Short story publication : My ghostly, sinister tale called SIGN OF LIFE has been published in SCRITTURA MAGAZINE, Issue 21 Autumn 2020.. Check out the Scrittura folks for an online literary treasure trove of poetry and prose. Best wishes, Ian.
OCTOBER NEWS
Forthcoming publications : Some good news! Two short stories have recently been accepted for publication. A slice of sci-fi called PRESENT TENSE and a ghostly, sinister tale called SIGN OF LIFE will soon feature in a print anthology and online literary magazine respectively. Watch this space… Best wishes, Ian.
May News
A flash fiction piece of mine – Alphabet Song – has been published by EUNOIA REVIEW, a fine Singapore-based literary journal publishing two new pieces of writing from around the world.
March News
The Time-Consuming Adventures of Harper Smedley is a sci-fi/cli-fi children’s novel I wrote and am seeking a good home for. Meanwhile, Harper has been longlisted as part of this year’s WriteMentor Award, so fingers crossed for the shortlist… https://write-mentor.com/2023/02/23/awards-longlist-novel-picture-book/
December News
IMITATION of LIFE: A Short Story Collection
A psychiatrist cures a husband who can predict his wife’s every thought, a man receives the ultimate gift from his ex, a father returns from the underworld for his son’s birthday, the last man on earth can’t be sure he is. In this collection of short stories and tall tales, the speculative rub shoulders with the truth, divine comedies with warnings for the curious, and sleepless dreams of dystopia take root a little too close to home.
Available in Paperback and eBook format via Amazon
November News
IMITATION of LIFE – a short story collection.
This December I shall be releasing a collection of my short fiction from recent years. Release date TBC, but hopefully mid-Dec. Watch this space.
December News
Ending 2021 by blurring the line between fiction and non-fiction more than usual, as my short story – The Last Thing To Go – is featured in the first edition of Lavender Bones Magazine.
October News
An audio version of my published short story, Old Rain, is now available via The John Byrne Award.
September News
My short story, Designed For Life (formerly Balancing Act), has been published by Bandit Fiction.
July News
The Haunting of Lord Baraclough, a sinister short story set in a Victorian barber-surgeon salon, has been published via storgy.com.
July News
The Haunting of Lord Baraclough, a sinister short story set in a Victorian Barber-Surgeon shop, has been published by storgy.com alongside An Acceptable Violence, one of my first published works. Click here to read (if you dare!). Another short story, Balancing Act, is also due for publication shortly…
June News
My sinister Victorian short story, THE HAUNTING OF LORD BARACLOUGH, has been picked up by STORGY.com and is due for publication in mid-July. Also, an audio version of OLD RAIN makes it onto my YouTube channel.
Ian Murphy 