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April 26, 2012
Publication: Drunk on the Moon eBook
Start spreading the news, as Francis would say. Drunk on the Moon is now available as an ebook -- print version will be available next week. Read it, review it, rate it! Releasing a book these days is like throwing a message in a bottle into the ocean. Let's hope the tide catches ours. A fabulous collection:
'Roman Dalton, your common or garden werewolf Private Eye, first howled for the people behind Dark Valentine Press over two years ago, and now he’s prowled back into their lair!'
The Drunk On the Moon stories:
Drunk On The Moon/ Before The Moon Falls - Paul D Brazill (UK/Poland)
The Darke Affair -Allan Leverone (USA)
It's A Curse -K A Laity (USA/Ireland)
Insatiable - B R Stateham (USA)
Fear The Night- Julia Madeleine (Canada)
Getting High On Daisy -Richard Godwin (UK)
Silver Tears - John Donald Carlucci (USA)
Blood & Alcohol - Frank Duffy (UK/Poland)
Back To Nature - Jason Michel (UK/France)
A Fire in the Blood -Katherine Tomlinson (USA)
OUT NOW FROM AMAZON
AMAZON UK
B&N
OmniLit
More next week when I'm not reliant on the mobile blogger interface.
'Roman Dalton, your common or garden werewolf Private Eye, first howled for the people behind Dark Valentine Press over two years ago, and now he’s prowled back into their lair!'
The Drunk On the Moon stories:
Drunk On The Moon/ Before The Moon Falls - Paul D Brazill (UK/Poland)
The Darke Affair -Allan Leverone (USA)
It's A Curse -K A Laity (USA/Ireland)
Insatiable - B R Stateham (USA)
Fear The Night- Julia Madeleine (Canada)
Getting High On Daisy -Richard Godwin (UK)
Silver Tears - John Donald Carlucci (USA)
Blood & Alcohol - Frank Duffy (UK/Poland)
Back To Nature - Jason Michel (UK/France)
A Fire in the Blood -Katherine Tomlinson (USA)
OUT NOW FROM AMAZON
AMAZON UK
B&N
OmniLit
More next week when I'm not reliant on the mobile blogger interface.
Publication: Drunk in the Moon eBook
Start spreading the news, as Francis would say. Drunk on the Moon is now available as an ebook -- print version will be available next week. Read it, review it, rate it! Releasing a book these days is like throwing a message in a bottle into the ocean. Let's hope the tide catches ours. A fabulous collection:
'Roman Dalton, your common or garden werewolf Private Eye, first howled for the people behind Dark Valentine Press over two years ago, and now he’s prowled back into their lair!'
The Drunk On the Moon stories:
Drunk On The Moon/ Before The Moon Falls - Paul D Brazill (UK/Poland)
The Darke Affair -Allan Leverone (USA)
It's A Curse -K A Laity (USA/Ireland)
Insatiable - B R Stateham (USA)
Fear The Night- Julia Madeleine (Canada)
Getting High On Daisy -Richard Godwin (UK)
Silver Tears - John Donald Carlucci (USA)
Blood & Alcohol - Frank Duffy (UK/Poland)
Back To Nature - Jason Michel (UK/France)
A Fire in the Blood -Katherine Tomlinson (USA)
OUT NOW FROM AMAZON
AMAZON UK
B&N
OmniLit
More next week when I'm not reliant on the mobile blogger interface.
'Roman Dalton, your common or garden werewolf Private Eye, first howled for the people behind Dark Valentine Press over two years ago, and now he’s prowled back into their lair!'
The Drunk On the Moon stories:
Drunk On The Moon/ Before The Moon Falls - Paul D Brazill (UK/Poland)
The Darke Affair -Allan Leverone (USA)
It's A Curse -K A Laity (USA/Ireland)
Insatiable - B R Stateham (USA)
Fear The Night- Julia Madeleine (Canada)
Getting High On Daisy -Richard Godwin (UK)
Silver Tears - John Donald Carlucci (USA)
Blood & Alcohol - Frank Duffy (UK/Poland)
Back To Nature - Jason Michel (UK/France)
A Fire in the Blood -Katherine Tomlinson (USA)
OUT NOW FROM AMAZON
AMAZON UK
B&N
OmniLit
More next week when I'm not reliant on the mobile blogger interface.
April 25, 2012
Writer Wednesday: Interview
I am interviewed over at Luis Vera's blog about my story "Horse Clock" which will appear with all m'colleagues in BURNING BRIDGES, the free anthology out next week. A fine showcase of talents, BB has something for everyone in all kinds of genres. Luis will be featuring more of the folks this week, so drop by again. Darren Sant today!
You can find out a little more about the genesis of this odd little Hoban-esque tale in my interview. I had such fun opening the brain spigot to write it. I've been writing like mad lately, so more news to share soon.
More pictures uploaded as well: check the end of the Dundee album.
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You can find out a little more about the genesis of this odd little Hoban-esque tale in my interview. I had such fun opening the brain spigot to write it. I've been writing like mad lately, so more news to share soon.
More pictures uploaded as well: check the end of the Dundee album.
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April 24, 2012
Tuesday's Overlooked A/V: Evil Roy Slade
As the mobile version of Blogger leaves a lot to be desired, this will be necessarily brief and devoid of video, which you can doubtless easily google (or find via the search engine of your choice).
EVIL ROY SLADE (1972) stars the incomparable John Astin as the title character, but also features a wild assortment of fine character actors like Mickey Rooney, Dom Deluise, Henry Gibson and of course Dick Shawn as the would-be pursuer of justice with the unfortunate name, Marshal Bing Bell.
The running joke with his name amused my family to no end when I was a kid. I have a thing for a good running joke. Astin of course holds everything together with his gleeful bad man in the old west. Family-friendly groaners and laughs galore. Fun stuff. Look for cameos from Penny Marshall, John Ritter and Ed Begley Jr.
As usual, see the round-up of offerings over at Todd's blog.
EVIL ROY SLADE (1972) stars the incomparable John Astin as the title character, but also features a wild assortment of fine character actors like Mickey Rooney, Dom Deluise, Henry Gibson and of course Dick Shawn as the would-be pursuer of justice with the unfortunate name, Marshal Bing Bell.
The running joke with his name amused my family to no end when I was a kid. I have a thing for a good running joke. Astin of course holds everything together with his gleeful bad man in the old west. Family-friendly groaners and laughs galore. Fun stuff. Look for cameos from Penny Marshall, John Ritter and Ed Begley Jr.
As usual, see the round-up of offerings over at Todd's blog.
April 22, 2012
Six Sentence Sunday: Bill is Dead
Yes, it's that time again, Six Sentence Sunday. For this week I share another work you can read in full for nothing over at Pulp Metal Magazine, where you will find lots more for your noirish pleasures, including the omnipresent Mr B.
PMM loves stories inspired by songs; oddly enough, I tend to write a few stories that are inspired by songs especially -- wait for it! -- songs by The Fall.
So here's a little snippet from "Bill is Dead" which happens to be a real fave of mine. All dialogue: the difficulty in this kind of story is making the two voices distinct. In this case, they're also rather crude, as well as not being the sharpest tools in the box. Slightly based on true facts; Bill, it turns out, is having a bad day, exacerbated by a party lasting past 4am next door...
“Not because of the party?”
“At first, no. His wife, after threatening for twenty years, does a runner. Seems she met a new guy on line and they were running off to Budapest.”
“Budapest? Where the hell is that anyway?”
Flash fiction, so a quick read. Let me know what you think, let PMM know too. Lots of good writing there.
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PMM loves stories inspired by songs; oddly enough, I tend to write a few stories that are inspired by songs especially -- wait for it! -- songs by The Fall.
So here's a little snippet from "Bill is Dead" which happens to be a real fave of mine. All dialogue: the difficulty in this kind of story is making the two voices distinct. In this case, they're also rather crude, as well as not being the sharpest tools in the box. Slightly based on true facts; Bill, it turns out, is having a bad day, exacerbated by a party lasting past 4am next door...
“Not because of the party?”
“At first, no. His wife, after threatening for twenty years, does a runner. Seems she met a new guy on line and they were running off to Budapest.”
“Budapest? Where the hell is that anyway?”
Flash fiction, so a quick read. Let me know what you think, let PMM know too. Lots of good writing there.
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April 20, 2012
Coming Soon: Burning Bridges
You may remember the tale of a certain shady publisher. Writers are a resilient bunch, however. We know how to deal with adversity: write it, publish it, triumph over it. As the Hávamál teaches us:
Cattle die, kinsmen die,
You will die the same.
The one thing that never dies
Is your eternal fame.
For good or for ill, that is. Vikings knew what they were on about. So coming May 1st and free to the world is the anthology BURNING BRIDGES. Inside you'll find:
Julia Madeleine
K.A. Laity
Mark Cooper
Darren Sant
Allan Leverone
Paul D. Brazill
George S. Geisinger
McDroll
Edith M. Maxwell
Benjamin Sobieck
Tace Baker
Joshua J. Mark
L. Vera
B.R. Stateham
Heath Lowrance
And we will rock you, as they say. Because we know that George Herbert was right:
Living well is the best revenge.
And here's the soundtrack for it ;-)
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Cattle die, kinsmen die,
You will die the same.
The one thing that never dies
Is your eternal fame.
For good or for ill, that is. Vikings knew what they were on about. So coming May 1st and free to the world is the anthology BURNING BRIDGES. Inside you'll find:
Julia Madeleine
K.A. Laity
Mark Cooper
Darren Sant
Allan Leverone
Paul D. Brazill
George S. Geisinger
McDroll
Edith M. Maxwell
Benjamin Sobieck
Tace Baker
Joshua J. Mark
L. Vera
B.R. Stateham
Heath Lowrance
And we will rock you, as they say. Because we know that George Herbert was right:
Living well is the best revenge.
And here's the soundtrack for it ;-)
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April 19, 2012
Alt-Fiction & Cake
Because what would Alt-Fiction be without a fantastic assortment of baked goods?
The fabulous Adele was hostess with the mostess *and* organiser supreme. Alasdair served faithfully as Brekkie czar and all-purpose mood elevator. Great to see Vick and Vince and Kat again as well as to meet new folks.
The Phoenix proved a great venue, mostly because of the winning combination of WiFi, food and drink that kept people from roaming far. The staff were unfailingly pleasant and helpful, which makes a huge difference. And unlike the Quad last year, they did not run out of beer.
They were warned about writers!
I had a panel on adaptations to different media with Dave Moody and Niki Valentine, then read in the flash fiction panel a story I had written that morning (The Rook). Played Trivial Pursuit in the cafe and chatted with folks. We had a terrific Italian dinner!
Sunday was my chat with Graham Joyce about the very dangerous fairy folk. Not sure I was entirely awake, but people said nice things after.
Theme of the weekend: Buffy's Once More with Feeling :-) thanks to everyone, especially Adele. Bursts of ideas as well as plans for next year!
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April 18, 2012
Writer Wednesday: Reviews
PLAGUE TOWN
DANA FREDSTI
Ashley Parker makes a winning heroine: she's a bit older than her fellow students and while she's got the classic California co-ed looks, it's her intelligence and integrity that you'll remember. Fredsti's writing is always full of good humour and arch observations, but it's also chock full of action and really gruesome horror. The alternation in narrative between zombie hunters and zombie sufferers gives a chance to recognise the human price of the plague, something that doesn't come across in a lot of more depersonalised tales. At times the in-jokes come a little heavy, but the story cracks right along with both intense and grisly action, but also complicated interactions between characters you will root for. Looking forward to the sequels!
THE LANGUAGE OF DYING
SARAH PINBOROUGH
In this intense novella we see an already damaged family dealing with the impending death of their father. Our narrator is the beleaguered middle child and daddy's girl, who seems to be the rock holding everything together -- until the cracks in her façade begin to show. Interactions with her siblings bring out the comfort of that shared experience, but also the strains of their lives together. As her father's life ebbs, she drifts into remembering the very worst times in her life and a memory of something that may or may not have happened -- and something that waits outside the house. In his introduction, Graham Joyce calls it 'fractured realism' and it fits. A strong exploration of the dark spectre we must all find a way to deal with sooner or later.
SNAPSHOTS
PAUL D. BRAZILL
As indicated on the tin, twenty-one short sharp tales of crime, despair and bizarrely comic misadventures. Not so much the world of the rich and famous as of the spent and fumbling, observed through a bleary eye of cynicism gilded with a mordant sense of humour that will have you laughing even as you wince. If there's a fault here, it's that they read too quickly. It would be a treat to see Brazill tackle something lengthier.
[Apologies for the wonky formatting; the mobile Blogger app leaves a lot to be desired.]
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DANA FREDSTI
Ashley Parker makes a winning heroine: she's a bit older than her fellow students and while she's got the classic California co-ed looks, it's her intelligence and integrity that you'll remember. Fredsti's writing is always full of good humour and arch observations, but it's also chock full of action and really gruesome horror. The alternation in narrative between zombie hunters and zombie sufferers gives a chance to recognise the human price of the plague, something that doesn't come across in a lot of more depersonalised tales. At times the in-jokes come a little heavy, but the story cracks right along with both intense and grisly action, but also complicated interactions between characters you will root for. Looking forward to the sequels!
THE LANGUAGE OF DYING
SARAH PINBOROUGH
In this intense novella we see an already damaged family dealing with the impending death of their father. Our narrator is the beleaguered middle child and daddy's girl, who seems to be the rock holding everything together -- until the cracks in her façade begin to show. Interactions with her siblings bring out the comfort of that shared experience, but also the strains of their lives together. As her father's life ebbs, she drifts into remembering the very worst times in her life and a memory of something that may or may not have happened -- and something that waits outside the house. In his introduction, Graham Joyce calls it 'fractured realism' and it fits. A strong exploration of the dark spectre we must all find a way to deal with sooner or later.
SNAPSHOTS
PAUL D. BRAZILL
As indicated on the tin, twenty-one short sharp tales of crime, despair and bizarrely comic misadventures. Not so much the world of the rich and famous as of the spent and fumbling, observed through a bleary eye of cynicism gilded with a mordant sense of humour that will have you laughing even as you wince. If there's a fault here, it's that they read too quickly. It would be a treat to see Brazill tackle something lengthier.
[Apologies for the wonky formatting; the mobile Blogger app leaves a lot to be desired.]
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April 17, 2012
London Fun
A few photos: the Hockney exhibit provides an interesting story. There I was on the last day, joining the 90 minute queue in the rain, when a fellow came up to me and offered me a free ticket for immediate entry. Luck o' the Irish rubbing off on me.
Bonus: I'm featured in the latest Dogcast.
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Bonus: I'm featured in the latest Dogcast.
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April 16, 2012
Dundee Bound
I am away on a train today; proper write up of Alt-Fiction anon. In brief: Adele is hostess with mostess, Alasdair is Brekkie Master Supreme, everyone was nice, had a wonderful chat with Graham. And there was cake!
In the meantime, here's an appropriate song.
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In the meantime, here's an appropriate song.
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