Market News: ‘The Cutpurse From Mulberry Bend’ published in Penny Dread Tales III

Very very pleased to have my dark steampunk tale, 'The Cutpurse From Mulberry Bend' published in Penny Dread Tales Volume III: In Darkness Clockwork Shine.

I have published in each volume, and intend to work hard to continue to contribute to following volumes, all expertly edited by Christopher Ficco. This was a fun project, like all previous exercises.

The editor has also chosen to revamp the covers of volumes 1 and 2, in order to create a consistent continuum of design for the series – a great move. I have presented all three below.

The latest, Penny Dread Tales Volume III

Penny Dread Tales Volume II
containing my short, 'Creation's Flaw'

Penny Dread Tales Volume 1
containing my short, 'The Bond'

Market News: ‘Whistle In The Wind’ cross-genre short story now available in ‘Alien Sky’ anthology

Happy to announce that Alien Sky, edited by Justin Nicholes, can now be ordered. It contains a lot of very good science fiction short stories, including work by speculative fiction luminaries such as Daniel Pearlman. I am honoured to have my historical scifi, Whistle in the Wind, included. At the moment it is available at Amazon.

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Market News: ‘The Curious Case of the Frozen Revenant’ (Railroad!: Celebration Station!)

Extremely pleased to have my weird western/steampunk novelette, published in Tonia Brown's Railroad! blog – a site that is used to publish her serialized steampunk series. She wanted to celebrate two years' effort, and my piece was accepted as a 3-parter in days 8 to 10 of February.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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Market News: ‘Dom and Gio’s Barber Shop’ (Lovecraftian horror)

Very happy to announce that Lovecraft eZine have published my Mythos story, 'Dom and Gio's Barber Shop' in edition 21, just out now. It is available on Kindle and NOOK Book (EPUB), and is available free on their site.

For those who are interested, the story takes place in Melbourne, Australia (and then some).

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Market News: The Sea Witch (horror short story)

Pleased to see one of my earliest horror pieces, 'The Sea Witch', reprinted in Static Movement's What Lies Beneath anthology, to be published later this year. I do have to say that I don't consider this a good market for authors to submit original work, but I consider this a good result for reprint purposes (as the original anthology it was published in – Page Dancers anthology, IFWG, 2010 – had a limited print run).
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Market News: Pretty Kitty to be published in Contrary Cats anthology

Indigo Mosaic appear to like my stories. Hot off the breaking news of my sale of In Arcadia for their Dark Bard anthology, Pretty Kitty has now been accepted for their Contrary Cats anthology. This is a disturbing story about cats, haunting, and madness. I will say no more. I am not sure when this will be published – probably early 2013. This makes 17 acceptances this year – very pleased exceeding my target of 15.
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Market News: In Arcadia to be published in Dark Bard anthology

Pleased to have had my ghost story, In Arcadia, accepted by Indigo Mosaic – publishing's upcoming anthology, Dark Bard. For reasons that I can't exactly figure, except it is inextricably linked to my creative core, I set this story in England and I wanted it to be published in a British publication. Indigo Mosaic seemed to fit the model, and bingo, I'm in. I will post more details as they come to hand. No 16 acceptance for the year and, hopefullly, counting.
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Market News: Blue Stripped published in Stupefying Stories 1.11

Very pleased to see my dystopian short story, Blue Stripped, now published in Stupefying Stories 1.11 (December 2012).

Currently in Kindle:

US – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AFYXAX0

UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00AFYXAX0

Germany – https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00AFYXAX0

France – https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00AFYXAX0

Spain – https://www.amazon.es/dp/B00AFYXAX0

Italy – https://www.amazon.it/dp/B00AFYXAX0

Japan – http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00AFYXAX0

and soon out in NOOK and Apple iTunes.
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Market News: Submerged in Blood and Lullabies

My Evyntyde YA fantasy story, set in the world of Evyntyde, Submerged, is now available. It is published by Blood and Lullabies, which sends PDF editions to subscribers. They have kindly allowed me to make it available through this, and other pages of mine.

Submerged (Blood and Lullabies, Edition 3, 20 September 2012)
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Market News: My Best Friend Julian

Very happy to share my steampunk story, My Best Friend Julian, in Doctor Fantastique's Show of Wonders. It was originally published in Anthology of Steampunk (ed Tonia Brown, Sonar4, 2010) but as the anthology was a limited edition, this gets my story out to a wider audience.
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