Different Star tag:www.differentstar.net,2009-07-09://1 2010-03-11T13:16:57Z Fiction from beyond your horizon Movable Type Pro 4.25 Ethereal Tales out now tag:www.differentstar.net,2010://1.57 2010-03-11T13:13:55Z R J Payne Ethereal Tales issue 6, featuring new short stories by Rebecca J Payne and Naomi Clark, is out now! You can buy the issue direct from Cute N Creey at http://www.etherealtales.co.uk/ for only £2.50.

]]> Unreality-SF.net Book of the Year tag:www.differentstar.net,2010://1.56 2010-03-11T09:33:52Z Una McCormack Unreality-SF.net TV tie-in book of the year has been posted, and splendidly The Never-Ending Sacrifice has made the list. 

The full list is:

  • Being Human: The Road by Simon Guerrier (novel)
  • Farscape: D'Argo's Lament by Keith R.A. DeCandido and Neal Edwards (comic book)
  • Doctor Who: The Angel of Scutari by Paul Sutton (audio)
  • Doctor Who: The Final Chapter by Russell T. Davies and Benjamin Cook (nonfiction book)
  • Doctor Who: Prisoner of the Daleks by Trevor Baxendale (novel)
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Never-Ending Sacrifice by Una McCormack (novel)
  • Star Trek: The Next Generation: Losing the Peace by William Leisner (novel)
  • Star Trek: Vanguard: Precipice by David Mack (novel)
  • Supernatural: Heart of the Dragon by Keith R.A. DeCandido (novel)
  • Torchwood: In the Shadows by Joseph Lidster (audio)

Voting open till next Sunday, the 14th. Go and vote!
]]> The Tangled Bank - now out tag:www.differentstar.net,2010://1.55 2010-03-07T17:39:09Z The last month has been a little crazy on the day-job front, but I finally got around to posting this, my first sale - a short story in the new anthology "The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder and Evolution". "Hopeful Monsters:... Anne Lyle http://www.annelyle.com The last month has been a little crazy on the day-job front, but I finally got around to posting this, my first sale - a short story in the new anthology "The Tangled Bank: Love, Wonder and Evolution".

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"Hopeful Monsters: A Darwinian Fairytale" puts a twist on the traditional oral tale, by retelling it from an evolutionary perspective. No Big Bad Wolf here, just natural selection!

Buy the book Lulu.com (ebook) - POD paperback coming soon!

]]> I Do Two anthology goes live tag:www.differentstar.net,2010://1.54 2010-02-25T12:13:47Z Alex Beecroft http://alexbeecroft.com/ I Do Two anthology is now available in pdf  here!

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Other formats are in the pipeline and should be coming along very soon, and it has gone to the printers.  So it should be available in print in about a fortnight.

All profits from this anthology will be donated to the Lambda Legal Defense to support their fight for marriage equality for all.  So if you buy this anthology, you won't only get a great read, you'll also be doing a good deed :)  

It's a good hefty volume.  Nearly 100K long, containing 22 stories from authors ranging from the well known - like James Buchanan - to newly discovered rising stars - like D.C Juris.  And as part of the team who chose the stories, I can vouch that every single one of them is good.

My contribution is called Inner Truth, which is a glimpse at the happy ending of John and Alfie from False Colors, but told through the eyes of one Joe Malley who has his own problems:


]]> Breaking Down and Deliver Me sold to Ethereal Tales tag:www.differentstar.net,2010://1.53 2010-01-07T17:40:28Z Naomi Clark and Rebecca J Payne will each have a short story in the upcoming January issue of Ethereal Tales.... R J Payne Naomi Clark and Rebecca J Payne will each have a short story in the upcoming January issue of Ethereal Tales.

]]> Everyone's a Critic tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.52 2009-12-18T18:08:47Z R J Payne Woe! Woe is me! For the first time in my life my precious, heartfelt words are out there in the big bad wide world and - ouch! What are you doing, firing such barbed arrows into my heart? Oh you scoundrel, how can you not like the story I slaved for months over, you must be a heartless beast, or at the very least, an idiot who didn't see the subtext that was staring you in the face...

]]> AFTERLIFE cover tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.51 2009-11-02T14:20:27Z I should have posted this ages ago! But since it's now less than a month until AFTERLIFE is released, I now have my butt in gear. AFTERLIFE will be available from Damnation Books on 1st December.... Naomi Clark

afterlife.jpgI should have posted this ages ago! But since it's now less than a month until AFTERLIFE is released, I now have my butt in gear.

AFTERLIFE will be available from Damnation Books on 1st December.

]]> By Starlight in Interzone #225, out 12 November tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.50 2009-10-26T16:24:32Z Interzone #225 has gone to print featuring my short story "By Starlight". The issue will hit bookshop shelves and subscribers' doorsteps on 12 November.... R J Payne Interzone #225 has gone to print featuring my short story "By Starlight". The issue will hit bookshop shelves and subscribers' doorsteps on 12 November.

]]> FantasyCon 2009 tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.49 2009-09-23T05:56:36Z FantasyCon was held at the Britannia Hotel in Nottingham again this year, from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September. There were about 270 attendees, plus special guests - a good size for someone like myself who is just dipping a... Anne Lyle http://www.annelyle.com FantasyCon was held at the Britannia Hotel in Nottingham again this year, from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th September. There were about 270 attendees, plus special guests - a good size for someone like myself who is just dipping a toe in the convention water (it was only my second "real" SF&F con, not counting RPG cons that I used to go back in the day).

]]> Disco Inferno! The perils of dancing to a classical tune tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.48 2009-09-20T12:15:30Z A few months ago I had the pleasure of visiting Amsterdam for a weekend, primarily to see an old friend and also to look around the Colours of Night exhibition in the Van Gough museum. Unafraid as I was of... R J Payne A few months ago I had the pleasure of visiting Amsterdam for a weekend, primarily to see an old friend and also to look around the Colours of Night exhibition in the Van Gough museum. Unafraid as I was of looking quite obviously like a tourist by wandering around the city centre with a large map, I saw a strange cluster of looping streets like concentric horseshoes peeling away from one of the main canals, a swirling fingerprint in the heart of the city. "That's the Nine Streets district," my friend informed me, "where all the independent shops and artists are." Nine Streets? It all sounded rather... hellish to me, not out of any particular aversion to boutiques selling overpriced vintage clothing or conceptual artists, but because I'd recently been delving into Dante's Divine Comedy.

]]> Interview at Unreality-SF.Net tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.47 2009-09-18T15:04:47Z The good people at Unreality-SF.Net have just posted an interview with me. Interview contains the following three words: Spartacus, handicap, and chunks. Yes it does.... Una McCormack Unreality-SF.Net have just posted an interview with me. Interview contains the following three words: Spartacus, handicap, and chunks. Yes it does.]]> Submissions call: I Do Two anthology tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.46 2009-09-16T16:05:44Z I DO TWO! After the huge success of I DO, an anthology in support of Marriage Equality, we're delighted to announce that there'll be a second volume, I DO TWO, with a planned publication date of 14th February 2010.... Alex Beecroft http://alexbeecroft.com/ I DO TWO!

After the huge success of I DO, an anthology in support of Marriage Equality, we're delighted to announce that there'll be a second volume, I DO TWO, with a planned publication date of 14th February 2010.

]]> Afterlife sold to Damnation Books! tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.45 2009-09-14T12:22:07Z So I get up stupidly early this morning because I have to be at work for 8.30 to open up. I'm tired because sleeping on a bed propped up only by a box of vinyl records is uncomfortable. I'm irate,... Naomi Clark
But I pull myself together and head for work anyway. And then I get a flat tire halfway down Huntingdon Road, so I have to walk the rest of the way to work. I'm late. I'm unimpressed. I hate the world. Everything sucks, especially me.

And then I check my emails. And Damnation Books have offered me a contract for AFTERLIFE! Squee! Cue me going into panic mode, as I always do when these things happen, running out of the building with much flapping of hands and generally not believing it. I am SO stoked about this - I adore AFTERLIFE - it's one of my favourite things I've written, with some of my favourite characters - and I'm really impressed by Damnation Books, so this is awesome. AWESOME.
]]> Red Hand of Crime: author line-up tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.44 2009-08-28T15:18:54Z Gerard Brennan, co-editor with Mike Stone of Red Hand of Crime: the Irish Mythology Anthology, has announced the author line-up on his blog. Spot my name!... Una McCormack Gerard Brennan, co-editor with Mike Stone of Red Hand of Crime: the Irish Mythology Anthology, has announced the author line-up on his blog. Spot my name!

]]> The Never-Ending Sacrifice, by Una McCormack tag:www.differentstar.net,2009://1.43 2009-08-25T19:09:15Z A Cardassian orphan raised by Bajorans returns to his home planet in this complex, multi-layered Deep Space Nine novel. Simon and Schuster, 2009... Admin A Cardassian orphan raised by Bajorans returns to his home planet in this complex, multi-layered Deep Space Nine novel.

Simon and Schuster, 2009

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