Archive for August, 2008

So we reach the end of Volume 6 of A ‘Verse Full of Scum. There’s only four more episodes and an epilogue to go, which will be posted over the next four weeks. I’ll post the final episode and the epilogue together. I really hope you’ve enjoyed it so far and go on to...
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A friend of mine (and quality writer) has put together an anthology of short fiction called Speculative Realms. It’s a collection of short stories from authors all over the world, all following the theme: Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The stories were all chosen through a fairly rigourous selection procedure, so this...
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A little late in the day, but still just about on schedule. You’ll find Episode 29 of A ‘Verse Full of Scum on the Serial Novella page now. In this episode, Ghost learns a little more about his role as described in the Sanctuary’s holy book and discovers that he’s rather more involved than...
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We really do live in the generation of people that can’t remember what they had for breakfast. Call me a crotchetty old bastard (go on, I don’t care), but it seems like people really have no memory for the greats and classics any more. Take this as an example. It’s a fairly safe bet...
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This is something that has me seriously concerned. Alan Moore’s awesome graphic novel Watchmen is still one of the most influential graphic novels ever written. It set the stage for what can be achieved by the collaboration of great writers and artists. It proved that comic books didn’t have to be Wham! Holy catsuits,...
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Things are slowly becoming normal again. We’ve moved into our new place and, while we’re still surrounded by boxes and still have a whole bunch of things to do, we’re kind of settling down. Most importantly I’ve managed to get our internet connection sorted out. Thank the gods of complicated communication processes for that...
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I know, I’m a bad man. I’ve just moved house and was determined to keep up to date on ‘Verse even if nothing much else happened online while we got settled. However, that hasn’t happened. I’m still trying to sort out an internet connection at our new house and am currently in a net...
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Just a quick update to the previous post. You can now find A ‘Verse Full of Scum at the Web Fiction Guide website. Here’s a direct link. Have a look and if you’d like to leave a review and/or a rating, that would be just dandy. Consider it your good deed of the day....
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In very sad news for the blooking and online serial community, the Pages Unbound website may be closing down. For those that don’t know, PU is one of the best online portals to find free fiction and serials – my own serial, A ‘Verse Full of Scum, is on there and quite well rated....
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Volume 6 of VFoS is now up with episode 26. We’re getting ever closer to the end of this tale of galactic cat and mouse, with this being the penultimate volume. In this episode, Ghost finally has a lucky break in trying to track down his quarry. But, as usual, not everything is as...
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