Click here to read the first full review of CONE ZERO. It gets a fantastic write up, ending with the comment, “I expect to see Cone Zero on the lists of this year’s best anthologies. It will richly deserve any such place.”
Praise indeed.

Here is the first independent review of Cone Zero. It describes the book as “Highly recommended and is easily a pioneer of the genre.” It’s from the blog of Charles Tan.

You can get hold of a copy of CONE ZERO for £10 (including postage) here.

This has just been posted on the CONE ZERO website -

CONE ZERO AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION COMPETITION

A prize of £50 by PayPal from Nemonymous to the reader who guesses or assesses (by whatever means) the most correct authors of the stories in the CONE ZERO book..

The authors themselves are not eligible to enter.

Deadline: March 4^th 2009 (when authors are due to be revealed).

If there is a tie, the prize will be shared.

The Editor’s decision is final.

Please write to bfitzworth@yahoo.co.uk with your choices. If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your entry within a week, please try again. 

You can enter the competition up to three times, but each entry will be treated separately.

The story titles:

·         “The Fathomless World”

·         “The Point of Oswald Masters”

·         “Cone Zero” (page 23)

·         “Cone Zero” (page 33)

·         “Cone Zero, Sphere Zero”

·         “An Oddly Quiet Street”

·         “Always More Than You Know”

·         “Cone Zero” (page 129)

·         “Going Back For What Got Left Behind”

·         “Cone Zero” (page 147)

·         “The Cone Zero Ultimatum”

·         “Angel Zero”

·         “How To Kill An Hour”

·         “To Let”

The authors in a random order:

• Neil James Hudson
• Colleen Anderson
• Jeff Holland
• John Grant
• A.J. Kirby
• Eric Schaller
• Kek-W
• S.D. Tullis
• Stephen Bacon
• Sean Parker
• Dominy Clements
• Bob Lock
• Grant Wamack
• David M Fitzpatrick

If you decide to enter the competition and try your hand at winning the £50, good luck! I won’t help you by revealing which story’s mine because not knowing is half the fun.