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Harvey Duckman Presents – Vol 2 **OUT NOW**
‘Harvey Duckman presents the second in a series of collected works of suspense and mystery in the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror and steampunkery… This anthology features work by exciting new voices in speculative fiction, including both established authors and previously … Continue reading →
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Tagged anthology, fiction, horror, new, new fiction, new release, new writing, science fiction, scifi, short fiction, short story, specfic, speculative fiction, steampunk, stories
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Christmas Ghost Story – The Highwayman, Part 5
Happy Christmas Eve, everyone! I hope everyone has had a wonderful run-up to the Big Day and my most sincere and wonderful wishes to you for Christmas Day tomorrow. May your day be Merry, however you choose to spend it. … Continue reading →
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Tagged christmas, christmas fiction, christmas ghost story, christmas story, fiction, fiction writing, ghost, ghost story, highwayman, LGBT, LGBT fiction, short story, story, the highwayman
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Christmas Ghost Story – Sneak Preview
Greetings all and the very best of the budding season to you. Those of you that have followed me for a while know I like ghost stories at all times of year, but even more when the nights are drawing … Continue reading →
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Tagged charles dickens, christmas, christmas ghost story, creative writing, fiction, free fiction, ghost story, highwayman, m r james, noyes, Poetry, short fiction, short story, story, story preview, susan hill, wilkie collins, writing
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It’s the most story-filled time of the year
One of my favourite things about Christmas is the stories associated with it. It’s a time when we all re-visit many of their favourite stories, films and books. The comforting familiarity of these classics that, for many of us, have been with … Continue reading →
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Tagged christmas, Christmas carol, christmas carol retelling, fiction, fiction writing, short fiction, short story, stories, storytelling
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Halloween Short Story: ‘Baba Yaga’ Part 1
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 →
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Tagged baba yaga, fiction, halloween, halloween fiction, horror, horror story, romania, romanian folk tale, short fiction, short story
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Publication Announcement: Short Story ‘New Tricks’ to be featured in Crime and Punishment, Spec Fic anthology
Greetings fellow fiction, scifi and book fans! First off, WOW. Thanks SO much to everyone who has already grabbed a copy of Haven, book 2 in the Orbit Series that was released on Sat, and already fed back some wonderful … Continue reading →
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Tagged alex roddie, anthology, crime and punishment, dystopian fiction, fiction, fiction wriitng, fiction writing, haven, haven j s collyer, js collyer, lucas bale, michael patrick hicks, new fiction, new scifi, new stories, new tricks, now way home, orbit series, publication annoucnment, publication announcment, publishing, science fiction, scifi, short fiction, short story, spec fic, speculatiev fiction, speculative fiction, speculative fiction collection, writing, zero
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Teaser Friday – Excerpt from new SciFi Short Story ‘New Tricks’
Greetings everyone and happy Friday to you all! To celebrate the weekend rolling round with a cheeky little Bank Holiday attached, here’s an excerpt from a current WIP. This short story, currently titled ‘New Tricks’, is hopefully destined for an … Continue reading →
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Tagged anthology, creative writing, fiction, free fiction, j s collyer fiction, j s collyer short fiction, moon, new science fiction, new scifi, new tricks, old dog new tricks, science fiction short, scifi, scifi anthology, scifi short, scifi short story, short story, space, space flight, story
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Brand New #FlashForFriday – ‘Life Cycle’
Happy Friday, everyone! I know it’s been a while, but here we have a shiny new piece of fiction for Friday! Check out my Flash Fiction page for past pieces of Flash Fiction fashioned for Friday fun (try and say that … Continue reading →
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Tagged #FlashForFriday, creative writing, fiction, life cycle, midsummer, midwinter, new age, pagan, short fiction, short story, stories, story, storytelling
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‘Hampton Loade Station, July 1942’ – new #FlashForFriday
Greetings everyone. I apologise that I haven’t been posting much. As most of you will know by now, my first novel, Zero, a SciFi romp of space pirate adventuring, is set for release by Dagda Publising Aug 16th 2014 and … Continue reading →
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Tagged bridgnorth, dagda publishing, fantasticon, fantasticon 2014, fantasticon hull, fiction, flash fiction, hampton loade, hampton loade railway station, hertifage railway, kidderminster, scifi, severn valley, severn valley railway, short story, shropshire, steam engine, story, vintage, war, war stories, war story, world war 2, WW2, WWII, zero
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‘Showtime’ – New Short Story
Greetings all. I am currently gearing up to my weekend away at Crime Story UK, a crime writing conference in Newcastle from tomorrow. Polishing my magnifying glass and dusting off my deer stalker! You can follow me on Twitter @JexShinigami and/or … Continue reading →
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Tagged aesthetic perfection, creative writing, crime story uk, crime writing, dystopian fiction, dystopis, fiction, free science fiction, free short story, helena hann basquait, narrative, sci fi, science fiction, science fiction story, scifi, short fiction, short stories, short story, showtime, story
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