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gileadslostson
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 Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:09 am |
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Location: Vienna, Austria
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Not really promotion rather a request for feedback.
My story 'Boxed In' is in the BFS journal, it was the first story I submitted (over a year ago now -- it got turned down by IZ first) and I wouldn't mind some constructive criticism. Most of my stories that have appeared elsewhere were either flash fic or very short.
I feel like a wee boy for asking but nevertheless...
Ta much 
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des2
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 5:08 pm |
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gileadslostson wrote: Not really promotion rather a request for feedback. My story 'Boxed In' is in the BFS journal, it was the first story I submitted (over a year ago now -- it got turned down by IZ first) and I wouldn't mind some constructive criticism. Most of my stories that have appeared elsewhere were either flash fic or very short. I feel like a wee boy for asking but nevertheless... Ta much by Marc-Anthony Taylor
“It was another boy about the same age as me, I felt him settle into the back of my head.”
In this well-written, -characterised, -conceived and substantial SFtopia, we have a pimping trade in empathy-provision (my expression, not the story’s). A provision by bodily-occupation or mind-sharing, plus all the subtle synergies between. Empathy by ‘boxing’ that also, serendipitously, synergises with the previous ‘incry’ boxing described earlier in my real-time review of the BFS Journal . Giving a thrill for OCD dwellers as a rollercoaster in a non-OCD world. And it’s far more than that. Bravo! for this story. And Bravo! for the editorial gestalting so far (whether intentional or not) in the NEW HORIZONS section of the BFS Journal book.
[As an aside, and as some of you may know, I keep seeking a gestalt within all my real-time reviews. And HEREis a story I wrote many years ago entitled Gestalt - one that I hope is relevant in this context of Marc's wonderful story. It was once published in a small press mag (perhaps with a different title) in the 90s, but I've lost trace of it. Anyone help?] _________________ MY WEBSITE: www.nemonymous.com
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gileadslostson
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:59 pm |
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Thank you very much Des Much better than I was expecting.
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steven pirie
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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:53 pm |
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Shamelessly hoping to draw readers in, I've a short chapbook of four stories available for free download at Smashwords.
It's called Mrs Mathews is Afraid of Cricket Bats, and it can be found here:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/search? ... even+pirie
Shameless self-promotion off... 
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RossWarren
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:10 pm |
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The first publication from this new print, Dark Minds Anthology is now at the printers. They are still offering FREE p&p on any order placed before the copies arrive at their office.
Containing original fiction by Gary McMahon, Stephen Bacon, Carole Johnstone and many more.
http://www.darkmindspress.com/page2.htm
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iansales
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:54 pm |
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I posted an experimental story on my blog - you'll see why I put it there instead of submitting it anywhere when you read it. It has flying boats in it. And Shakespeare, Winston Churchill, and Queen Victoria. And it's sf too. See here.
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Lawrence Conquest
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:29 am |
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Ray
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Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:42 pm |
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des2
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:41 am |
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Stu
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:11 pm |
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I'm in an eBook reprinting stories from the '90s magazine Kimota. Tons of other authors in there as well, including top SF, Fantasy and Horror novelists such as Mark Chadbourn, Neal Asher, Mark Morris, Stephen Gallagher and Stephen Laws. So you don't just have to put up with my rubbishy stories.
Apparently there's some bloke called Peter Tennant in there as well...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Kimota-Anth ... 488&sr=1-1
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Pete
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:56 pm |
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With three stories, no less. But don't you just look at that ToC and wonder where some of those people went?
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Stu
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Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:04 pm |
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I know exactly where they went. *evil chuckle*
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Lawrence Conquest
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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:27 pm |
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des2 wrote: My first published novel at the age of 63 now available for pre-order: NEMONYMOUS NIGHT (Chômu Press) 63? Wow - congratulations. There's hope for some of us yet! _________________ My fiction
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des2
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:09 pm |
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RossWarren wrote: The first publication from this new print, Dark Minds Anthology is now at the printers. They are still offering FREE p&p on any order placed before the copies arrive at their office. Containing original fiction by Gary McMahon, Stephen Bacon, Carole Johnstone and many more. http://www.darkmindspress.com/page2.htmI have started my real-time review of this book... _________________ MY WEBSITE: www.nemonymous.com
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RossWarren
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Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:19 pm |
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Wow that is excellent. I'll let the other contributors know.
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