Terminal Earth: Death and Beer

The noble editors of the Terminal Earth anthology have posted the final story list for the book, hopefully available in time for your Christmas stocking. Running order is as yet undecided, but here's the gang:


The Cooling Sun - Scott Davis
Beyond Black - Natalie Potts
A Quiet Pint At The End Of The World - Rob Long
The Gloss Of Midnight - Amanda Taylor
Jump - Andrew Hook
First At The Dump - Barry Pomeroy
The God Complex - Neil John Buchanan
The Beautiful Room Is Empty - Erick Mertz
On A Beach At The End Of The World - Rob Mitchell (poem)
The Tipping Point - Bill Schwarz
You Can't Force An Owl - Simon Hood
The Light At The End - Donna Burgess
As The Sun Sets - Frank Roger
Pa's Worm Farm - James Wilson
End Of Dave - Jamie Marriage
Outstanding Matters - Neil Coghlan
Tattoo - David Turnbull
Fields - Desmon Warzel
Lucky Heather - Jonathan Harris
The Fire That We Deserve - Alexander Zelenyj
Fragment - Nancy Chenier
Homecoming - John Atkinson
Cycle - Eric Steele

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The stories so far...

With this being up, and in the name of there being something on it to read, it’s probably worth a quick rundown of how my stories have fared in the big wide world since I started sending stuff out around new year.

The following stories have been accepted and published:

“August 30th, 1992” and “A Romantic Episode” were published in Six Sentences Volume 3, released on 26 April 2010.

“Everything Has Been Done for You” was published in issue one of Black Words on White Paper in April 2010.

“Nebraska, Wyoming, New York” was published on the Powder Burn Flash website on 16 March 2010.

“A Lie” was published on the Six Sentences website on 5 January 2010.

The following have been accepted by various publications and will be published in the future:

"Quickly Down the Mountain" has been accepted by The Linnet's Wings to be published in their Summer 2010 issue.

"The German" has been accepted by Muscle and Blood Literary Journal to be published in their first issue, slated for the end of July 2010.

"A Quiet Pint at the End of the World" has been accepted for the Terminal Earth anthology, due to be published later this year.

“The God of the Little Red Trolls” has been accepted by Bards & Sages Quarterly to be published in their October 2010 issue.

“In Austria, Not Skiing” has been accepted by Moon Washed Kisses to be published in January 2011.

That's all for now. Hopefully more to follow in the not too-distant future...

Return of the Blog

I have recaptured my blog for the purpose of writerly updates, should that be useful. It's got my desired address, featuring the narrator from one of my favourite books, and I've named it after a My Bloody Valentine song I love because I couldn't think of anything else at this time in the morning. And there's a picture of Donna Tartt, because a man needs dreams.

That's probably all you need to know for now. You lovely, lovely people.