As part of my work, I was asked if I could put together a short story to illustrate a new set of models: a deadly bounty hunter, the Hükk. The Hükk evolved as hunters amidst the mountains and thick forests of their homeworld, developing intelligence to keep others of their kind away and to effectively … Continue reading
Broadcast by Liam Brown What if… It seems that all much speculative fiction starts with such a thought, twisting or exagerating a trend or exploring something new to see how it develops under stress. Sure, such an approach may assume a path straight down Suvin’s novum and into the realm of cognitive estrangement but, nonetheless, … Continue reading
Another novelette has been released in the saga of Batu and Baray in the Beyond the Gates of Antares universe. This time, we discover how Batu got his terrifying drone and how the cloud of bionanocytes he carries – and fears – was awakened, as well as why he is considered such a threat to … Continue reading
An odd thing happened the other day that I thought was worth sharing, for it isn’t something I’d either been told about, or read about or seen. As mentioned before, I’m a fan of the big red/pink pen and always give my proofreaders and first readers one so it’s easy to see what they find … Continue reading
She be Damned by M.J. Tjia An aristocratic, Victorian, female sleuth? Or someone with something to hide, resented by those in the upper echelons of society? Or someone openly displaying a way of life that is, well, not quite up to the – perhaps hypocritical – standards of the suppressive, gentrified class to which she … Continue reading
A new book from one of my BCU lecturers, Andy Conway, who was always very keen on the Amazon model. Source: The punk publishing revolution, the Publishing Con, and how Amazon freed authors from serfdom
