Many years ago, there was a local character who spent most of his days collecting rubbish and carrying it about on his ancient bike. Not being a local, I had no idea what his story was, but I always thought

The Dark Weird Stuff launch has been frustrating and challenging.The hard copy version of the book was ready to go way back in early December. Some formatting issues with the eBook necessitated that the

When I was hungry for success, I used to rise at 5.00 am and write for 2 hours straight before getting ready for my paid job. There was no shortage of material. I had a bottomless dark well from which

‘It’s very cool in here, kind of dark’. ‘Yeah, I like the quiet’. We are deep down in the root system of our home. This is the mushroom farm that provides for much of our food and gives a little extra

Excerpt from Random Soul Audit I get that question a lot. Sometimes I ask it myself. Why write weird dark stuff? I really don't know the answer. It just comes out. That's a cop-out. You and I both know

Image CC licence by 愚木混株 Cdd20 from Pixabay Revolving metal barricades spin as hundreds of staff shuffle into the theme park. Furry caricatures of porcupines, beavers and voles mill about, clutching their

IMG SRC: Hi Scholars, Scribes and fans of positive speculative fiction. Here is the second chapter in my solarpunk story 'Cthonic'. I hope that you enjoy this part. Chapter 1 is available here. I've been

A little rant about the unfortunate trend towards narrative based science. The fading fronteer between science and science fiction.

"I am not available anymore." He was fuming when he heard this. Ghosted. He stared at his steaming coffee and caught the urge to throw his iPhone half-way across the room. This message meant

The next stop I get the honor of guiding you to on the Apex Back Catalog Blog Tour is The Best of Apex Magazine: Volume 1. This collection, like Do Not Go Quietly that I reviewed previously, has been edited

The Resistance Forms A splinterlands story Zintar and Jarlax rode into town. They had brought a few of their strongest warriors with them. Jarlax had tried to stop Zintar from going to the meeting. But

Hello, I am glad I was able to take part just in time this week. If you haven't seen the great finish the contest stories make sure to check out @bannanafish. Sorry, don't think you will have time to enter

Image by Sarah Richter from Pixabay The man who had stalked him must be insane, this was his game. The stalk, the slow build of behavior patterns and the final devouring. What was this... amateur hour?

Zintar sat alone at the top of a tower in his fort. He looked out over Mortis. His homeland was in trouble the bight was coming and few flocked to help them. The Dark Eternals had not really sent the help

Source: Pixabay From Under the Trellis We garden gnomes took a trip to Texas in May, then we got so busy we couldn't see straight. We've decided to facilitate our busy schedule, to publish the Parade mid-week

Jeth an Armorsmiths of Khymeria It was a normal morning for Jeth. He woke up, ate and headed for the forge. Today he had to finish up another ten shields in order to meet his quota. The Silvershield order

It’s getting late Time and tide waits for no man. She watches the minute hand slice through the dense vapour of her bated breath —  sword drawn, to strike at twelve — The sword cuts. Clean. The minute

Source: Pixabay This Week From Under the TrellisCheck out this week's hot speculative fiction. This is a ton more like this compiling on Narrative.Murphy's Diaries by @manoldonchevZombies by @walesGenesis

Day Zero, A.K.A. Landing Day: I‘ve been thinking about shaving before waking up the captain and the rest of the crew and passengers but this place...it looks cold. I think I might keep most of my facial

While we're waiting for all the entries to come in for the Speculative Minds Flash Fiction Contest, we decided to blow your mind with an image prompt. It's real simple what you have to do. Look at the