Gwyllion Magazine #2

 Issue #2 of Gwyllion magazine is out now, and includes the Welsh translation of of my flash fiction story Never Talk to Strangers.

Book Review: Day Zero by C. Robert Cargill

In 2017’s Sea Of Rust, C. Robert Cargill told a tale of the far future where purpose-built robots struggle to survive once they no longer have a purpose, having wiped out humanity to gain their freedom. In the prequel, Day Zero we go back to the beginning, to the incident that triggered robotkind to turn on its makers and destroy all human society.

Read the rest of my review at SF Crowsnest.

New Reviewing Venue

 For the past several years all of my book and magazine reviews have appeared at SF Crowsnest, but before that my reviews appeared in several other places.

New genre magazine ParsSec, which will include one of stories in issue #2, will also include book reviews and I've been invited to join the reviewing team. So you'll now see my reviews appearing in two places.

Stalker Award 2021 Long List

 The long list for the 2021 Stalker Awards - the Estonian genre awards  - is out. My story The Sound of Death has been long-listed for best short story translated in to Estonian. It was published in Reaktor in July 2020. 

Five Ways to Accidentally Save the Earth from Alien Conquest

 The brand new magazine ParSec has been launched by PS Publishing, edited by Ian Whates, and the first two issues have a fabulous line-up of authors, including me. My short story Five Ways to Accidentally Save the Earth from Alien Conquest will be appearing in issue #2 in November.

This won't be my only involvement with ParSec. Further news to be announced...