Time for an author interview I think! And this time it is the turn of Peter James Martin, a good friend of mine and fellow Malarkite! On March 31st, the first book in his new series will be release: Daemon Soul Awakening. I caught up with him and asked him all things literary. First up … Continue reading Meet Peter James Martin!
Category: demons
Malarkites Assemble!
Malarkey's Imaginomnibus is the brainchild of writer Ross Young. He has gathered some of the greatest fantasy and scifi indie writers, and me, in order to put together a set of amazing anthologies. I have been lucky enough to have now been in two of these books: Hubble Bubble was out last year and this … Continue reading Malarkites Assemble!
Caveat Emptor
This story first appeared in SciFanSat ezine in Jan 2024, a free themed zine available online from Blue Boar Press. I had that feeling again. The one like I was being watched. Which was possibly due to the bar being packed. I searched around for Heather; she’d gone to get drinks so long ago I … Continue reading Caveat Emptor
Signs – Flash fiction
This was written in response to Thurs Threads 627 on Siobhan Muir's website. The story had to be 250 words max and contain the set phrase: I looked at the signs. Find the rest of the entries here. I looked at the signs. They were all there: all seven of them. I let out a … Continue reading Signs – Flash fiction
Guard Duty – a short story
This story first appeared in SciFanSat ezine issue 7 Tap, tap, tap. Frederick sighed and stilled his restless foot. The chair scraped along the stone floor as he stood up and started to march around the room. It wasn’t much to look at – a circular stone wall enclosing the space, with only one door … Continue reading Guard Duty – a short story
Fallen
This was written for week 609 of Thurs Threads hosted by Siobhan Muir. This is also a sort of sequel of the previous short, also on the blog called Falling. Find more about the other stories here. “I asked for a report from Belzia an hour ago.” Rafe raised his gaze to glower at his … Continue reading Fallen
Falling
This was written in response to a ThursThread challenge on Siobhan Muir's blog on 22/2/24. You need to include a line from the previous winning entry. For this challenge the line was This is where she fell. Obviously my mind goes straight to angels... “This is where she fell.” The ground was scorched in a … Continue reading Falling
A Very Short Story – Monster
We sat in the dark, our backs to the wall. We'd all heard stories of the monster. For years, visitors to this house had been terrorised and tormented. Only one ever came back to tell the tale. And to only one did they ever tell the truth.My so called friends sat weeping, praying for morning … Continue reading A Very Short Story – Monster
August Shaw- Sidekicks Unite!
Summer of Speculation may be eight months old but Shade a.k.a August Shaw has stuck with me. The brief was simple, write a scifi/fantasy story based on the theme sidekicks. It took me ages to finally hit upon it, especially when I was hellbent on making it a comedy (I still blame Goes Wrong Show … Continue reading August Shaw- Sidekicks Unite!
vssGhostShip – Here we go again
So last year, #vssGhostTales did a year's worth of prompts and I somehow ended up writing a year long narrative poem. This year the vssGhostShip set sail. Knowing how hard it was last year, I decided not to do that again. So this year I'm just doing a straight story!!! No rhyming for this girl … Continue reading vssGhostShip – Here we go again
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