The following interview has been transcribed from a series of Edison celluloid phonograph cylinders, which were found during construction of a new shopping centre in central London. During excavations, workmen uncovered the cellars of the defunct Chelsea Evening Herald & Gazette, a newspaper which survived until war-time paper shortages closed it in 1940.
The cylinders themselves have been dated to around 1910 by examination of the celluloid, which tallies with the information contained on them and other small details. The label on one cylinder bears the name Geo. Kensington, a reporter known to have worked with the Herald and Gazette during the first decade of the 20th century. Below that it says only ‘Interview with D.’ in the same handwriting. Continue reading A Word with Mr Dry→
Let’s be honest, you can only eat so many Conans, however much you like a barbarian breakfast. And there’s enough pseudo-medieval European fantasy around to sink a fleet of dhows. There comes a time when you want fantasy with a difference. So how could we miss out on the Sword and Soul movement? We couldn’t. Today we’re opening up the subjects of Sword and Soul, African-based fantasy, and Steamfunk, which sort of explains itself, with writer, editor and publisher Milton Davis. Plus some cracking art, of course.
Welcome, dear listener. Today, being short of elephants, we’re going to address the Carnacki in the room. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, then let us speak plainly. A few years before his death in the First World War, a man called William Hope Hodgson wrote nine short stories about a British occult detective, though only six were published in his lifetime. Oh, and it turns out that not all of the stories were actually occult. Continue reading The Carnacki Conundrum: Of Hogs and Men→
Have you finished the first draft of your story, novella or novel? Then you’re ready to continue with our indispensable guide to becoming a Bestselling Author. This time we concentrate on aspects of proofreading and that initial editing process, which are Quite Crucial. They are also surprisingly absent from a number of books nowadays. It may be that the writer was busy that day and had to worm the cat. We don’t know. We do know that “In a whole in the ground their lived, a hobbit.” would not have helped J R R Tolkien’s chances much. Continue reading How to be a Bestselling Author Part 2→
