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May 28, 2010
Buy Dark Pages direct from Blade Red Press for AU$15.00
Dark Pages, the anthology of dark speculative fiction, is now available directly from Blade Red Press. You can pay via PayPal and you can use a credit card if you don't have a PayPal account. Just click on the Buy Now button on this page and follow the prompts.
The book is only AU$15.00, including postage, anywhere in the world. Spread the word!
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May 26, 2010
Dark Pages ebook now available
For those of you in the e-revolution, you can now read the Dark Pages anthology on your Kindle, iPhone or any other e-reader you choose. Dark Pages is now available on Kindle from Amazon and in any other ebook format from Smashwords.
You can find the Amazon Kindle edition here.
You can find multiple format ebook editions at Smashwords here.
It's a great book, with fourteen awesome stories by fourteen awesome authors. Get it now and tell your friends!
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May 25, 2010
Wear the lilac towel day
Today, May 25th, has become a day of considerable significance. Two fantastic authors, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, have made May 25th a day to remember. Back in 2001, two weeks after the death of Douglas Adams, fans began Towel Day. On Towel Day you carry a towel with you in remembrance of Adams and his excellent series, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy. As the great book says:
"A towel, it says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly...
May 21, 2010
Pushed Too Far on Dark Shorts
My duel winning story from House Of Horror has been added to the Dark Shorts page. Use the button on the left or this is a direct link to the story.
It's a little under 1,500 words and Friday Flash stuff is supposed to be 1,000 words or less, but I thought I'd mention this in Friday Flash circles anyway, for those of you interested to have a read. I hope you enjoy it.
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May 20, 2010
It's a funny old world
I might be a bit quiet on the interwebz front over the next few days due to a bit of family drama. Nothing that won't be sorted out before long, but it's going to take my attention for a while.
However, in a "funny old world" sort of moment, I've also had a slew of good news on the writing front. Last week a short story of mine called Mirrorwalk was accepted for publication in Murky Depths, a great UK based spec fic magazine.
Then I won the horror writers duel over at House Of Horror (which I a
May 17, 2010
Dark Pages anthology now available
As many of you know, while I'm first and foremost a writer, I also run a small publishing company called Blade Red Press. We've been working hard to put together our first short story anthology of dark speculative fiction, called Dark Pages. I'm very pleased to say that it's available now.
The stories included are:
The Stain of the Psychopomp King by Lucien E G Spelman
Heart Of Ice by Martin Livings
Neptune's Garden by Lisa A Koosis
Dust by Naomi Bell
To Die For by S D Matley
The Franchise by Joe L ...
May 14, 2010
May 13, 2010
Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell blog book tour
You may remember a little while ago that I hosted a day of Kate Forsyth's blog book tour for The Puzzle Ring. Well, Kate is far from the only talented writer in the family. Her sister, Belinda Murrell, is also a talented and prolific writer in her own right. Seriously, these two are enough to give any writer insignificance syndrome – Kate is working on her 25th book and Belinda on her 10th!
Both Kate and Belinda have a new book to promote – The Wildkin's Curse by Kate and The Ruby Talisman
May 12, 2010
Neil Gaiman and the $45,000 appearance fee
My friend Michael made me aware of this news over at Boing Boing. It's since caused a fair stir, with opinions all over the interwebz. So I thought, what kind of writer or blogger am I if I don't weigh in too? Basically there's been outrage that Neil Gaiman would charge $45,000 for an appearance fee. In the Boing Boing article they cite Gaiman's FAQ which offers this explanation:
Q. How can I get Neil Gaiman to make an appearance at my school/convention/event?
A. Contact Lisa Bransdorf at the...
