Electric Velocipede is without doubt the magazine I most look forward to finding in my mail box. Yes, I know, I’m biased because I’ve featured in their pages. But even if I hadn’t, I hope I would have the sense to recognise what a great ‘zine editor John Klima is putting into the world. TheContinue reading “Get Your Electric Velocipede Hot and Fresh!”
Author Archives: Damien Walter
Compliance Defiance
I recently discovered Stephen Fry’s podgrams. You should discover them as well, especialy the most recent episode which explores why using a mobile phone in a car is worse than shooting someone in the face.
Happy SF
With the news that Jetse de Vries has left the editorial group who make Interzone magazine, some discusion has arisen at the Asimov’s fourm about whether the tone of not just Interzone, but the whole of contemporary science fiction, has become too pessimistic. Its an interesting discussion and makes me wonder, are we in needContinue reading “Happy SF”
Cthul-You on BBC iPlayer
Hey people, my short story ‘Cthul-You’ is on BBC iPlayer at the moment. Go here… http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007k2kp …and fast forward to about 16:20 to hear it in all its oddness.
Sci-Fi Writing Course
Well people, I’m teaching a one day course in writing short speculative fiction in Leicester in the month of November. I’ll be tossing in lots of what I learnt at Clarion, as well as various other fun and games. Details below, if you or anyone you know should want to take part. ***** Writing FantasyContinue reading “Sci-Fi Writing Course”
Cthul-You Repeat
God bless the BBC for their continual recycling of old material! My short story Cthul-You will be repeated again on BBC7 on Wednesday 3rd September, and will be available on BBC iPlayer for a week after that.
Story Collapse
Bugger. The story I’ve been working on for the last three weeks reached crisis point today. Crisis point means (a) I hate it and (b) I think I have good reason to hate it. It’s almost inevitable that any story over a few thousand words will have these crises along the way. Hopefully when IContinue reading “Story Collapse”
You Are Not On Your Own
Well, that was interesting. Obama did exactly what he needed to do tonight. He gave people a vision of the American dream, and unless McCain can trump that vision, or undermine it, this election is as good as won. The soundbites were there for all to see, ‘We are a better country than this’ andContinue reading “You Are Not On Your Own”
Oratory
Tonight I’m going to stay up late to watch Barrack Obama give his acceptance speech to the Democratic conference. It isn’t a political thing, although in the balance Obama is my favoured candidate for president. This is a matter of history in the making. In the age of the soundbite, it is rare that greatContinue reading “Oratory”
The Tribes of Art
Certain tensions crop up over and again in conversations about art, be it art v commerce, truth v beauty or the ever popular form v content. Now comics, once derided as “just for kids” but now the source of some of our most powerful storytelling, have entered the high falutin’ fray in the form ofContinue reading “The Tribes of Art”
The Value of Short Fiction
Gordon van Gelder, editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, has started a debate about the value of short fiction, specifcaly questioning whether it is being finacialy devalued by the increasing number of online venues distributing stories for free, venues such as Futurismic which have also taken up the debate. As a writer of shortContinue reading “The Value of Short Fiction”
The Reading
‘The Reading’ a special issue of Behind the Wainscot edited by Jonathan Wood exploriing the theme of The Tarot is now online. I was over-joyed to be invited to write a reading for ‘The Sun’ card, alongside Hal Duncan, Forest Aguirre, Ekaterina Sedia, Catherynne M. Valentte, Erzebt Yellowboy and the list of cool writers goesContinue reading “The Reading”
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