Tag: Short Stories

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…

Public Speaking Tips for Authors

Public speaking is one of the principal ways authors promote their books. But speaking to large groups terrifies many people and they do it badly. As a commercially published author,…

How to Proofread your own Work

You know what happens if you don’t proofread your novel? Your writing will have spelling, punctuation and formatting errors, and will look scrappy. And then you’ll get one-star…

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 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…

Writing submissions: Revolutions Anthology 2015

The Manchester Speculative Fiction Group, of which I’m a member, is producing a showcase anthology. We are currently looking for writers to submit stories for inclusion. The anthology…

How to Start a Story

Trying to start writing a story is a daunting prospect. Whether it’s a short story or a novel, sometimes it’s putting the first few words on the page that’s…

Veronika: a Short Story

Veronika is a short story by Graeme Shimmin.