It’s publication day for The Secret Life of Fungi in paperback, and I want to say a humongous thank you to everyone who’s been reading it or reviewing it. I hope it’s inspiring people to take a look around and find fungi this autumnal season – I’ve spotted a few myself on my morning walks… Continue reading Paperback fungi
I’ve been bundled. Thanks to Lavie Tidhar for including Skyward Inn as part of a set of dark SF he has curated for StoryBundle. For the next seventeen days or so you can buy up to ten titles of deep, dark SF dives. You pay what you can afford, and a portion of every payment… Continue reading Bundled
Not long to go for the release of the UK paperback of The Secret Life of Fungi – that’s scheduled for September 2022 and I think it’s available on Netgalley now for reviewers. I love the new cover. Here it is: Thanks to Alice Tarbuck for the cover quote, and thanks to everyone who has… Continue reading Secret paperback life
The shortlist for the 2022 Arthur C. Clarke award is out! Here it is: Deep Wheel Orcadia – Harry Josephine Giles (Picador) Klara and the Sun – Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber & Faber) A Desolation Called Peace – Arkady Martine (Tor UK) A River Called Time – Courttia Newland (Canongate) Wergen: The Alien Love War – Mercurio D. Rivera (NewCon Press)… Continue reading Clarke company
Last year Shoreline of Infinity published a short story of mine about alien invasion, camouflage, and theme parks. I do love a theme park. I’m really pleased to say that story, More Sea Creatures to See, will be making an appearance once more in NewCon Press’ Best Of British SF 2021, along with an ocean… Continue reading Best sea fungus table
This is a bit of a departure for me. I’m excited to say I’m going to teach a workshop in writing my kind of strange stories. The National Centre for Writing will be hosting me, and it will be held online, conducted via Zoom, on the morning of Saturday 6th August. If you’d like to… Continue reading Weird Workshop
It’s a big thrill to be able to say I’ve got a story in the latest edition of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine. It’s called ‘Cold Trade’ and it’s about a small group of aliens trying to make first contact with a very different sort of life form for trading purposes. I loved writing it,… Continue reading Trades and Pearls
This is shaping up to be a busy year for short story writing, and I’ve been working away on a few new ones. This month I’m really pleased to be back in The Dark with a story called Knotlings. It’s about a mother who teaches her son how to deal with a specific problem they… Continue reading Knotted up in the Dark
I’m thrilled that Skyward Inn has made the shortlist for Best Novel in the 2021 British Science Fiction Association awards! That means I get to show off this badge: BSFA members can vote via the website here. I’m in wonderful company and very pleased to be there. Thanks to everyone who votes or has voted,… Continue reading News about the Inn
Phew to getting through a long January, and February gets a great start for me with a reappearance in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. My new story Rich Growth will be in the February issue (349) which is a science-fantasy crossover extravaganza featuring Yoon Ha Lee, Jason Sanford and Ted S. Bushman. The small extracts for them… Continue reading Rich and growing skies
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