by Neil | Dec 31, 2010 | Books, Comment, Fantasy, Horror, Reading, Review, Science Fiction
This is the first Christmas for the self hosted version of my blog. As was customary on my old internet home, I’d like to take some time to draw your attention to the books I particularly enjoyed reading this year and, looking back, I’m surprised how much...by Neil | May 11, 2009 | Books, Comment, Reading, Recipe, Review, Science Fiction
I’m a little late to the party on this one and really given the long list of distinguished readers* singing the praises of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother you don’t need little old me to tell you it’s good. Only I’m going to. And...by Neil | Apr 19, 2009 | flash fiction, free fiction, Free Online Fiction, Science Fiction, Seemed like a good idea at the time, short story, Shyness, Writing
OK, I’m a bit late this week. 🙂 I had planned to post something on Friday but my planned quiet time before work, during lunch and pre-driving back to Wales never really happened. However, I really wanted to get some content up leading to a rash promise to...by Neil | Feb 13, 2009 | Fiction, flash fiction, Free Online Fiction, Friday Flash Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Stories, short story
Bit of a scheduling error this week and so this is a little later than planned. Also, constant readers will recall Arches by Gareth L Powell was one of my favourite short stories of last year and GLP has an excerpt up on his site – check it out here....by Neil | Feb 3, 2009 | Books, Review, Science Fiction
After months of neglect I finally have a new review up at bookrater.co.uk. You can see what I thought of Ian McDonald’s Brasyl here. A short preview follows: Marcelina Hoffman is a reality TV producer who likes martial arts and will contemplate most things in...by Neil | Jan 5, 2009 | Horror, Science Fiction, short story, Writing
I am delighted to report that my short story Crunch has sold to Ballista (Flapjack Press) and is scheduled for their September 09 issue. You can subscribe here for the UK and here for International. Crunch is a dark SF story I wrote last year and set in a world where...