With the publication of Cataveiro in February, I’ve been busy scribbling a few guest posts, so here’s the links, with many thanks to the bloggers who have kindly hosted me. On The Book Plank An author interview. On Fantastical Librarian A guest post on Post-Ecological Politics in The Osiris Project. On Parmenion Books A guest post on LifeContinue reading “Here and there”
Category Archives: short fiction
La Femme/Noir anthology
I’m delighted to say I have a short story in an upcoming La Femme/Noir duo-anthology from NewCon Press. The books will be launched at this year’s EasterCon in April. Here’s the full table of contents – my story is part of Noir, and is titled The Crepuscular Hunter. La Femme: 1. Introduction — Ian Whates 2. Stephen Palmer –Continue reading “La Femme/Noir anthology”
Saga shortlisted!
I’m thrilled to say that Saga’s Children has been shortlisted for a BSFA Award in the short fiction category. Huge thanks to everyone who nominated the story. The full shortlists are on the BSFA website here, with links to the stories and articles you can read online. Congratulations to all the other nominees!
Saga’s Children online
A brief update to say that my story SAGA’S CHILDREN, from last year’s Lowest Heaven anthology, has been reprinted online by the marvellous folks over at Pornokitsch – you can read the story for free here. Enjoy!
Best British Fantasy 2013
THE BEST BRITISH FANTASY 2013 is now out! The collection includes my story The Complex, first printed in Interzone last year. Salt Publishing describes the collection: “From the post-apocalyptic American West to the rural terror in New Zealand, this major anthology has evil spirits, bin-Laden style assassinations, steampunk, sexual dysfunction, a twisted version of PeterContinue reading “Best British Fantasy 2013”
The Lowest Heaven launch
The Lowest Heaven anthology was released on 13 June and I was thrilled to be part of the launch at the National Maritime Museum. I’ve walked around the University of Greenwich campus before but had never seen the museum, and we couldn’t have had a lovelier setting (despite the slightly alarming figureheads…) Jared Shurin introducedContinue reading “The Lowest Heaven launch”
Pre-order The Lowest Heaven
This week Pandemonium Fiction revealed the stunning artwork for The Lowest Heaven anthology. It looks absolutely gorgeous and I’m thrilled to have a story in the collection. Here’s the cover (copyright Joey Hi-Fi): You can read an interview with artist Joey Hi-Fi over on the Royal Observatory’s website and a limited edition hardback featuring photography fromContinue reading “Pre-order The Lowest Heaven”
Progress on CATAVEIRO
A progress report, and a few updates: Last week I sent the manuscript of CATAVEIRO, Book Two of The Osiris Project, to my editors at Night Shade Books and Del Rey UK. I’m beyond happy to have reached the stage where I can look forward to receiving editorial feedback, and coming at the MS withContinue reading “Progress on CATAVEIRO”
Two anthologies
Two happy anthology announcements: firstly, my short story The Complex, which appeared in the January/February edition of Interzone this year, is to be included in an anthology, The Best British Fantasy 2013 from Salt Publishing, due for publication in April next year. Secondly, I will be contributing a story to Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven. This is theContinue reading “Two anthologies”
This week’s Night Bazaar and other things
This week at the Night Bazaar we’re talking about the influence of children’s fantasy on adult fantasy. Monday’s post from Paul Tobin made a lot of really good points, but here is my slightly rambling contribution to this week’s theme: It’s okay for kids’ books to be fantasy – why not adults? The Jan/Feb editionContinue reading “This week’s Night Bazaar and other things”
E. J. Swift 