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Ethereal Tales out now
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.
Breaking Down and Deliver Me sold to Ethereal Tales
Naomi Clark and Rebecca J Payne will each have a short story in the upcoming January issue of Ethereal Tales.
Naomi's "Breaking Down" is a dark slice of futuristic fantasy, while Rebecca's "Deliver Me" is a heartfelt letter from beyond the grave.
Issue 6 of Ethereal Tales will go on sale on 29 January and can be ordered online from http://www.etherealtales.co.uk/
By Starlight in Interzone #225, out 12 November
Interzone #225 has gone to print featuring my short story "By Starlight". The issue will hit bookshop shelves and subscribers' doorsteps on 12 November.
The other stories featured in issue #225 come from Jason Sanford, Lavie Tidhar, Colin Harvey, Shannon Page and Jay Lake. You can see a preview of the beautiful wrap-around cover by Adam Tredowski on the forums at SFF Chronicles.
Interzone, from TTA Press, can be found in any Borders, Foyles or Forbidden Planet. Some other large independant bookstores may carry it and it can be found in selected places outside the UK. Alternatively you can ask WH Smiths or your local newsagent to order it in. And if short fiction is your thing, you can subscribe direct from TTA press for just £21 for 6 issues - that's a whole year of great SF and fantasy fiction. I'm a big fan of the magazine and I'm delighted to be in its pages.
As "By Starlight" is the first story of mine ever to hit the high street, I'm excited and nervous in equal measure! It's one thing to get a critique from a friend or fellow writer that I know well, but I'm about to enter a world of online reviews by complete strangers. Sandpits in which to bury heads may have to be purchased... or if people like it, perhaps the mooted Lighters novel may materialise next year...
Emerald Tales on sale now
My debut published short story, Other People's Homes, is in the very first edition of Emerald Tales, out now in both print and pdf format. You can buy it here:http://www.scribblersandinkspillers.com/publications.html
The theme of the first issue is "Follow the Butterflies" and features a mixture of short stories and poetry. Seeing my name in print for the very first time is certainly a nice feeling!
Other People's Homes, by R J Payne
Rebecca has just had her first short story acceptance, from new magazine Emerald Tales. The story, "Other People's Homes", is due to be published in the first volume of the magazine in August 2009.
