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Short story podcasts on everydayfiction.com
I have recorded a few short stories for everydayfiction.com recently. There are two new stories coming up in the next couple of weeks which I recorded using my new cheap shotgun mic (which I'm very fond of). Here are the ones I've recorded so far (all flash fiction so under 5 minutes(ish), with a few seconds music added at the beginning and end ( Read more... ) -
Podcasts up on everydayfiction.com
A podcast of my flash story 'Dead Weight' is now up on everydayfiction.com (read by me):
Dead Weight by Matt Cowens
And Waste Not, a very silly story about nicking heat from dinosaurs, is now on the Pandora archive of antisf.com.au:
Waste Not by Matt Cowens
And here's another daft one-panel comic :-)
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1 Panel - Mail order gone wrong
This is a 1-panel comic from a month or two ago - one of the first in my current run of doodlings :-)
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Good news on the short story front
First, a rather silly short story I wrote last year is up on AntipodeanSF - Waste Not. It's about a press conference to discuss sourcing energy from elsewhen.
Second is a second anthology acceptance for the year. Debbie and I both have stories in the upcoming Shades of Sentience anthology, and I've had a story accepted for the Au Contraire ( Read more... ) -
1 panel comic: 1999 #1
I found a pamphlet I made last century, have scanned the contents and begun colourising :-)
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1 Panel Comic - Steampunk
This time the caption was written by my lovely wife Debbie. It was a fun comic to draw :-)
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The Kindness of Strangers
It's a nerve-wracking thing to know that a review of something you wrote/assembled is in the pipeline, so it was with great relief that I read the very favourable review of The Event on Scary Minds. It'll be interesting to keep an eye on downloads over at lulu and see how many people give it a try based on the review. There was a lot in the ( Read more... ) -
Healthy Competition
My wife Debbie and I have both been writing short, speculative fiction recently and sending stories out to various sites. Writing is an immensely satisfying activity, as is reading and critiquing the writing of others. When it comes to sending stories out, however, there is an element of competition that arises ( Read more... )
