The British Fantasy Society have announced the winner of their Annual Short Story Competition for 2019. Steven Poore will be taking home the top prize for his entry, "Encumbrance". The top three in the competition will be published in BFS horizons. A full statement from the competition judge, Allen Ashley, can be read below: “I... Continue Reading →
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal continued its domination of the Award scene by adding the Hugo Award for Best Novel to an already impressive array of acclaim. The award also meant that Kowal joined the short list of authors honoured with winning both the Nebula and Hugo awards for the same work! A... Continue Reading →
20th August 2019 - The Withered King (Tempest Blades) - Ricardo Victoria Fionn - wielder of a legendary Tempest Blade and blessed, or cursed, by the Gift - thought his days as a warrior were over. He cannot grow old and is full of regrets. But life proves that it has other plans for him, once he agreed to help... Continue Reading →
Born in the (formerly) frozen landscape of Toluca, Mexico, Ricardo dreamed of being a writer. But needing a job that could pay the rent while writing, he studied Industrial Design and later obtained a PhD in Sustainable Design, while living in the United Kingdom and working in a comic book store to pay for his... Continue Reading →
“It’s too far away to go by myself. I’m begging you.” Aida Firenze stood before him, and even in Europa’s tiny gravity, slightly less than that of the Earth’s moon, there was no question of pushing her aside. Her expression gave a good clue as to how the quiet-looking ESA exobiologist had gotten herself a... Continue Reading →
The Dragon Awards have announced the ballot for the 2019 awards. Among the nominees are such well-known names as Kim Stanley Robinson, for Red Moon, and James S.A. Corey, for Tiamat's Wrath, both up for the Best Science Fiction Novel Award. The full list of nominees can be seen below: Best Science Fiction Novel A... Continue Reading →
This was the secret Paradise hidden amid the world’s great weights.A door was opening.“Karen: I will see you again.”Together, they would reach a new place. Eibonvale press have released the latest in their beautiful series of chapbooks, Animals of the Exodus by Alexander Zelenyj. This small book collects four stories on the theme of refuges for the broken,... Continue Reading →
15th August 2019 - Distaff - Anthology DISTAFF: NOUN A staff used in spinning.Of women and women’s work.An anthology of women’s stories woven through time and space. In 2018 a crack team of women sci-fi writers, all members of the sffchronicles community forum, came together to write an anthology. Distaff is the result. Join us as we share... Continue Reading →
Christelle Van Rooyen Gregorchuk was born on November 11th, 1993 at Universitas Hospital, Bloemfontaine, and spent the first years of her life in a small town called De Aar, South Africa. At the age of four, Christelle and her family uprooted their lives and moved to Canada. She grew up in Pine Falls, and in Sanford... Continue Reading →
