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ILR Winter Arrives!

The Winter edition of Istanbul Literature Review is now available.
Great stories, articles, travelogues, poetry, music, and more.

Our website also now features ILR Mobile, global on-the-go delivery via
GPRS technology. Now you can access high quality literature anywhere,
anytime.

Check us out.

Istanbul Literature Review
http://www.ilrmagazine.net/

Sincerely,

Thomas Fortenberry

Consulting Editor
Istanbul Literature Review

posted by Ilona @ 10:44 AM 0 comments

The Beauty Of Psyche, a new novel by Andrew Staniland is out now

English author Andrew Staniland has published a new novel, "The Beauty Of Psyche", which sets the Greek myth of Cupid and Psyche in a timeless world of imagination, where the myth itself co-exists, poetically and playfully, with its contemporary representation by imaginary actors, paintings and "sets" and with the author's own reflections on it. It is available from online bookstores, including Amazon UK.

He has also published another novel, "The Weight Of Light", a poetic
description of a woman's spiritual life, along with his "Selected Poems",
"Collected Poems", "Three Narrative Poems" and "Four Plays".

Extracts, reviews and more purchase links are available on the author's
website: http://www.andrewstaniland.co.uk/

posted by Ilona @ 2:19 PM 0 comments

Issue 3 of Scifantastic Magazine Will Soon Be Out

Issue 3 will be out at the end of the week. You can preorder it here. Issue 2 pdf is now available to buy here.
Here's #3's line-up!
Cover Art: Stephen Peirce
Fiction:
Kris Ashton - The Beauty Without
Andrew OD Booth - Waldo Fobgib's Electric Picture Shop
Allyson Bird - The Oily Door
Karl Hodge - Remembrance
Graham Wood - A Metaphor the Sun
Terry Gates-Grimwood - Albert & the Engine of Albion
Cathy Buburuz - Beyond Ledra
Rhys Hughes - The Stuffed Goddess
Alan Heal - We'll Take Manhattan
David Mathew - Things Break
Micheal Kechula - Beasties
Interior Art:
Teresa Tunaley (Beauty Without, Waldo Fobgib, The Oily Door + an Extra Special Xmas illo!)Chris Cartwright (Albert, Remembrance)
Reviews:
Hal Spacejock (r. Andrew OD Booth)Who Needs Cleopatra (r. Alan Heal)Amber in the Overworld (r. David Rafer).
Comps:Trunk Stories #2 & #3
A special Scifantastic hidden comp (you'll have to look carefully!)
TRUNK STORIES FEATURE
Chat / Critique / Comp Cocktail

All my best
Sarah Dobbs
PS. Keep checking the site throughout the month for Xmas goodies!
Editor SCIFANTASTIC - http://scifantasticmag.co.uk
BUY UK, BUY US: Project Pulp, BUY PDF

posted by Ilona @ 2:20 AM 0 comments

Wiredtales Update : The First Collection

Acting as a testing ground for both new and
established authors, Wiredtales plans to release its
first collection in May, based on the most popular
voted stories, via the print on demand service at
lulu.com. In terms of reveune, 30% of any profit
earnt through donations and publications will be spent
on the site itself, the remainder will be split
equally between the authors published.

In the meantime, the site is growing and - according
to David - should send out a clear message to
publishers the world over;

"Start paying writers a reasonable share of the
profits you earn from their work, or they'll start
taking over the means of production.oops, too late.
We just did."

posted by Ilona @ 12:25 AM 0 comments

Willie Meikle's latest novel, The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet is now available at Amazon

News from Willie:

My latest novel, The Midnight Eye Files: The Amulet is now available to buy on Amazon.co.uk .
"Lovecraftian entities, jaded PIs, booze, fags and broads in a Glasgow you don't see in the guidebooks."
Purchase links:
Amazon (UK), Amazon (US) It can also be ordered direct from the publishers site (Black Death Books).
Reviews:
Hellboundbooks.com
Horror-web.com

posted by Ilona @ 12:05 AM 0 comments

Wiredtales update

News from Dave:
Wiredtales update 1 December 2005:

"So we have two new stories for you this time round,
both of them with a horror slant: Brian James Lane's
"Fixer-Upper" a creepy little haunted house number
from the states, and my own cross-genre "Bloodshot
Moon." Brian assures me that in the US, a Fixer-Upper
is a house that is in need of serious repairs. It was
good he told me this, because I'd been puzzling over
the title for some time. Personally I'm a sucker for a
good, creepy ghost story, and this one sent a shiver
up my spine. So, dim the lights, switch off your phone
and go play with Brian...

Regarding "Bloodshot Moon," - one comment I received
for this was that the reader's hand might need holding
a little more from the start, rather than throwing
them straight into it. So, I tell you what: Take a
step into an alternative England, where all the
monsters are real (and most of them work for the
government ) and I'll hold your hand - at least as far
as the Cinammon Club. Step into Brian's Fixer-Upper,
however and you're all on your own, and be warned -
the lights don't work too good. If you feel something
holding your hand, it really isn't me.

Incidentally, regarding spelling: if a story comes
from the UK it will be spelt in British Standard
English. If it comes from the US, it will be written
in US English.

Usually.

Mood setting aside, I think it's getting around the
time to tell you what this site is actually here for.
Short fiction, obviously, but what kind of fiction?

What I'm aiming for is this: the coolest, most
exciting fiction around. Fiction which is intelligent,
fun, accessible, covers a range of genres and doesn't
bore the pants off the readers. "DON"T BE BORING"
could well be taken up as the battle cry of
Wiredtales. I want fiction which has a good plot, good
characters, accessible style and keeps you entertained
from start to finish. I want you to be as excited
about stories as I am. I want you to get as much of a
kick out of the stories we are posting as I do. I am
sick of reading short fiction where the writer thinks
if they put up a story about the time they picked
their nose for three hours, other people will be
remotely interested. This is the 21st century. Short
fiction has to compete - and collaborate - with the
other media, which include film, television, music,
comic books, MTV. I want short fiction which is edgy,
provocative, exciting - and which we can sell the film
rights to for millions of pounds.

(That's my rant cut short. But I'll be coming back to
these topics at a later date. Or I may just delete all
of this and deny that it was ever written. So, if you
want to hold me to account at a later date, I suggest
you print this for your records.
I'll still deny it though.)

Did I mention that I also want world peace?

Well, if I even achieve half of the above, it'll be
something.

On another topic, for all you writers out there, WT is
open to submissions again. We pay diddly squat except
for a profit share of any revenue generated (don't
hold your breath..) but I'm planning to release a
collection of most popular from the site sometime in
April or June. Please be patient when submitting
stuff, even if you are Terry Pratchett, Iain Banks or
Clive Barker, and please - PLEASE!!!! - send us stuff
according to the guidelines set out in the contact
section.

So what was the other thing?

Oh, yeah: Until the next time:

be cool.


Dave."

www.wiredtales.com

posted by Ilona @ 1:06 AM 0 comments

Unearthly Companion Is Out

My book of genre poetry, Unearthly Companion has just come out and it is now available at Lulu.com. It contains 41 poems (sci-fi, fantasy, horror, humor).
So far it has recieved five glowing reviews, and one of the poems has been nominated for Muses Prize in the Best Poem of Year 2005 category. Unearthly Companion is available both in ebook form ($1.75) and in paperback ($7.36). You can find all info and the reviews here. (I've started the site with my news, so these will be at the bottom.)

posted by Ilona @ 1:03 AM 0 comments