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New Short Story, “Choosing Faces”, in Arc 1.3
Arc is the new electronic SF magazine from New Scientist. Issue 1.3 is now out, featuring my story “Choosing Faces”, and it is free to download for a limited time. There had been significant arguments...
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nazisploitation surrealisme
“No rules exist” - André Breton “Words build bridges into unexplored regions” – attributed to Adolf Hitler nazisploitation surrealisme (exercise one) Naked! standing in profile to schafer, the window....
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British Fantasy Award
BFS Award 2012, Best Novella, Gorel & The Pot-Bellied God I was unable to attend the ceremony but my agent, John Berlyne, delivered a short acceptance speech on my behalf. It is reproduced below:...
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A couple of new Central Station stories now out!
A couple of new Central Station stories are now out. “Strigoi” is out in Interzone #242: And “Robotnik” is out in the anthology Dark Faith: Invocations, edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon:
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Free e-book! The Last Osama
To celebrate the release of Osama in mass market paperback this week, from Solaris Books (US, UK) – not to mention its nomination for the World Fantasy Award! - I’m offering (for a limited time, at...
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“The Lord of Discarded Things” in Strange Horizons
My latest Central Station story, The Lord of Discarded Things, is now up at Strange Horizons. They are having their annual fund drive at the moment, so if you like what they do, maybe drop them some...
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Free Gorel & The Pot-Bellied God offer from PS Publishing!
PS Publishing have gone a little cuckoo (gaga? woowoo? blergeblergh!) and are offering 100 free copies of my BFS Award winning novella, Gorel & The Pot-Bellied God! All you have to do is buy any...
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E-books and the price of coffee
One of the stupider things enraged writers (singularly from the US or the UK, of course) like to throw out – besides “pirating e-books is literally like stealing the wallet out of my pocket” (yes,...
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Interview at Audible
Audible - the world’s primary publisher of audio books – have published five of my novels, including all three Bookman Histories novels (The Bookman, Camera Obscura and The Great Game), Osama, and The...
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Classic ‘Stalag’ and WFC
Before I fly to the World Fantasy Convention – for the presentation, on Sunday, of the World Fantasy Award, for which Osama is nominated for Best Novel – I leave you with this classic Israeli...
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Steampunk Birthday Cake!
I just got back from Budapest, where we did an event for Osama. My publishers made me a surprise steampunk birthday cake! I snapped this with my mobile very quickly. L to R are Peter and Csilla from...
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Announcing Adolf Hitler’s “I Dream of Ants!” graphic novel
It’s been a long time in the making… my graphic novel(la), Adolf Hitler’s “I Dream of Ants!”, which was originally serialised in Murky Depths magazine, is now available as a stand-alone graphic novel....
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Osama to be Published in Spain by RBA
It’s already been announced in Spain, and the contract’s on its way back to the publishers, and so… Osama will be published in Spain by RBA, scheduled for March 2013. It follows publication in Hungary...
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Nir Yaniv’s debut English short story collection released!
I got to write the introduction to The Love Machine & Other Contraptions – Nir Yaniv’s debut English-language collection. I translated several of the stories originally. Check it out! It’s a £1.99...
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Fungi!
I just got my contributor copy of this anthology – a gorgeous hardcover! But it’s also available in paperback and e-book. For my money, this is the coolest anthology of the year – who can resist tales...
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If you could read one book again for the very first time…
I did an e-mail interview last night and one of the questions was: If you could read one book again for the very first time, which one would it be? That’s a really good question! I mentioned it on...
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Heil Honey, I’m Home!
Apparently this was a real sitcom pilot from the 1990s that got cancelled after one airing. It out-Garth Marenghis Garth Marenghi! From Wikipedia: The show centres on fictionalised versions of Adolf...
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Free E-Book: “Strigoi”
I’m taking a break until the new year, but I’m delighted to be able to offer an e-book copy of my novelette, Strigoi, first published in Interzone #242, September 2012, as a free download. My thanks to...
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2012 and all that
2012. So last year! A difficult year, though good professionally. I had… far too much stuff published. I won a British Fantasy Award(for best novella) and a World Fantasy Award (for best novel). I was...
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