Writers are usually paid by the word, but what if a brief was to write just syllables? In today’s time demanding world, maybe that’s just what we need, eh? So for this contest, we ask you to write a haiku about the state of the world or any aspect of it. What’s a Haiku Again? […]

Tuesday, 2 May, 2 pm British Time to 11 pm British time (with breaks) That’s 9 am EST to 6 pm EST. Other time zones require math. Watch it live right here. With guests and giveaways, anything could happen. Yep, pretty much anything. Buy the book here Haunted Futures (US) (UK)

  Jeff Noon’s first book Vurt was published by a small press before winning the 1994 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Jeff Noon’s latest book, A Man of Shadows, will be out in August from Angry Robot. We talked about his unique approach to story telling and his Haunted Futures story, “Mercury Teardrops”. Read Jeff’s story […]

Tricia Sullivan immigrated from the New Jersey to the UK in 1995. We talked about her books, creativity, and what it’s like to become at home in a new country. nbsp; Find Tricia’s story, “The Psychometry of Tuvan Currency” in Haunted Futures (US) (UK) Occupy Me [Gollancz] (US)  (UK)

SL Huang talked to us from Japan where she’s taking a break from her job as a film industry weapons expert to study Japanese. Publishers Weekly called her Haunted Futures story “Split Shadow” outstanding, and we agree.   Read SL’s story “Split Shadow” in  Haunted Futures (US) (UK)

If you’ve read Alex Acks’s superb “Comfort Food” in Haunted Futures or their new novel Hunger Makes the Wolf, you’ll be as thrilled as we were to get to hear directly from the author. If you haven’t read their work, there’s no time like the present. Haunted Futures (US) (UK) Hunger Makes the Wolf [Angry […]

Publishers Weekly called Felicity Shoulders’ Haunted Futures story “You’re Welcome” touching, and we agree. Check out what the Oregonian writer had to say about writing, goal setting and sci fi vs. fantasy.     Haunted Futures (US) (UK)  

2 May is release day for Haunted Futures: Tomorrow is Coming In celebration, we’ve got launch week interviews with authors! Editor Salomé Jones interviews: Jeff Noon.  Tricia Sullivan. Alex Acks. SL Huang. Felicity Shoulders. Stay tuned… Pre-order Haunted Futures from Amazon US/UK

Tuesday, April 18 from 1-2:30 EST Lynnea Glasser Writer and game designer Lynnea Glasser started out working for others and moved to designing her own text based games. She also has a story in our forthcoming anthology Haunted Futures where her work has been lauded as one of readers’ favorites. Come and ask her questions […]

Today, April 13, 1-3 BST Alasdair Stuart is the owner of Escape Artists, a fiction podcast company that produces four weekly genre fiction podcasts . He also writes reviews of films, TV and books, writes RPG sourcebooks and takes audiobook narration jobs. In his takeover of our Twitter today, he’ll talk about how he makes […]