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A couple of books containing my stories came out over the past week or so, and I wanted to tell everyone about them before year’s end, to start 2019 with a clean slate. The first was the Little Blue Marble Anthology, which contains my short tale “The Barber of Manaus”. I share the ToC with my friend Wendy Delmater Thies.

The second, equally awesome, is American Monsters Part 1. This one has my story “Vulnerable Populations” and also contains tales by several of my friends, including, Christopher Kastensmidt, Fábio Fernandes, Cesar Alcázar and Rockwell Hopper.

These two really end the year on a high note!

 

Hope everyone had a great Christmas! In other news, the December 2018 Edition of Disturbed Digest is out – and my story “Aulus Fabius Ambustus” is on the ToC… Always nice. Link here!

Always interesting to realize that readers have added me to another literary website.  This time, I was delighted to see my listing at LibraryThing.  Have a look!

My story “Desperate Measures” has sold to Anotherealm, and that will be my second appearance there.  Happy day, as that tale was one I truly enjoyed writing.

My story “Barking” has been Published in Hinnom Magazine – my first appearance there, and it looks lovely! Link here!

Received my contributor’s copy of the Ténèbres 2018 anthology which includes my story “Bridge over the Cunene” (translated as “Le son porte loin dans le veld” which translates as “Sound carries a long way over the veldt”).

I’m delighted with this one for a couple of reasons. In the first place, it’s my French début (hmm, that sounds vaguely dirty) and it’s also a nice hefty book, part of a long-running series. If you’re curious as to who else is within, I’ve included the complete ToC below:

• De fille en aiguille par Dola Rosselet
• Custer et les vampires par Boris & François Darnaudet
• D357 par Sophie Guizani
• Le smartphone de Bouddha par Claude Mamier
• Hans par Antoine Scala
• Collage par Jay Caselberg (Traduction : Sabine Sur)
• Le rêve du botaniste par Pascal Malosse
• La bande à Lazare par Stéphane Mouret
• La marche du temps par Stéphanie Lamache
• Divine laideur par Serena Gentilhomme
• Le son porte loin dans le veld par Gustavo Bondoni (Traduction : Céline Le Vu)
• Retour au foyer par Angela Slatter (Traduction : Audrey Favre)
• Pour un brin de muguet par Sophie Guizani
• Petite fille par Laurent Gautier-Le Goff
• Sur la bonne voie par Mike Jansen (Traduction : Mathieu Prioux)
• Sales gosses par Simon Boutreux
• Souvenirs au bord du lac par Michael Haynes (Traduction : Anne Escaffit)
• Les affres de la création par Stéphanie Lepage
• Le roi des rats par Joshua Chaplinsky (Traduction : Michèle Zachayus)
• Destins foudroyés par David Miserque
• L’envol par Dean Venetza
• Docteur Manchot par Guillaume Vaumartin
• Le pantin par Jérémie Vidal
• Calvaire par Steve Martins
• L’absence par Marie Latour
• La recette du bonheur par Erwan Bargain
• Auto… Stop par Marlène Charine
• Un sténopé de lumière par Julie C. Day (Traduction : Anne Escaffit

 

Good news? Sure, why not? My story “Northern Lights” sold to The New Accelerator, and has been published already–it’s free to read at this link.

Here’s some free fiction for you – I had a story in a contest at A Small Gang of Authors. It didn’t win, but you can read it for free here if you’re interested (search for my name or the story “Frozen Hearts”). There are also a bunch of other stories in there by talented people, so go on and give it a look. Link here.

The Best Indie Speculative Fiction antho, which includes my story “Pacific Wind” has been published – link here – and a wave to Alex Shvartsman and Vonnie Winslow Crist, who are in this one as well!