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25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf: On Genre

By | | Elkie Bernstein
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The Sales Pitch

25 Ways to Kill a Werewolf came out on Tuesday 12th August (Squeeee!) from Fox Spirit Books [External Link]. The paperback is available from Amazon (here: [External Link]).

Ebooks are available from Amazon (here: [External Link]) and will be available from Spacewitch [External Link].

The Background Posts: On Genre

The first thing that came to me about Elkie’s outing was the title, 25 … Continue reading →

25 Ways To Kill A Werewolf: On Titles

By | | Elkie Bernstein
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The Sales Pitch

25 Ways to Kill a Werewolf came out on Tuesday 12th August (Squeeee!) from Fox Spirit Books [External Link]. The paperback is available from Amazon (here: [External Link]).

Ebooks are available from Amazon (here: [External Link]) and will be available from Spacewitch [External Link].

The Background Posts: On Titles

This is the first of (currently) four background posts for 25 Ways To Kill … Continue reading →

Beaumains: Story Background

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It has been suggested that I ought to do background posts on all of my stories that have been accepted (in venues other than here, obviously). Partly because it gives readers an insight into my thinking and partly because the person who suggested it is a completist.

So, without further ado, here’s some background on Beaumains, a stand-alone science fiction short story.

Publishing Details

Beaumains was published in 2011 by Crossed Genres [External … Continue reading →

The Big, Bad Wolf: Story Background

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It has been suggested that I ought to do background posts on all of my stories that have been accepted (in venues other than here, obviously). Partly because it gives readers an insight into my thinking and partly because the person who suggested it is a completist.

So, without further ado, here’s some background on The Big, Bad Wolf, a stand-alone sceince fiction short story.

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The Big, Bad Wolf was published in the … Continue reading →

Sunday 22nd June, 2014

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Well, I hope the Solstice went as well as these things can (it’s all down hill form here, sorry folks).

The story background post published this week was for Nesting Instinct. This was the first story of mine picked up by Crossed Genres [External Link] in their first interation of their magazine. It’s been out of print a while.

As we’re still part way through the A to Z Blog Tour challenge, Mousie has posted four selfies / postcards for her A-Z guide to Thurnscoe. These are, in alphabetical order:

We’ve got four more posts (M to P) due next week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. For more on the A-Z blogging challenge take a look at Chris Galvin’s blog here: [External Link].

And last week’s Sunday Story was Wake-Up Call – and this week’s is Simulacrum.

Nesting Instinct: Story Background

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It has been suggested that I ought to do background posts on all of my stories that have been accepted (in venues other than here, obviously). Partly because it gives readers an insight into my thinking and partly because the person who suggested it is a completist.

So, without further ado, here’s some background on Nesting Instinct, a stand-alone sceince fiction short story.

Publishing Details

Nesting Instinct was published in 2009 by Crossed Genres [ Continue reading →

Sunday 15th June, 2014

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Happy Father’s Day to any dads in the audience.

Well, the Amok: An Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction Anthology giveaways are over (both mine and Ole’s[External Link]). The online random number generator [External Link] declared Marc-Anthony Taylor victorious, so I’ll be organising shipping soon.

The story background post published this week was for Spindrift. This is the second of two that relate to the New Dryas world and it has some incidental family influence in there!

Mousie has posted four selfies / postcards for the A-Z guide to Thurnscoe. These are, in alphabetical order:

We’ve got four more posts (I to L) due next week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. For more on the A-Z blogging challenge take a look at Chris Galvin’s blog here: [External Link].

In non-site update news, I rehomed Alfie recently, so I probably ought to do an update of the page. He’s gone to a better home where he will be admired by a sabreur (a person who fences with sabres).

And finally, last week’s Sunday Story was Virus – and this week’s is Wake-Up Call.

Spindrift: Story Background

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It has been suggested that I ought to do background posts on all of my stories that have been accepted (in venues other than here, obviously). Partly because it gives readers an insight into my thinking and partly because the person who suggested it is a completist.

So, without further ado, here’s some background on Spindrift, a short story in my New Dryas world.

Publishing Details

Spindrift was published … Continue reading →

Sunday 8th June, 2014

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REMINDER: Ole and I are running giveaways for a copy of Amok: An Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction Anthology (again, on the bookshelf to the right). Mine can be found here, while Ole’s is here: [External Link] These are only open to people with postal addresses in Europe (UK / EU / EEA / Switzerland) due to household cashflow restrictions and the winners will be announced on June 15th. yes, this means you have one week to enter, so get posting!

This week I published a story background post for The Ally-Ally-Oh. This is the first of two that relates to the New Dryas world – which I haven’t been back to in a while. Maybe I’ll revsit once I’ve finished the current WIP.

Mousie has posted four selfies / postcards for the A-Z guide to Thurnscoe. These are, in alphabetical order:

We’ve got four more posts (E to H) due next week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. If you want to know more about the A-Z blogging challenge take a look at Chris Galvin’s blog here: [External Link].

And the final note: I’ve started reminding you all that the on-site fiction still exists as a “Sunday Story”. Last week I tweeted the existence of Distractions. This week, it will be Virus.

The Ally-Ally-Oh: Story Background

By | | New Dryas
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It has been suggested that I ought to do background posts on all of my stories that have been accepted (in venues other than here, obviously). Partly because it gives readers an insight into my thinking and partly because the person who suggested it is a completist.

So, without further ado, here’s some background on The Ally-Ally-Oh, a short story in my New Dryas world.

Publishing Details

The Ally-Ally-Oh … Continue reading →