Tag Archives: July short story challenge

New Science Fiction Story Available: Spelunkers

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Cora

With all the other announcements of the past two weeks, I have almost forgotten that I have a new release to announce as well. Spelunkers is another story, which came out of the July Short Story Challenge, where the aim … Continue reading →

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A Trio of Spooky New Releases and Why I Cannot Write Straight Horror

Posted on October 29, 2020 by Cora

I mentioned that there would be one more new release announcement for October and here it is. It’s somewhat incomplete, because the links to Barnes & Noble are missing, since the bookseller recently suffered a cyberattack and still hasn’t managed … Continue reading →

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Three New Stories of The Day the Saucers Came…

Posted on October 16, 2020 by Cora

Well, I told you that there would be more new release announcements in the near future and here is the next one. And this time, it’s even a triple new release announcement for the next three stories in my The … Continue reading →

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New Podcast Story Available at Simultaneous Times: “Patient X-5”

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Cora

Well, I told you that there would be more new release announcements in the near future and here is one for the audio fiction fans among you. Because the latest episode of the Simultaneous Times podcast includes my story “Patient … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge Postmortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Cora

With everything that happened regarding Worldcon, the 2020 Hugo Awards and the Retro Hugos, I didn’t really get around to doing the usual postmortem post for this year’s July Short Story Challenge yet. To recap, in July 2015, Dean Wesley … Continue reading →

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New Thurvok Adventure Available: The Beast from the Sea of Blood

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Cora

This will only be a very short new release announcement, because I’m still busy with the July Short Story Challenge, where the aim is to write a short story per day during the month of July. You can follow along … Continue reading →

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The 2020 July Short Story Challenge – Day by Day

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Cora

For starters, Smashwords is currently having its annual summer sale, where you can get plenty of e-books at reduced prices or for free, including several of mine. Also Camestros Felapton is currently running his Hugo Fan Writer Finalist Week and … Continue reading →

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A no longer quite so new Thurvok story available: The Night Court

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Cora

Before we get back to photos, con reports and genre commentary, here is a not quite new release announcement. Because I just realised that I never officially announced the latest Thurvok story, which came out just before I left for … Continue reading →

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The 2019 July Short Story Challenge Post-Mortem – 31 Stories in 31 Days

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Cora

You may have noticed that blogging was light this past month, because I was doing the July Short Story Challenge again for the fifth consecutive year. What is the July Short Story Challenge, you ask? Well, in July 2015, Dean … Continue reading →

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Commercial Break

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Cora

You may have noticed that blogging has been light these past few weeks, but that is because I’m still doing the 2019 July Short Story Challenge, where the aim is to write a story per day during the month of … Continue reading →

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