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Short Story – ‘Mood Lighting’

Posted on June 20, 2020 by J. S. Collyer

Good morning, all. And happy weekend! Hope all is well with you and yours. As promised, here is a brand new short story. Another bittersweet SciFi/Spec ficlet, just over 1000 words. A reflection one what the future might hold, both … Continue reading →

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Advance Review Copies of No Way Home Launching Soon!

Posted on February 11, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Thanks to all the wonderful folks who have agreed to accept an Advance Review Copy of upcoming SciFi anthology No Way Home a collection of 8 stories featuring me and 7 other new & established SciFi writers. I have had … Continue reading →

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Laurels are the Enemy

Posted on February 10, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

It’s only Feb and already 2015 is taking off like a rocket for me and my projects, I’m very pleased to say! I have several events booked which I shall attend to sell & sign copies of my first SciFi … Continue reading →

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‘No Way Home’ – Dystopian SciFi anthology coming soon with FREE advance copies up for grabs!

Posted on January 23, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings fellow fiction fanatics. I’m thrilled to announce that I will be featured in this amazingly spiffy upcoming anthology of Dystiopian Scifi: No Way Home. It features short stories by fellow SciFi writers Lucas Bale, S. Elliot Brandis, S.W. Fairbrother, Michael Patrick Hicks, … Continue reading →

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What’s Left Unsaid – Writing Horror and Another #FlashForFriday

Posted on February 14, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

One aspect of good writing, particularly horror writing, is that which is not said. Our imaginations can produce scenarios far more unnerving and thrilling than any words on a page can prescribe, so, when writing, especially horror, thrillers or ghost stories, don’t … Continue reading →

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Time to Destroy Stuff and another #FlashForFriday

Posted on January 30, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Oh man…I’m going to have a go at talking about the real world here. This is scary. I’m not convinced I have enough substance to deal with this kind of thing. Here we go though, I’ll give it a shot. *Steels self* Ok… So, … Continue reading →

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First Amazon Review for All Hail the New Flesh

Posted on January 27, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

The first Amazon review has been posted for All Hail the New Flesh, Dagda Pubishing’s most recent collection of dystopian sci-fi, and it’s a good’un. ‘Hooligween’ mentions that she found it refreshing to get her hooks into a science fiction … Continue reading →

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First review for ‘All Hail The New Flesh’

Posted on January 22, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

The first review for All Hail the New Flesh is up and it’s a good’un: ‘…after reading “All Hail the New Flesh”, I have developed the view that new authors do have the capacity to spit out of themselves stories that … Continue reading →

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All the Delicious SciFi

Posted on October 28, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

Keeping up the productivity I find is one of the best ways to keep motivation stoked. And, almost as if they knew, just as I finished my infamous ‘Project-With-A-Deadline‘ (details of which I am hoping to release soon) Dagda Publishing … Continue reading →

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Time To Retreat

Posted on September 23, 2013 by J. S. Collyer

It’s going to be a good week this week. I’ve got ‘The Feeling’. Not only was Tuned To a Dead Channel (dystopian Sci-Fi anthology which features, alongside some amazing talent, my short story ‘Ash’) released on Friday and is now … Continue reading →