Alt Hist No More
Sadly, Alt Hist has published its final issue. Or rather, Mark Lord has understandably, given multiple demands, decided to step back from publishing it. Mark published two of my own stories in…
Category: fiction
Review of “The Lady of Situations”, Stephen Dedman, SF Site 2011
Original here. Another of my SF Site reviews of Ticonderoga Publications books after this and this. As with “Ghost Seas”, I recall greatly enjoying the book at the time, yet have forgotten most about…
Review of “Ghost Seas”, Steven Utley, SF Site, 2010
Original here I reviewed a slew of books from Australia’s Ticonderoga publications around the early 2010s, for the SF Site. All were at the very least interesting, beautifully produced books. Re-reading this…
Fiction Update Jan 2017
2016 was a pretty lean year for me as far as actually writing fiction went. Indeed, there is little to update compared to a year ago. However, as well as the recent…
“It is jailers who are always on guard against escapism”
Steven Greydanus, “What we lose when ‘Stars Wars’ goes to the dark side”, National Catholic Register 28/12/16 When Star Wars goes to the dark side, a generation raised on Marvel…
“Lackendarra” published in Alt Hist 9
My story Lackendarra has heen published in issue 9 of Alt Hist, the bestselling magazine of historical fiction http://althistfiction.com/2016/10/23/alt-hist-issue-9-published/ Heres the cover. Here are some Comeragh photos to mark the…
Fiction update Oct 2016
Every so often I keep the billions of readers of this blog updated on my fiction. I am glad to say I have a story in the upcoming issue of Alt…
Perpetual Motion. Part 5 of 5. Nthposition, Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Part 2 here Part 3 here . Part 4 here Full story here. This story is fairly typical of my rushed efforts of a rather threadbare narrative and characterisation all around…
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