Do you write with music? Frank Duffy asked me to be a part of a project over at the Horrifically Horrifying Horror blog looking at how (or if) writers use music for writing. I get to appear with a bunch of heavy hitters including Lisa Tuttle, Dennis Etchison, Christopher Fowler, Steve Rasnic Tem, Howard Linskey…
Category: The Fall
Time Slips
A week without a blog post from me? In that time I have: graded all my courses traveled from upstate NY to Dundee had a lovely birthday I spent yesterday being pampered by my sweetie. He and Allan sang me awake with a present of series seven of Doctor Who which I had missed altogether,…
My Gypsy Ways: Hudson
I have a new publication (yes, another — don’t look at me like that!) “Guide Me Soft” — a piece of flash fiction over at Shotgun Honey, a terrific site and I’m really pleased to be featured there. Some nice comments have really made my day. Most writing goes off into a vacuum. Sometimes you…
Keeping Abreast of the Fabulous
All right, even I am having difficulty at times keeping up with all the news, so if I repeat something here, it just means you’re paying attention, well done, here’s a cookie! Soon I have to leave the glories of Alba for the um, gories? of Albany. Alas. Which means I have to figure out…
Six Sentence Sunday: Just Waiting
Happy birthday, QoE! 🙂 Another Sunday rolls around, another chance to sample new writers from a wee snippet of prose. Here’s my six and yes it is inspired by a Fall song, so just deal with that, all right. Not everything comes from the words of Mark E. Smith: this week I wrote a story…
Writer Wednesday: News
The pressing news is that ACTION: Pulse Pounding Tales Vol. 1 can be obtained for FREE today and tomorrow. This slamming collection offers jam-packed thrills from me, Mr B, editor Matt Hilton, Absolutely Kate, Col Bury, Richard Godwin, Graham Smith, David Barber and many many more. Highly recommended! Not just because I’m in it (though…
Six Sentence Sunday: Biscuits
A little treat for this round of Six Sentence Sunday, the weekly banquet of words to help you sample new writers or savour old favourites. Here’s the beginning of my postcard-sized story “Biscuits” which you can read in its entirety over at Postcard Fiction. “You should have been nicer to me,” Carlotta said as she…
Six Sentence Sunday: Kiss Like a Fist
The lovely Monica Vitti for no reason at all That time again: Six Sentence Sunday. I figured you might like a song-inspired story that isn’t inspired by The Fall. Yes, they do exist. The song is Florence + The Machine’s “Kiss With a Fist” which you’ll notice is not quite the same as the title…
Friday’s Forgotten Books: Lyrics and A Hard Road to Nowhere
A bit of a cheat: a music two-fer. One is old, but the other’s new; nonetheless, given the difficulty of finding your audience in the ocean of new publications out there, it deserves a boost to the signal. The Fall: Lyrics by Mark E. Smith The lynchpin of my current writing career: what, you think…
Six Sentence Sunday: Grotesque
Another Sunday has rolled around, giving you the opportunity to spot new writers you might like with the Six Sentence Sunday crew. A great, simple concept that seems to be very effective. My six this week come from a short that’s been under submission for a bit now; I’ve become so good at the “submit…
K. A. Laity 