ghost might huv a bit ae insight intae the eftirlife. Patrick fuckin Swayze oer here.”
It’s...
October 1, 2018
The Dark City
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I’m on a bit of a spree at the moment, having a run of good luck.
My short story ‘Hello! Housekeeping!’ has been accepted by The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine and will be published in its October issue!
A hotel cleaner finds a dead body in the bathroom along with a bag full of drugs. What to do, what to do?
(Teaser below)
Aside from the actual crime elements, this story is close to home for me. I was working as a housekeeper in a hostel when I wrote it, and you’ll find it contains a l...
September 24, 2018
The Glasgow Review of Books
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When it rains it pours. I’m thrilled to say I’ve had a short story accepted by the awesome Glasgow Review of Books!
Due to be published on 3rd October, ‘There’s a Joab Oan’ is like The Sixth Sense only set in Glasgow, and Haley Joel Osment is replaced by a middle-aged rip-off merchant called Deek who can’t be arsed with all the ghosts in his life, and Bruce Willis by a tradesman who had a wee accident. Oh, and they hate each other. But they live together. And attempt to solve ghostly cri...
September 17, 2018
Read Cutting Teeth in Schlock! Webzine
[image error]Schlock! Webzine, Vol. 13 Issue 20, 16 Sep 2018
I am really stoked to have made it into the front cover of Schlock! Webzine!! (Exclamation marks 2 & 3 my own.)
This week only (Sun 16 – Sat 22 Sep) you can read my short story Cutting Teeth for free on the Schlock! website here.
This one’s an out-there urban fantasy piece involving stolen gold, hippy criminals, a man being eaten by a snake that comes up out the toilet, and a pair of new gold teeth that have itchy predictions about the futur...
September 6, 2018
Typehouse Literary Magazine
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Excited to announce a short story of mine has been sold to Typehouse Literary Magazine, and will appear in print in the magazine’s forthcoming September issue.
Set in 1957 in Budapest under Soviet rule, ‘Pamphleteers’ tells the tale of a once-lauded writer who has become part of a conspiracy to attack the ideology of the regime. (Teaser below.)
Love, spies, and deep-fried lángos – sound like your thing? Look out for this month’s issue of Typehouse.
Typehouse Literary Magazine is based in P...
September 2, 2018
Schlock! Webzine
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I’m really excited to have a short story included in the next issue of Schlock! Webzine.
Cutting Gold Teeth – an urban fantasy tale about a bank heist that goes wrong, kicking off a surreal trip through some unsavoury parts of San Francisco – will be published on 16th September and available to read for free on the Schlock! website.
As well as a great collection of pulp sci-fi and fantasy stories, Schlock! offers book reviews, comic strips, and artwork.
Check it out here, and read a tease...
