Time for another Top 100

I haven’t done one of these posts for a while, so I thought it was about time. I came across this post of the Top 100 Sci-Fi Books . Apparently it’s “A statistical survey of the all-time Top 100 sci-fi books”. Whatever that means. There’s...

Wild Chrome by Greg Mellor – review

Greg Mellor is a relatively new voice in Australian science fiction, but his debut collection from Ticonderoga Publications places him firmly in the upper echelons of SF writers at work today. Wild Chrome is a collection of 21 short stories, ten of them new and...

Ellen Datlow and ChiZine horror anthology Kickstarter

People, pay attention! There are only three days left to get behind this amazing project and it’s already over 90% funded. Editor extraordinaire, Ellen Datlow, is teaming up with ChiZine Publications to put together an unthemed anthology of short horror fiction...

“Tiny Lives” at Daily Science Fiction

My short story, Tiny Lives, is online now at Daily Science Fiction. I’m really pleased to be published there, and not only because they pay very well. I’ve been a Daily SF subscriber for ages and they really do publish some excellent SF and fantasy...

A new authorly tattoo

I’m no stranger to inking my skin. For a long time now I’ve wanted a writing related tattoo – a writer’s quill, in fact. I know several writers who have the quill or a variation of it, so it’s definitely a bit of a thing among writerly...

Tuesday Toot – Jodi Cleghorn and Deck The Halls

Tuesday Toot is a semi-regular feature here. An invite-only series of short posts where writers, editors, booksellers and other creatives have been asked to share their stuff and toot their own horn. It’s hard to be seen in the digital morass and hopefully this...