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October 31, 2017
Fresh Blood Orange OUT NOW
Today’s the day, folks! Fresh Blood Orange, the sequel to last year’s Beaten to a Pulp! is out now in print and on Kindle.
Another bite-size chunk of genre stories in pulp style.
Also, the marks the first day my book giveaway. To celebrate the launch of FBO, both of my previous books (Beaten to a Pulp! and Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter) are free on Kindle for the next five days.
Beaten to a Pulp 2:
Fresh Blood Orange[image error]Come and meet the Queen of Junkyard Dogs: Clem Astor lives in t...
October 27, 2017
Fresh Blood Orange [Excerpt]
Beaten to a Pulp 2
Fresh Blood Orange
by Callum McSorley
Queen of Junkyard Dogs
[image error]Clem hadn’t thought about the junkyard in years. Not since Bobby phoned her up long-distance to tell her Paw was dead. She wasn’t surprised; nobody was. He’d been turning yellow with tobacco and whisky twenty years ago when she first packed up and moved to the desert. And now, five years after they put him in the fallow ground, Bobby was on the phone again to tell her they were selling up.
“That’s good, Bobby,...
October 18, 2017
Graeme Macrae Burnet at Woodlands Workspace
I recently had the pleasure of seeing Booker nominated Scots author Graeme Macrae Burnet discuss his latest novel – The Accident on the A35 – at Woodlands Workspace, a new hub for arts and events in Glasgow’s west end.
You can read my account of the night over at Aether & Ichor.
‘Booker-prize nominated author Burnet is the first writer to appear there as part of a month-long series of events to mark the grand opening, just weeks before the publication of his third novel, The Accident on the A...
October 17, 2017
Kindle book giveaway
To celebrate the release of my latest sort story collection, Fresh Blood Orange, the kindle versions of my previous books – Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter and Beaten to a Pulp! – will be given away free on launch day, Hallowe’en 2017.
The promotion will run from 31/10/17 until 4/11/17.
[image error]Dead in Autumn, Buried in Winter
Old Blue Eyes, Madonna, Chewbacca and Frankenstein’s Monster go trick-or-treating in the upmarket part of town. They find a lavish three-storey house lying empty, the keys lef...
October 2, 2017
Fresh Blood Orange
I’m thrilled to announce my second book of short stories – Fresh Blood Orange (Beaten to a Pulp 2) – will be released on Kindle and in print on Hallowe’en!
Come and meet the Queen of Junkyard Dogs: Clem Astor lives in the desert, the mirage of Vegas on the horizon, where she breeds dogs for fighting. She dreams of the Astor family junkyard where monsters ran, monsters she has brought to life.
Meet Layla, fresh out of cryo stasis at Bar-L detention centre. A child murderer, she has been releas...
August 30, 2017
Apocalypse Now with MR Carey and Joe Hill
Last week, as part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival On Tour, I had the pleasure of seeing sci-fi/horror heavyweights Joe Hill and MR Carey in discussion about their latest novels and the apocalypse at East Kilbride Arts Centre.
Highlights included a bizarre singalong with Joe Hill and his sons, who formed a makeshift band and performed a couple of barely rehearsed songs – ‘Love Me Tender’ (with rewritten lyrics about zombies) and ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ (about werewolves, with the ne...
August 22, 2017
Read ‘Green Fire’ in Grasslimb Journal
A copy of the new issue of Grasslimb Journal dropped through my door today, and you can now have one too!
My short story, Green Fire, appears on then back page of the current issue, Vol. 15 No. 2, along with other great stories, poems and cartoons.
Click here to read it.
August 10, 2017
Aether & Ichor
I’m excited to be joining fantasy story site Aether & Ichor as a guest editor!
Based in Edinburgh, they publish short stories from writers all over the world and back in October 2016 they were kind enough to publish one of mine – Naoko.
Now on the other side of the desk, I’m looking for urban fantasy and magical realism in both contemporary and historic settings. From Neil Gaiman’s American Gods to Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant – I like sharp, interesting prose and unlikely heroes. (A tou...
July 31, 2017
Grasslimb Journal
Really excited to have short story of mine – Green Fire – appearing in Grasslimb Vol 15 No 2.
Grasslimb is a long-running literature and arts journal based in San Diego, California, which features a wide variety of work from poetry and short stories to cartoons and music reviews.
You can read Green Fire (a tale of post-apocalyptic marriage) and loads of other great stuff in Grasslimb in August. You can bet I’ll remind you about it when it’s published!
May 16, 2017
Beaten Pulpier!
[image error]Hello! It’s been a while since my last post, the reason being I’ve been working away on a new novel. I’m resurfacing now that the first draft is finally finished.
More details about that in the future, but in other news I’ll be putting out a sequel to my short story collection, Beaten to a Pulp!, later this year. (Taking suggestions for snappy subtitles, current front runner is ‘The Dark Pulp Rises’.)
I’m particularly excited to have my good friend and artist David Fleck on board to do the co...
