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Novels, anthologies, screenplays, non-fiction and short stories by Graeme Shimmin.

The Samhain Roads Published

My short story, The Samhain Roads, has been published in Superpresent Magazine. In it you can follow siblings Aoife and Liam as they search for their missing sister…

Revolutions 2: More Speculative Short Stories set in Manchester

Revolutions 2: More Speculative Short Stories set in Manchester is my second anthology as an editor –  a collection of science-fiction, fantasy and horror stories with one thing in…

Revolutions: Speculative Short Stories set in Manchester

Today is a proud day for me – the day we release Revolutions, my first anthology as editor. Revolutions is a collection of science-fiction, horror, dystopian and just plain weird…

The Art of the Novel

I was recently commissioned to write a chapter for a new creative writing book, called The Art of the Novel. My chapter is about how not to bore…

A Kill in the Morning Paperback – Launch Day!

Exciting news – the A Kill in the Morning paperback is out today! This morning, I found it nicely displayed in my local book shop: My Journey I’ve…

The Mohorovičić Discontinuity:
A Short Story

Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union, 24 November 1979 …two, one… cameras are rolling, comrade. Tonight, excitement is mounting at the Kola Ultra-deep Borehole. Scientists calculate the world’s deepest mine…

Reading A Kill in the Morning

I was invited to read at Blackwell’s Bookshop in Manchester recently. Here I am reading from chapter seven of A Kill in the Morning. Thanks to Ian Carrington…

A Kill in the Morning Character Dossiers: The Assassin

The Assassin is the protagonist of A Kill in the Morning and narrates most of the chapters. Although A Kill in the Morning features a lot of historical…

A Kill in the Morning – Publication Day!

This is the day I have dreamed of… today is publication day for my first novel A Kill in the Morning. First thing this morning, I popped in…

A Kill in the Morning Reviews

The A Kill in the Morning reviews are starting to come in and they’re almost entirely positive. I’ll be reposting the most interesting endorsements, professional A Kill in the…