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November 4, 2018
Dark scifi drabble “Turning Tides” in Horror Tree’s TREMBLING WITH FEAR anthology
Trembling with Fear Year One is a collection of horror short stories and drabbles.
My super short story (100 words!) “Turning Tides” appears in Trembling With Fear: Year 1, an anthology collection of horror-themed flash and short fiction now available.
The collection is edited by Stephanie Ellis and Stuart Conover, who curate the immensely popular Horror Tree website.
From the publisher:
This Trembling With Fear anthology is a compilation of all the drabbles, flash fiction stories and dark poetry published during 2017 at HorrorTree.com. In its pages you will find work from both the novice and the established writer, the newbie and the award-winner. Here, the dead walk and murders abound, demons and ghosts torment the living whilst vampires and wolves compete for space with internet and aliens. Within these pages you will find dark speculative fiction from contributors across the globe, for our world is a world without borders. Nowhere is safe from the dark.
We have had some amazing talent contribute to the first year of ‘Trembling With Fear’ and we hope that you enjoy reading these as much as we have!
Read more or buy the book (digital or print) here.
October 23, 2018
Dark speculative short story in SKY’S THE LIMIT collection
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I’ve recently had a speculative story accepted to Australia-based Gypsum Sound Tale‘s Colp series. The latest collection, “Sky’s the Limit,” features stories that touch on the mystery and majestic nature of the sky. Simple, sublime and surreal.
From the editor:
The sky has always fascinated me. The more I learn, the more questions I seem to have. Free radicals, refracting light, the knowledge that, if you travel high enough, everything will eventually give way to the blackness of space – each fact makes me more and more curious about what might be going on up there. There are stories wrapped up in this knowledge, plenty of stories…
Colp’s latest collection, Sky’s The Limit, contains twelve of these tales. Each story presents a unique perspective on our atmosphere and the effect that it may have on the people living, day by day, on the land down below.
My story, “Night Call,” focuses on a boy struggling with his day and a nocturnal visit by a mysterious acrobat.
Excerpt:
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The full story, and the entire digital collection, is available on Amazon.
Short story available: Colp’s speculative “Sky’s the Limit” collection
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I’ve recently had a speculative story accepted to Australia-based Gypsum Sound Tale‘s Colp series. The latest collection, “Sky’s the Limit,” features stories that touch on the mystery and majestic nature of the sky. Simple, sublime and surreal.
From the editor:
The sky has always fascinated me. The more I learn, the more questions I seem to have. Free radicals, refracting light, the knowledge that, if you travel high enough, everything will eventually give way to the blackness of space – each fact makes me more and more curious about what might be going on up there. There are stories wrapped up in this knowledge, plenty of stories…
Colp’s latest collection, Sky’s The Limit, contains twelve of these tales. Each story presents a unique perspective on our atmosphere and the effect that it may have on the people living, day by day, on the land down below.
So far I’m enjoying this issue and theme quite a bit. My story, “Night Call,” focuses on a boy struggling with his day and a nocturnal visit by a mysterious acrobat.
Excerpt:
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The full story, and the entire digital collection, is available on Amazon.
September 28, 2018
Author interview in ANDROMEDA SPACEWAYS MAGAZINE
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I was delighted to be interviewed for the “Authors Unearthed” feature in the Australian-based, award-winning Andromeda Spaceways Magazine. This long-running publication features speculative fiction (SF, fantasy and horror), as well as artwork, interviews and reviews from local and international authors.
My interview appears in issue #72, edited by Eugen M Bacon and Samantha Ryder. This comes on the tail of the cover story publication of my weird west story “Dusty Arrival” in issue #70. In the interview, I discuss managing writing in between working full-time and raising a one-year-old; author inspiration; and the brilliance of the Back to the Future trilogy.
An excerpt is below. To read the full interview and the rest of the magazine (recommended!), purchase a digital copy here.
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Interview: KC Grifant on speculative fiction and the writing process
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I was delighted to be interviewed for the “Authors Unearthed” feature in the Australian-based, award-winning Andromeda Spaceways Magazine. This long-running publication features speculative fiction (SF, fantasy and horror), as well as artwork, interviews and reviews from local and international authors.
My interview appears in issue #72, edited by Eugen M Bacon and Samantha Ryder. This comes on the tail of the cover story publication of my weird west story “Dusty Arrival” in issue #70. In the interview, I discuss managing writing in between working full-time and raising a one-year-old; author inspiration; and the brilliance of the Back to the Future trilogy.
An excerpt is below. To read the full interview and the rest of the magazine (recommended!), purchase a digital copy here.
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June 13, 2018
Science fiction horror story featured in BEYOND THE INFINITE
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I’ve sold a new short story to an anthology focused on my favorite category of genre fiction: science fiction horror.
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches is the latest installment in the “Things in the Well” publication series, which includes several themed horror anthologies showcasing new and established authors such as Clive Barker. Edited by Steve Dillon and featuring the classic “The Colour Out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft as well as stories by H.G. Wells, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell and others, this one promises to be an exciting collection of classic and new dark science fiction.
My story, “The Peerlings,” tells the tale of an off-world colony whose members begin to vanish once elusive creatures–who can only safely be heard, not seen–descend upon their home. The story debuts in this anthology (July 2018).
Science Fiction Horror story featured in “Beyond the Infinite”
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I’ve sold a new short story to an anthology focused on my favorite category of genre fiction: science fiction horror.
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches is the latest installment in the “Things in the Well” publication series, which includes several themed horror anthologies showcasing new and established authors such as Clive Barker. Edited by Steve Dillon and featuring the classic “The Colour Out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft as well as stories by H.G. Wells, Brian Lumley, Ramsey Campbell and others, this one promises to be an exciting collection of classic and new dark science fiction.
My story, “The Peerlings,” tells the tale of an off-world colony whose members begin to vanish once elusive creatures–who can only safely be heard, not seen–descend upon their home. The story debuts in this anthology (July 2018).
Sneak Peek: Science Fiction Horror Anthology “Beyond the Infinite”
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I’ve sold a new short story to an anthology focused on my favorite category of genre fiction: science fiction horror.
Beyond the Infinite: Tales from the Outer Reaches is the latest installment in the “Things in the Well” publication series, which includes several themed horror anthologies showcasing new and established authors such as Clive Barker and Ramsey Campbell. Edited by Steve Dillon and featuring the classic “The Colour Out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft, this one promises to be an excellent collection of dark science fiction.
My story, “The Peerlings,” tells the tale of an off-world colony whose members begin to vanish once elusive creatures–who can only safely be heard, not seen–descend upon their home. The story debuts in this anthology, available in July 2018. More info coming soon.
June 3, 2018
WE SHALL BE MONSTERS: Anthology Celebrates the 200-Year Anniversary of Frankenstein
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I am thrilled to be part of this anthology celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In honor of this cornerstone of horror literature, the new anthology features short stories with alternative takes on the theme of the monster and otherness.
During high school, I was obsessed with Frankenstein–the writing, the story, the angst of the monster and its creator. I am incredibly honored to, years later, pay homage to this brilliant tale and its remarkable author. My story, “Wanting,” debuts in this collection and shows the disturbing lengths a teenager girl will go to in order to fit in in a cybernetic future.
7-time Aurora Award-winning editor and critic Derek Newman-Stille teamed up with Renaissance Press to pull together horror stories from authors around the world. On the anthology’s Kickstarter page, Newman-Stille describes the project:
200 years ago, Mary Shelley wrote a genre-changing book, which she titled “Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus”. This story helped to shape the genres of science fiction and horror and helped to articulate new forms for women’s writing. It also helped us to think about the figure of the outsider, to question medical power, to question ideas of normal, and to think about what we mean by the word “monster”. Her book inspired adaptations into stage, into film, into new books, poetry, television, and all manner of art.
We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Two Centuries On will feature a broad range of fiction stories, from direct interactions with Shelley’s texts to explorations of the stitched, assembled body and narrative experiments in monstrous creations. We Shall Be Monsters is a fiction collection that will feature explorations of disability through Frankenstein, queer and trans identity, ideas of race and colonialism. Shelley’s story provides a space for exploring a multitude of identities through the figure of the sympathetic outsider. Frankenstein’s “monster” is a figure of Otherness, and one that can tell stories of exclusion and social oppression.
The Kickstarter has already met its funding goal, but if you are interested in supporting the project, there are 3 days left to contribute!
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Initial publication of Frankenstein, 1818.
We Shall Be Monsters: Anthology Celebrates the 200-Year Anniversary of Frankenstein
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I am thrilled to be part of this anthology celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In honor of this cornerstone of horror literature, the new anthology features short stories with alternative takes on the theme of the monster and otherness.
During high school, I was obsessed with Frankenstein–the writing, the story, the angst of the monster and its creator. I am incredibly honored to, years later, pay homage to this brilliant tale and its remarkable author. My story, “Wanting,” debuts in this collection and shows the disturbing lengths a teenager girl will go to in order to fit in in a cybernetic future.
7-time Aurora Award-winning editor and critic Derek Newman-Stille teamed up with Renaissance Press to pull together horror stories from authors around the world. On the anthology’s Kickstarter page, Newman-Stille describes the project:
200 years ago, Mary Shelley wrote a genre-changing book, which she titled “Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus”. This story helped to shape the genres of science fiction and horror and helped to articulate new forms for women’s writing. It also helped us to think about the figure of the outsider, to question medical power, to question ideas of normal, and to think about what we mean by the word “monster”. Her book inspired adaptations into stage, into film, into new books, poetry, television, and all manner of art.
We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Two Centuries On will feature a broad range of fiction stories, from direct interactions with Shelley’s texts to explorations of the stitched, assembled body and narrative experiments in monstrous creations. We Shall Be Monsters is a fiction collection that will feature explorations of disability through Frankenstein, queer and trans identity, ideas of race and colonialism. Shelley’s story provides a space for exploring a multitude of identities through the figure of the sympathetic outsider. Frankenstein’s “monster” is a figure of Otherness, and one that can tell stories of exclusion and social oppression.
The Kickstarter has already met its funding goal, but if you are interested in supporting the project, there are 3 days left to contribute!
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Initial publication of Frankenstein, 1818.
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