David A. Riley's Blog, page 84
November 15, 2014
My first published piece: Frank Kafka: Narrator of Nightmares in Shadow # 6
My first published piece was in David Sutton's celebrated fanzine Shadow back in April/May 1969 in its sixth issue. This was an article titled Franz Kafka: Narrator of Nightmares, with a totally inappropriate illustration by yours truly. Other contributors to this issue were Brian J. Frost, Eddy C. Bertin, Alan Jones, and David Sutton.
Indian Summer by Douglas Draa
I was pleased to get a copy of Wishful Thinking, edited by Sheila Hall, published by Fireside Press in the post this morning. Even more pleased at the dedication by Doug Draa for his story Indian Summer. Thanks, Doug!http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1503036146…
November 9, 2014
Maggie Dudgeon Presents
Just put the last tweaks to a story I wrote a while ago but was dissatisfied with till I did a thorough rewrite. Maggie Dudgeon Presents is a little tale about the trials and tribulations of an amateur dramatic group and of clashing egos, only very tenuously connected, I would hasten to add, to any groups I have had experience with over the years!
October 31, 2014
Redundant Flesh
After finishing five short stories in the past month (Sir Hector's Quest, A Grim God's Revenge, Boat Trip, Lem, and Dead Ronnie and I), I've restarted writing a novella (or maybe a short novel) called Redundant Flesh, which I worked on a couple of years ago, but dropped by the wayside. Reading it again this week, I found my interest in it reignited. I'm looking forward to finishing this story of a serial killer.
October 28, 2014
Paperback reprint of Back from the Dead due December from Spectral Press
Simon Marshall-Jones' Spectral Press will be re-issuing the award winning Back from the Dead anthology, edited by Johnny Mains, as a paperback in December with a brand new Les Edwards cover.The anthology includes my story The True Spirit, one of my Grudge End tales.
October 24, 2014
New Story: Dead Ronnie and I
Incredibly, I managed to finish off another story, one I started some time ago and abandoned. It's a 4,500 word horror story called Dead Ronnie and I. It's the first story I have written involving a seaplane and isolated Scottish islands.
Must look for something else to work on now.
Must look for something else to work on now.
October 23, 2014
Another story finished - Boat Trip
Another story finished - the fourth this month. It's a horror story called Boat Trip, 4,300 words long, about a pair of fishermen who are inadvertently involved in a secret war against Lovecraftian deep ones.
October 18, 2014
Charles Black's Collection: Black Ceremonies - to be published by Parallel Universe Publications in November
Charles Black's debut collection of short stories, Black Ceremonies, is now scheduled for publication by Parallel Universe Publications in November this year as a trade paperback.
The Collection will include:
The Obsession of Percival Cairstairs
Call of the Damned
The Revelations of Dr Maitland
Tourist Trap
Face to Face
The Coughing Coffin
The Madness Out of the Sea
Death on the Line
The Necronomicon
A Bit Tasty
A Fistful of Vengeance
To Summon a Flesh-Eating Demon
The Strombolli Collection
Charles Black's debut collection of short stories, Black ...
Charles Black's debut collection of short stories, Black Ceremonies, is now scheduled for publication by Parallel Universe Publications in November this year as a trade paperback.
The Collection will include:
The Obsession of Percival Cairstairs Call of the Damned The Revelations of Dr Maitland Tourist Trap Face to Face The Coughing Coffin The Madness Out of the Sea Death on the Line The Necronomicon A Bit Tasty A Fistful of Vengeance To Summon a Flesh-Eating Demon The Strombolli Collection
October 16, 2014
Lem
Very pleased that a new horror story I wrote, Lem, has been accepted by Charles Black for the Black Books of Horror.
