I've been scribbling lots of notes about Queen of Revels, which might be a novel someday if I ever get a callback from a certain editor.

Again, it's the "immortal person follows the historical trends that leads to BDSM" idea.

Now, I do not want to do this person as a vampire. I think vampires are rather overexposed, particularly in the urban fantasy ( Read more... )

My flash stories, "Rootless" and "Sparkers" are in Every Day Fiction's first print anthology, The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008. Come to Spartacus Books for the Vancouver launch party, and enjoy the readings, signings and celebration! I'll be there.

Time: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Location: Spartacus Books, 684 East Hastings ( Read more... )

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I'm working on a short story that should be an indirect sequel to "The Innocent's Progress." It's set in a loose analog of Victorian England, and there are loose analogs of real people as characters. One of them is an analog of Sir Richard Francis Burton (with a generous helping of TE Lawrence), explorer, linguist, author, soldier and what would ( Read more... )

As part of Circlet Press' erotic advent calendar, you can read my steampunk erotica short story The Innocent's Progress for free on December 5th only. They're posting a free science fiction and/or fanasy erotica story every day leading up to Christmas.

If you're reading this and it's too late, you can buy it in multiple ebook formats at Fictionwise

Warren Ellis called for a nouveau version of classic femme-fatale/antiheroine Irma Vep on the Whitechapel forums. Seeing as I can't draw worth a damn, I'll contribute here.

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2015-12-01, 13:31:12-13:45:16 CET (UTC +1) Translated from French

"Your coffee, inspector."

"Good." [Drinking sound] "What do you have for me, Rachilde?"

"Well, the Imva Vep ( Read more... )

My flash story "Sparkers" is live on Everydayfiction.com. Please visit, comment and pump up the rating, thank you.

This is my second story inspired by my research on ibogaine and psychoactive substances.

My flash fiction piece Burden is now live on Everydayfiction.com, my second piece to be published there.

It's a variation, hopefully original, on the Deal with the Devil motif. I noticed that the lives of Christ, Buddha and Mohammed have incidents in which the holy man goes out into the liminal space, e.g. the wilderness, the crossroads, and is ( Read more... )

The first draft of my short story "The Innocent's Progress" is in workshop now ( Read more... )

I don't actually have a website promoting my writing, which I've decided I probably need. I want to capitalize on whatever interest comes my way from the short-short story and other projects. My fiction credits are paltry compared to my non-fiction work ( Read more... )