Munchkin’s Mind
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The Return of the Jannie
You know how I spent all summer wanging on about how great other writers were in the Glasgow Speculative Fiction Writer’s Circle anthology Gallus? Well now it’s my turn to go on about myself for, yes, I have a new story coming out in an anthology called Portals, Gateways, and Doors. Can you guess what’s…
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Incoherent thoughts on a great weekend
Some final thoughts on #Glasgow2024 Worldcon before I get too distracted back into the real world.
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Worldcon 2024, a schedule
It’s Worldcon time, my second in attendance in Glasgow and my fifth overall and this time I’ve volunteered for, and been given, some things to do on the programme. So, if you are coming to Glasgow for it, here is where you can find me: Thursday 8th August, 19:00 hours, Alsh 2 – Languages of…
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Revelling in the editor’s power
For ten years and more I’ve been writing stories, getting them critted by my local group, the Glasgow SF (where SF stands for Speculative Fiction, although it did start out as Science Fiction) Writers’ Circle and pinging them out willy-nilly into the universe and hoping that an editor will like them and publish them. To…
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Ogres in the Mist
All hail the wonderful Canadians and especially those involved with On Spec, the Alberta based spec fic magazine for they have published a story of mine! Behold the glorious cover. Details of how to acquire this, should you wish to, can be found on their site at: https://onspec.ca/2024/03/20/on-spec-127-is-released-into-the-wild/ My tale is one of a wee,…
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2023: The year of delayed gratification
Hello and Merry Christmas to all those who pass this way. Welcome to my annual round up. Following last year’s quiet year this one started with a bang, with three stories accepted. Yes, three. The first of these appeared in New Maps in May and is a silly wee thing about keeping hold of data…
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A shorty in the cathedral
Good News, everybody, I have a new story out. Available from New Maps is their Spring 2023 issue and I have a really quite short story in it. It’s been two years since my last publication and for a bit there I felt like I might have lost the mojo for this story writing lark so this…
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Like flippin’ busses
Why yes, it is a non-end of year post. How bizarre. And in this case it is to crow mightily while also banging the drum for persistence. You know that old line about you wait ages and then three busses turn up at once? Well it appears to hold true for writing of short fiction…
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2022: the year of hee haw
Hello all. It’s been a quiet year, writing news wise, this year. I’ve been up to much, first holiday and first convention since the Covid stuff started, got Covid (mildly, I’m glad to say), got all eco-smug about electric cars, but when it comes to news to put in here, not so much. I have,…
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