I have not been doing a terribly good job on blog posts lately. But fear not - what I have been doing is persuading people of the publishing sphere that they want to unleash my stories onto the world.

Quite some moons ago, the lovely people at All Worlds Wayfarer published a story of mine in issue V of their magazine of speculative fiction. Now, after a little hiatus at the end of 2021, All Worlds Wayfarer is back in business with issue XII.

Although I’d say that AWWF is always worth buying, this issue will include a new story of mine, called The Sin Jar. You can get an e-book copy of issue XII from AWWF directly, or from Amazon, or for a limited period of time can read the story free on their website.

If you read the story free, it’d be lovely of you to chuck a quid in their Ko-Fi tip jar, if you’re able to do that.

In a manner that will doubtless surprise anyone who knows what a super-slick publicity machine I am, I think I actually forgot to mention that I’d had a story in Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, issue 87, last month.

ASM is the inflight magazine of Andromeda Spaceways, a company which has been providing intergalatic travel for an impressive twenty years. As they proudly advertise: “We'll get you there ... sooner or later”. The magazine editorial describes my story, Switching Sides, as “cheeky”.

My story involves serious crime, cold-blooded murder, jewellery theft, and a sub-oceanic spa. And quite a lot of tea, much of which ends up on the floor. It is, ahem, not the most serious thing I have ever written.