'Time We Moved On' accepted for publication by 101 Words
My little piece 'Time To Move On' has been accepted for online publication by the US website 101Words. It is scheduled for tomorrow - 23 December.
My little piece 'Time To Move On' has been accepted for online publication by the US website 101Words. It is scheduled for tomorrow - 23 December.
Anthology now received. Includes my story The Night Ape. Buy here
Talking Tales and Launch of 2016 'To Hull and Back' Anthology on Saturday 10 December 2016. Left Bank Centre, Cheltenham Road, Stokes Croft, Bristol. 7.00 pm. I will be reading my story 'The Night Ape'.
Listen here to Jon Kelly of Sine FM read my story 'The Hero' for National Short Story Week 2016.
'The Night Ape' has been published in the 2016 'To Hull and Back' humorousness anthology. Its inclusion is because the story was short listed in the 'To Hull and Back' short story competition.
'The Coat' and 'The Crow' have both been published in the 2016 Worcestershire LitFest Flash fiction anthology 'Cache of Flashes'.
The thirteenth Stroud Short Stories event held on Sunday 20 November at the SVA attracted a sell out crowd of 70 people. The event was videoed and added to the SSS YouTube Channel, so you can watch/listen to the authors reading here -
http://stroudshortstories.blogspot.co.uk/p/youtube-channel-videos.html
It was a max 500 words comp.
Here it is
http://www.inktears.com/news-b/2016/10/26/2016-flash-fiction-results
Launch is at the Leftbank Centre at 128 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS6 5RA on 10 December 2016. Hope to read my story.
http://www.christopherfielden.com/books/to-hull-and-back-short-story-anthology-2016.php
They are 'Easily Embarrassed' and 'That Summer'. They will be included in the spring 2017 anthology.
It has moved from the long list to the short list.
http://www.theshortstory.co.uk/competitions/short-story-competition/
It's an evening of sci fi and fantasy short stories. 'You're Very Beautiful' (my only sci fi story!) has been chosen. 8pm Southbank Club, Dean Street, Bristol.
Still awaiting information about exactly which story it is, as I submitted a few! Whatever it is it will be included in an anthology in spring 2017!
Not allowed to say which story it is yet!
http://www.theshortstory.co.uk/competitions/short-story-competition/
Next Monday 10 October is the date of the special fifth birthday Stroud Short Stories event at the Little Big Top at Cheltenham Literature Festival at 9pm. It features seven of my favourite stories from the first five years of SSS 2011 - 2016.
The authors reading are Katherine Hunter, Philip Douch, Ali Bacon, Andrew Stevenson, Rick Vick, Mel Golding and Bill Jones.
The Festival has sold 120 of the 140 seats to date. Yippee.
More info and tickets on the CheltLitFest website.
My little story 'Crow' is being included in the Worcs LitFest Flash Fiction Anthology 'A Cache of Flashes'. That makes two with 'The Coat'. Due for publication late November this year.
Philip Douch and I are doing a double-header at the Imperial Hotel (next to the railway station) in Stroud, GL5 3AP at 7.15 pm (doors 7.00). Philip is reprising his (Reasonably) Great Sporting Moments from the Stroud Theatre Festival, and both are reading new stories. Reserve your £7 ticket by emailing pandjdouch@gmail.com or buy at the door.
A silly evening is guaranteed.
Chorley and District Writers' Circle has short listed my story 'Dear Sis' in their 2016 short story competition, the theme of which was 'Toxic'. Result 22 October.
Sheila North of SINE FM emails to say they are re-broadcasting my short story 'Fanciful' on Saturday 24 September. Lovely.
'The Coat' has been chosen to be published in November in the 2016 Worcs LitFest Anthology 'A Cache of Flashes'.