A selection of images including the cover to Titanic Terastructures, A Quiet Afternoon 2, Thirty Years of Rain, New Maps, Shoreline of Infinity, K-Zine, Flotation Device and Magical Crime Scene Investigation.
In the centre are two painted images, one of a frazzled ginger haired woman drinking tea and one of a Sikh gentleman holding a bucket and sword and facing pink tentacles

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  • 2024: The Year of the Editor

    Hello all, it’s December and so time for the annual roundup of my writing year, be it thick or thin. And this year has a hefty thickness. I have had three stories published, one about an old gnome, one about a shepherd and one about a talking cat. I also have a fourth due soon.…

  • 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…

  • Incoherent thoughts on a great weekend

    Some final thoughts on #Glasgow2024 Worldcon before I get too distracted back into the real world.

  • 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,…

  • Life in the big House

    Life in the big House

      I’ve got a new story out, yay! This one is in an anthology, Titanic Terastructures that can be found here, that is a set of stories all in some way related to ginormous SF thingumies of a Ringworld stylee. I am very much looking forward to reading this and seeing what huge and wondrous…

  • Recurring dreams and dusty attics

    Recurring dreams and dusty attics

    Proving that story publications are like busses, I’ve another new one for your perusal. This time it is a story of old childhood memories and how market forces affects them. Or something. Anywho, you can find it in Kzine issue 30 and it is called Gentrification and the Dream House. This one had an odd gestation in…

  • Low risk reading for the win!

    Low risk reading for the win!

    I have a new story coming out soon in a wee Canadian anthology called A Quiet Afternoon 2 and they’ve just opened their site for pre-orders. You can find it here The anthology is a collection of relaxed stories ideal for a restful afternoon, something we could all do with these days. Apparently they had volume…

  • Sacrificial Gasoline

    Sacrificial Gasoline

      It’s a new story!  I’m very pleased to report that my story, Sacrificial Gasoline, has appeared in this wonderful publication, New Maps. You can find them here New Maps showcases ‘de-industrial’ fiction and if you want more information on what that is, they have a great editorial all about it in the issue. Basically it’s…

  • Delinquent, intergalactic starfish

    Delinquent, intergalactic starfish

    A new story for a new decade I’ve a new story out but a slight delay on my blogging about this as, in a fit of anger over having my European citizenship removed at the end of this month, I went to Rome at the weekend instead. Where my wife was photographed crocheting inside the…

  • 2017: The Year of the Step Up

    2017: The Year of the Step Up

    Hello all and Happy Holidays. Firstly, I have a new story out. Yay! Normally at this time of year I do a review of the year and post up an old story for you. But today I happen to have a new story out from the wonderful people at Fireside Fiction. It’s called Rab the…