Apocalypse....Now

Hello you lovely people.

I've been out of the loop for a while. The lack of blog entries is testament to that. But I'm still here. If anything I've been recharging myself. I have several projects about to see the light of day and I have a number of irons in a varied selection of fireplaces. The only one I can confidently talk about is the long-awaited Permuted Press anthology Best New Tales of the Apocalypse edited by Bobbie Metevier and DL Snell. This collection of apocalyptic tales includes my story The Man Who Ate Planets. I can't wait for this anthology to come out. Seriously I cannot wait. It should be released any day now. As for the other projects - I'm hoping to report on them soon. How soon? Real soon....

Watch this space. No not that one. This one.

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