Having been offline for a while, I have some nuggets of good news to share:
My flash piece 'Hue and Cry' is published in Chroma Magazine
My short story 'In Memoriam' is published in Sci Phi Journal
My short story 'Seeing John' is a finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2017/18, and so will be published by Aesthetica this December.
Less good: The short story that I had long-listed for the Brighton Prize did not proceed to the shortlist. But when I reread it I could see why -- it had several issues that I really should have spotted before submitting. I keep doing this -- sending stories off before they are ready -- and have messed up the market for a number of my pieces in this way (because journals usually won't accept resubmissions of a story they have already rejected). Very silly of me. But I have now revised the story and sent it off again, so hopefully it will get over the line this time....
Onward and upward.
My flash piece 'Hue and Cry' is published in Chroma Magazine
My short story 'In Memoriam' is published in Sci Phi Journal
My short story 'Seeing John' is a finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2017/18, and so will be published by Aesthetica this December.
Less good: The short story that I had long-listed for the Brighton Prize did not proceed to the shortlist. But when I reread it I could see why -- it had several issues that I really should have spotted before submitting. I keep doing this -- sending stories off before they are ready -- and have messed up the market for a number of my pieces in this way (because journals usually won't accept resubmissions of a story they have already rejected). Very silly of me. But I have now revised the story and sent it off again, so hopefully it will get over the line this time....
Onward and upward.