UPDATE: This extract from My Love Sick Zombie Boy Band was posted when the story was still being drafted under its working title of Rings. But this secene remained through to the final draft (largely) intact. *** Rings grew out of lots of thinking I’ve been doing about magic in urban settings, and the specificContinue reading “Rings Extract”
Author Archives: Damien Walter
Honking Great Update
Its Sunday and I finally have a free half-hour to update the blog. So how is my life as a writer for hire going? Well since going PT at work I have installed myself as unoffical writer in residence at Leicester University Library where the studious atmosphere and lack of internet mean I have noContinue reading “Honking Great Update”
Momentum reviewed on The Fix
My short story Momentum has been reviewed as part of Electric Velocipede #13 on The Fix. Its a good review that pinpoints the same flaws in the story I would have, and pays it a big compliment. What with being reviewed, reviewing, writing new stuff, starting new freelance work, being mentored and sleeping I haven’tContinue reading “Momentum reviewed on The Fix”
Viewpoints Critical by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
My review of Viepoints Critical by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. is up on The Fix.
Alternative History
Read this. If that opening paragraph doesn’t grab you then nothing will. Summer In Paris, Light From the Sky is a beutiful short story from Ken Scholes. I’d never heard of Ken before, but I’ll certainly loo out for more of his writing now. I’ve been reading a lot of short fiction online recently. TheContinue reading “Alternative History”
Bears
Just read a pretty cool story name of Bears over at Strange Horizons, the site some are calling the future of speculative fiction. Judging by this story they may just be write. Sometime soon somebody is going to figure out that Heidegger and Stan Lee aren’t mutual exclusive poles of a cultural spectrum. More andContinue reading “Bears”
Electric Velocipede #13
Issue 13 of Electric Velocipede magazine launches tomorrow at World Fantasy Con in Saratoga, US. Among the contents is my short story ‘Momentum’. Its one of the shortest stories I’ve ever written, and just over one thousand words. EV editor John Klima has been nominated for a World Fantasy Award. Fingers crossed that he getsContinue reading “Electric Velocipede #13”
Literary Hot Shots
Ever wondered who the most important people in British publishing are? Well wonder no more as the Evening Standard reveals the most influential people in literary life. Read ’em and weep! And then draw your own conclusions.
The Fix
TTA Press, best known as publishers of Interzone and Black Static (formerley The Third Alternative) have relaunched their short story review magazine The Fix as an online publication. Its an exceptionally high quality online venue for genre fiction reviews, so I highly recommend dropping in and subscribing to their RSS feed. I’ve volunteered to reviewContinue reading “The Fix”
Annoyed
Just lost the best part of an evening trying to get may Mac to talk with my old Windows laptop. Bah! I’m going back to pens and paper. I haven’t updated about my writing progress recently so here goes… Firstly I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this time around. It was a great learning experience last yearContinue reading “Annoyed”
Damo’s Guide to Getting Published More
It occurred to me that submitting stories to short fiction markets is a bit of a mystery to many people, so I thought I would write a post about it that some might find informative. I hope others don’t find it patronising. Ok, like most people I quite like bragging about my successes so I’llContinue reading “Damo’s Guide to Getting Published More”
Countdown to Doomsday
I haven’t made any meaningful posts for a while. I’ve been working quite hard on ‘Rings’ so there hasn’t been much free time for work. Even though the finished story will only be 3 – 4k it’s in a very dense first person style which I’m enjoying, but it means a high work to wordContinue reading “Countdown to Doomsday”
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