Sherlock & Cenobites
Just thought I'd update you on some of the stuff I talked about last month. It's been a pretty hectic few weeks, promoting the Torchwood books in London, Leeds and Winchester, and continuing to beaver away on some of the projects I'm currently juggling.
The two-day audio recording of my Doctor Who four-parter, Village of the Damned was a fantastic experience. Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton were in fine form as the fifth Doctor and Nyssa, and among the superb supporting cast were the likes of Keith Barron, Liza Tarbuck and Susan Brown. Everyone was lovely and funny and full of great stories, and what was more, both days were beautifully hot and sunny, which meant we were able to sit out in the little courtyard area at the Big Finish studios and have lunch al fresco. It was a particular delight for me to meet and chat with Keith Barron, as I've been a fan of his work for a long time...well, pretty much ever since he did the two Dennis Potter 'Nigel Barton' TV plays in the mid-60s. He was every bit as lovely as I hoped he would be - chatty, friendly and full of hilarious showbiz gossip.
I can now reveal that the three anthologies I've recently sold stories to - all of which will be available in the next few months - are:
Hellbound Hearts, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan, a collection of stories based in Clive Barker's Hellraiser universe, and featuring work from the likes of Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean, Tim Lebbon, Sarah Pinborough, Simon Clark, Conrad Williams and Kelley Armstrong, among many others.
And:
Gaslight Grotesque, edited by John R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec, an anthology of creepy Sherlock Holmes stories, which features work from the likes of Stephen Volk, James A. Moore, Simon K. Unsworth, William Meikle, Barbara Roden and many others.
As well as these, I also have an original story in the BFS 2009 Yearbook, which is a lovely hardback given away free to all members of the British Fantasy Society, and which also features original fiction from such genre luminaries as James Barclay, Mark Chadbourn, Christopher Fowler, Garry Kilworth, Juliet E. McKenna, Nicholas Royle, Robert Shearman and some of the authors already mentioned in the anthologies above. The only way to get hold of this anthology is to join the BFS, which costs £30 a year (which includes £10 off the annual British Fantasy Convention), and would be a bargain at double the price!
Of all the projects I'm currently working on, the one I'm devoting most of my time to at the moment is my 50,000 word long-overdue short novel for Earthling Publications. The book is called It Sustains, and I'm currently up to about 36,000 words. I'm hoping to finish it before I go on holiday in a few weeks time. Admittedly it's a race against time as there are various obstacles along the way - my parents-in-laws' Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations, for one thing - but I'm determined to go for it.
As soon as I've got Amazon links for the above anthologies, I'll stick them on the books page of the website so you can all flock in your thousands to buy copies not only for yourselves but also for your families and friends.
Hopefully I'll get chance to blog again before FantasyCon in Nottingham in 6 weeks time, but if I don't - hope to see some of you there.
The two-day audio recording of my Doctor Who four-parter, Village of the Damned was a fantastic experience. Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton were in fine form as the fifth Doctor and Nyssa, and among the superb supporting cast were the likes of Keith Barron, Liza Tarbuck and Susan Brown. Everyone was lovely and funny and full of great stories, and what was more, both days were beautifully hot and sunny, which meant we were able to sit out in the little courtyard area at the Big Finish studios and have lunch al fresco. It was a particular delight for me to meet and chat with Keith Barron, as I've been a fan of his work for a long time...well, pretty much ever since he did the two Dennis Potter 'Nigel Barton' TV plays in the mid-60s. He was every bit as lovely as I hoped he would be - chatty, friendly and full of hilarious showbiz gossip.
I can now reveal that the three anthologies I've recently sold stories to - all of which will be available in the next few months - are:
Hellbound Hearts, edited by Paul Kane and Marie O'Regan, a collection of stories based in Clive Barker's Hellraiser universe, and featuring work from the likes of Christopher Golden & Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean, Tim Lebbon, Sarah Pinborough, Simon Clark, Conrad Williams and Kelley Armstrong, among many others.
And:
Gaslight Grotesque, edited by John R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec, an anthology of creepy Sherlock Holmes stories, which features work from the likes of Stephen Volk, James A. Moore, Simon K. Unsworth, William Meikle, Barbara Roden and many others.
As well as these, I also have an original story in the BFS 2009 Yearbook, which is a lovely hardback given away free to all members of the British Fantasy Society, and which also features original fiction from such genre luminaries as James Barclay, Mark Chadbourn, Christopher Fowler, Garry Kilworth, Juliet E. McKenna, Nicholas Royle, Robert Shearman and some of the authors already mentioned in the anthologies above. The only way to get hold of this anthology is to join the BFS, which costs £30 a year (which includes £10 off the annual British Fantasy Convention), and would be a bargain at double the price!
Of all the projects I'm currently working on, the one I'm devoting most of my time to at the moment is my 50,000 word long-overdue short novel for Earthling Publications. The book is called It Sustains, and I'm currently up to about 36,000 words. I'm hoping to finish it before I go on holiday in a few weeks time. Admittedly it's a race against time as there are various obstacles along the way - my parents-in-laws' Golden Wedding Anniversary celebrations, for one thing - but I'm determined to go for it.
As soon as I've got Amazon links for the above anthologies, I'll stick them on the books page of the website so you can all flock in your thousands to buy copies not only for yourselves but also for your families and friends.
Hopefully I'll get chance to blog again before FantasyCon in Nottingham in 6 weeks time, but if I don't - hope to see some of you there.
posted by Mark M at 6:19 PM
1 Comments:
You're writing stories for the Fifth Doctor in Stockbridge and Sherlock Holmes... does it get any better than that?
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