Tag Archives: horror

Event Announcement: Edge Lit, Derby, Sat 16th July 2016

Posted on January 12, 2016 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings everyone! I hope everyone had a suitably wonderful festive season & New Year. Seeing Star Wars The Force Awakens on release day certainly set it off at a bang for me, along with receiving my very own baby BB-8 … Continue reading →

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Halloween Short Story: ‘Baba Yaga’ Part 1

Posted on October 31, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Happy All Hallows, my friends! Last week a launched a poll for the subject matter of a Halloween short story. The choices were: a haunted space ship, a cursed lunchbox or a stranger at the party. Of course, everyone chose … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged baba yaga, fiction, halloween, halloween fiction, horror, horror story, romania, romanian folk tale, short fiction, short story | 6 Comments

Lightning Update – Haven Launch, Crowdfunding, Swag, Pre-orders AND MORE

Posted on September 25, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings all and happy Friday to you all! I quick update from me today! I spent four days over the last weekend at Oldfield House B & B in Windermere in the Lake District for a writing holiday. It was … Continue reading →

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Cover Reveal: SINGULARITY by H. H. Basquait & Co

Posted on June 18, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings Fiction Fans. Those of you who like the wonderfully weird and the weirdly wonderful may remember the project headed up be self-confessed Dilettante Helena Han Basquait last year called Jessica. This was a collaborative effort from Helena and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged anthology, cover reveal, fiction, horror, horror fiction, singularity, speculative fiction | Leave a comment

Event Announcement – Talk Nerdy 2 Me

Posted on April 9, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Hi everyone! I have confirmed my place at another event, this time one for my fellow Lancashire dwellers. I’m thrilled to announce that I will be attending Talk Nerdy 2 Me in Preston on Fri 8th May. This looks to … Continue reading →

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Journeying On – Blog Overhaul & More ‘Haven’ Info

Posted on January 20, 2015 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings everyone and a warm welcome to my new followers. Great to have you on board! As you may have noticed I’ve done a bit of a spring clean around here…although, does it count as cleaning-up if I’ve added things? … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged anime, blogging, cosplay, creative writing, dagda publishing, david prowse, david prowse appearence, fantasy, fiction, firefly, flash fiction, free fiction, free short stories, getting published, haven, horror, J S Collyer, new fiction, orbit books, publishing, scarborough, scarborough scifi festival, sci fi, science fiction, scifi, scifi events, scifi events 2015, scifi publishing, short fiction, short stories, space opera, the orbit series, top rated science fiction, wordpress, writing, yorkshire, yorkshire cosplay con, yorkshire scifi events, zero | 4 Comments

Publications everywhere and plenty of stuff to read!

Posted on November 3, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Greetings all! A lightning post for you all. I’m currently still buried under 100,000 words of a first draft of a new project which is why this is going to be a quickie, as it were, but just so you don’t forget … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Short Stories | Tagged creative writing, firefly, flash fiction, helena hann basquait, horror, jessica, joss whedon, nanowrimo, new release, new writing, novel writing, novella, science fiction, scifi, serentity, short fiction, short stories, speculative fiction, who is jessica bell, whoisjessica.com, zero, zero an orbit novel, zero an orbit novel by j s collyer, zero by j s collyer | 4 Comments

Within The Dark Mind – Guest Post by M J Wesolowski

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

I’m pleased to welcome M J Wesolowski to my WordPress this week. He is a horror writer who has had success with his short fiction and has recently released his first novella The Black Land which I reviewed when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing | Tagged creative non fiction, creative writing, dark, dark fiction, darkness in fiction, fiction, horror, horror fiction, m j wesoleowksi, Stephen King, story, story telling, story writing, The black land | 1 Comment

Novel teasers, Horror Fiction, oh my!

Posted on May 10, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Just a super quick post today, that I actually mean to post yesterday but didn’t have time to, *smacks wrist*, but hopefully you will see why. I had planned to do a post on theme, something I’ve been thinking a … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings on Writing, Novel Excerpts, Short Stories | Tagged creative writing, creepy crawler, dagda, dagda publishing, debut scifi novel, flash fiction, free horror ezine, horror, horror ezine, horror fiction, horror publishing, horror short story free horror fiction, j s collyer novel, j s collyer zero, novel writing, old school horror, sci fi, scifi, scifi publisher, short fiction, short story, sirens call, sirens call ezine, sirens call publishing, theme, writing, zero, zero side story, zombie girl | Leave a comment

Striking the Balance – Editing as Art rather than Science

Posted on April 4, 2014 by J. S. Collyer

Here’s a general update before I get on to my latest revelation about editing: Some writers I know like to focus on one project at a time, but I find it beneficial to have a few irons in the fire. … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: horror

Event Announcement: Edge Lit, Derby, Sat 16th July 2016

Halloween Short Story: ‘Baba Yaga’ Part 1

Lightning Update – Haven Launch, Crowdfunding, Swag, Pre-orders AND MORE

Cover Reveal: SINGULARITY by H. H. Basquait & Co

Event Announcement – Talk Nerdy 2 Me

Journeying On – Blog Overhaul & More ‘Haven’ Info

Publications everywhere and plenty of stuff to read!

Within The Dark Mind – Guest Post by M J Wesolowski

Novel teasers, Horror Fiction, oh my!

Striking the Balance – Editing as Art rather than Science

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