Second Reading for February 6, 2025: The Reptiles’ Blade (SF Short Story, Part 3)
In which Felix suffers flashbacks, and an unexpected visit from the escaped diplomat: https://youtu.be/UDi4ah37Rys
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Pixie-Dust Dreaming is in this month's IASFA Promotion
A s you may already know, I'm a member of th e International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA), which supports authors of science fiction and fantasy, regardless of where in their career, they're at. And as you also might already know, the IASFA runs a promotion of free or 99c books every month, where they ask for a reader's first name and email address so they can add that reader to their newsletter mailing list. As an additional bonus for signing up to the IASFA newsletter as part of this month's promotion, you’ll get five free books in a variety of science fiction and fantasy genres. THIS month, from January 21-25, 2024, (ET), we have a tonne of urban fantasy titles either discounted to 99c (US) or for Free - and you can check out their authors and see if your next favorite is among them at this link, here : https://iasfa.org/jan24 . One of those titles is Pixie Dust Dreaming, the seventh book in my C.M.'s Collections ser...
The Writer Reads Flash Fiction – “Troll Bridge” – Ep.47
Trolls aren't nice...and when one sets up house, steps must be taken. I use my short fiction to explore tiny corners that might be. This is one small corner, I'm happy doesn't exist.
Formatting 365 Days of Poetry - The Writer at Work
It's not all launch parties and champagne, or creating worlds and discovering the stories of the characters that live inside them. Sometimes being a writer is actually work - and not terribly exciting work at that. If you enjoyed watching the formatting process for 365 Days of Flash Fiction , then there's more. Today, I'm formatting 365 Days of Poetry and you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WegmMlfw10c . From dragons to starships to lost colonies and deadly mermaids, this collection of poetry wanders through genres and settings and poetic forms with happy abandon. It explores worlds and settings and reflects on the way things might have been or might become. 2ND EDITION NOTE: This edition is a renewed version of Edition 1, with the main changes being the new cover, new front and back matter, Americanization of spelling, and some minor word changes. Outside those changes, most of the content remains unchanged. You can find this book at: https://...
This Year's 10th (& 6th Re-) Release- 365 Days of Flash Fiction
Today sees the release of the third (and final) edition of 365 Days of Flash Fiction . What's it About? 365 Days of Flash Fiction is a collection of very short fiction running across the genres of horror, science fiction, fantasy and urban fantasy with a smattering of others thrown in for fun. These short pieces are where many of my worlds and characters including those from the Strays of Lunar One and the Mack 'n' Me 'n' Odyssey series first came into being. Science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy, speculative fiction and a touch of horror, this collection plays with just about every genre, touching on everything from dragons to mermaids and pixies to zombies and trolls, this collection has a little bit of everything to share. 3 RD EDITION NOTE: This edition is a renewed version of Editions 1 and 2, with the main changes being the new cover, new front and back matter, extensive re-paragraphing, Americanization of spelling, and some minor word changes....