Month: July 2011

So, I finished the zombie short story that I wrote about recently. It's called Z, and I've taken Phoenix's advice and submitted it to Pill Hill Press, who are currently open for submissions for an anthology called The Big Book Of New Short Horror, a title that sounds a little like something out of Sesame… Continue reading Z

I just finished reading The Grass Is Singing, Doris Lessing's excoriating novel of 1940s Rhodesia.Yes, I know it was published in 1950. Look, I've been busy.Whilst I was disappointed with the ending - I didn't think that Moses' motive in killing Mary Turner was examined in nearly enough depth, and as such the murder came… Continue reading Tell me about Doris Lessing

A great post by C. J. Hall about Readers Block, which he describes as an overwhelming lack of desire to read any fiction.I can't say I've ever experienced it.

I've just found out that two blogs have written about the Extinct anthology, which of course contains my short story The Restoration Man: Responsible Reading from the Not Extinct Yet blogHelp the Tasmanian Devils! from the Teaching Biology blog There's also a cool campaign image:So this is another reminder that if you want to help… Continue reading Extinct – two blogs

I'm running the Action Against Hunger 10K in Regents Park this September, so if you want to sponsor me for this worthy cause you can do so on my JustGiving page. Thanks!