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Fantasycon Estronomicon released

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Steve Bacon

Published by Screaming Dreams, the FREE Estronomicon is now available to download. Featuring cover art by award-winning Vincent Chong, this issue contains my story ‘Forever Autumn’, alongside fiction by Tony Richards, Charles Black, Neil Davies, Paul Kane, and Marie O’Regan. … Continue reading →

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Story Acceptance

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Steve Bacon

I’m delighted to say that my story ‘With Black Foreboding Eyed’ will appear in the Festive edition of Estronomicon, a FREE ezine from Screaming Dreams. It’s set on an isolated Scottish lighthouse in December 1900. It’s based on the true-life … Continue reading →

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Review – BULL RUNNING FOR GIRLS

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Steve Bacon

I’d read several glowing reviews of this debut collection by Allyson Bird before I finally got chance to read it, so I approached it with much anticipation. After the first few stories it soon became apparent that it was indeed … Continue reading →

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Another CONE ZERO review

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Steve Bacon

Click here to read another excellent review of Cone Zero. It states “the anonymous authors of Cone Zero manage to twist and turn ensuing events in each case into something new and different and well worth reading.” And this comment, … Continue reading →

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Fantasycon 2008

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Steve Bacon

I attended the annual British Fantasy Society Convention, or FCon, at Nottingham last weekend. It was a great event. Meeting writers, chatting with friends, buying books, attending panels – life doesn’t get much better than that. All in all, the … Continue reading →

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The Fix reviews CONE ZERO

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Steve Bacon

The Fix is an online site which deals with short fiction from varying sources of media. It’s an excellent resource, as there’s nothing like it anywhere else, in that it concentrates on purely short stories. They’ve just posted their review of … Continue reading →

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CONE ZERO first full review

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Steve Bacon

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.” … Continue reading →

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BULL RUNNING FOR GIRLS by Allyson Bird

Posted on August 11, 2008 by Steve Bacon

Just wanted to mention that my friend and fellow writer, Allyson Bird, has her first collection released from Screaming Dreams this week. BULL RUNNING FOR GIRLS features 21 short stories covering the horror and adventure genres and has an introduction … Continue reading →

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Cone Zero review

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Steve Bacon

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 … Continue reading →

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CONE ZERO competition

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Steve Bacon

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 … Continue reading →

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