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The Taste of Ashes

I am happy to announce that my post-apocalypse/pandemic horror short story The Taste of Ashes has been published on The Dread Machine, an online horror magazine that features high quality stories (and has a great retro logo).
Despite its theme, the story was written before the COVID hit us, and it is therefore just a case of life imitating art.

The story is currently available only to the subscribers, and indeed I urge you to subscribe to the magazine to access a wide variety of excellent stories.
Once the limited run is done, the story will be available to the casual readers, and I’ll post a reminder here.


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Trying a different approach

I’m trying something different for my next story, and I thought I’d tell you about it because… ah, because as usual, doing these things in public forces me to go through with them, can’t make any excuse and waste my time watching Youtube videos and stuff.

So, I am about to write a fantasy story set in a world without gods, in which magic is devastatingly dangerous, and in which life conditions are harsh.
Really harsh.
Blunder-and-you’re-dead kind of harsh.

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Lady gumshoe

Writers have all sorts of strange superstitions, rituals and quirks. I like to keep a coin balanced on edge on the desktop while I type: when the coin drops, it’s time to take a break. Silly stuff like that.

But now I might start a new personal superstition – I only have to announce here on the blog that I’ll be working of a fun project just because, that some serious work lands in my mailbox.
For instance…

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Ghosts for Christmas

Today I’ve finished the first round of translation on the mystery novella Murder on the Giava, and took the afternoon off to read the new issue of Phantasmagoria, Special Edition, that is all about M.R. James – and as it usually happens when I go back to classic ghost stories, I felt like writing some new ghost stories myself – because that’s where I started with horror, as a reader, with classic ghost stories.

In fact, right now I’ve three ghost stories being considered for publication, but while I am waiting for the publishers to make up their minds, there’s always room for more.

The magazine features an article by James himself about “proper” ghost stories, and that’s certainly an inspiration.

And so, while I wait to start the second round of translation – to catch all the stupid stuff I wrote on the first – I thought I’ll devote December to ghost stories, and then either sell them, or share them with my Patrons or, who knows, put together a collection and self-publish it.

Watch this space for updates.


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Shoreline of Infinity #19

I am pleased to announce that the next issue of the award-winning magazine Shoreline of Infinity, number 19, will feature a short story of mine (and also an awful lot of other incredible stuff).
The magazine will be out on the 30th of the month, but you can already pre-order it.

My story is a short piece called Singularity, about crocheting and higher dimensions – and I am rather proud of it.

Shoreline of Infinity is a beautiful magazine, and you can get it from their website, both as an ebook or as a gorgeous paperback.
Check it out.


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Tired, but working on a new idea

I’ve been away from the blog for two days – I’m working on the latest translation, and as it usually happens when Daylight Saving Time gets on or off, the one-hour shift completely floored me.
I do not know why – move the clock one hour forward or back, and I’ll end up sleeping all morning and then be up all night, or stuff like that.

So I’ve been torpid and useless these last few days – but this has not stopped me from jotting down a new idea, for something I’ll try and write in the3 next weeks, in my spare time.
It’s pretty weird, from a structural point of view, but what the heck, this means that it will be a nice exercise, no matter where it goes.
And yes, it will be sword & sorcery of sorts.

Also, I’ll be working on a few new submissions – we’re seven weeks from the end of the year, and I’m at 75 submissions.
I’ll never make it to 100 – but well, maybe 90 is within my reach.

And this is it – I’ll try and post something of interest tomorrow.