I’m delighted that my short fiction “Weather Girl” is now available on audio via the excellent StarShipSofa podcast, narrated by Chloe Yates. You can listen online here. The story was first published in the Infinity Wars anthology (Solaris), edited by Jonathan Strahan: tales of soldiers, on the ground and fighting, in the near future and inContinue reading ““Weather Girl” podcast and Polish translation”
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Infinity Wars, 2084, and ZUI Found
Two anthologies which I’ve contributed a story to arrived on the shelves in the last week, and here are the lovely print editions looking very smart indeed. Infinity Wars (Solaris) is the latest in the Infinity science fiction series edited by Jonathan Strahan with a focus on military SF, and includes my story “Weather Girl”. ‘WeContinue reading “Infinity Wars, 2084, and ZUI Found”
The Djinn Falls In Love
The Djinn Falls In Love & Other Stories, edited by the brilliant Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin, is out today from Solaris! Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhoodContinue reading “The Djinn Falls In Love”
Unsung Live #7
I’m delighted to join the line-up of authors for Unsung Live 7 on Tuesday 21 February, an evening of storytelling for fans of contemporary speculative fiction. The evening runs from 7.00 – 9.00pm at The Star of Kings (126 York Way London, Greater London N1 0AX, London). If you’re interested to attend, it’s a free event butContinue reading “Unsung Live #7”
Now We Are Ten
NewCon Press celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and I’m delighted to have a story in one of several anthologies commissioned to mark the milestone. Here’s the table of contents for Now We Are Ten, edited by Ian Whates: 1. Introduction by Ian Whates 2. The Final Path – Genevieve Cogman 3. Women’s Christmas – Ian McDonaldContinue reading “Now We Are Ten”
Strata launches
I’m very happy to have a piece of short fiction in a new digital project from Penguin Random House: Strata, launched this week. You can take a look here. A digital book about the future, Strata explores a dystopian world through pairings of short fiction and non-fiction essays, with stories by Laurie Penny, James Smythe and Lavie Tidhar. My story, “A HandfulContinue reading “Strata launches”
In conversation with Speculative Fiction Author Anne Charnock
I met Anne Charnock (@annecharnock) last summer when we shared a panel at LonCon 3, with David Hebblethwaite and Adam Roberts, discussing writers who cross the boundary between mainstream fiction and science fiction. Since then, I’ve completed my trilogy, The Osiris Project, and Anne has finished her second novel, Sleeping Embers Of An Ordinary Mind. Anne’s debut novel, AContinue reading “In conversation with Speculative Fiction Author Anne Charnock”
“The Spiders of Stockholm” & The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Some very exciting news which I can finally share – I’m thrilled and delighted to announce that my story “The Spiders of Stockholm” from the anthology Irregularity (Jurassic, 2014) has been longlisted for The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award! The 19 longlisted writers and their stories are: The Indian Uprising by Ann Beattie TheContinue reading ““The Spiders of Stockholm” & The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award”
Irregularity
Delighted to say I have a story in upcoming anthology IRREGULARITY from Jurassic, the details of which were posted today – very exciting as it’s the first I’ve seen of the table of contents. Here’s a bit about the inspiration behind the anthology: “Using the Longitude Act as the jumping off point, Irregularity is inspired by theContinue reading “Irregularity”
Noir
I arrived home last night to book post (the best kind of post), which proved to be contributor copies of the anthology NOIR edited by Ian Whates, which includes my story The Crepuscular Hunter. And very stylish they look too! Ian describes the anthology as ‘thirteen stories that dance around genre boundaries but are linked by a senseContinue reading “Noir”
E. J. Swift 