tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63953312055973291112024-03-16T18:52:57.227+00:00Fiction by Michelle Ann KingMichelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-40345159292981359222024-02-23T15:17:00.000+00:002024-02-23T15:17:07.354+00:00Latest Story News! <p> </p><p><b>OUT NOW:</b></p><p><b>I Am Not Your Doppelgänger</b> (fantasy) appeared in <i><a href=" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flights-Fantasy-Iron-Faerie-Publishing-ebook/dp/B0CKN3B3NW/ref=sr_1_1 " target="_blank">Flights of Fantasy</a></i> (Ed. Stacey Jaine McIntosh, <i>Iron Faerie Publishing</i>), Oct 2023</p><p><b>Supply, Demand, and Armageddon</b> (comic SF) appeared in <i><a href="https://androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/supply-demand-and-armageddon">Androids and Dragons</a></i>, Nov 2023</p><p><b>The Restoration of Carrion Cottage</b> (horror) appeared in <i><a href=" https://www.blackharepress.com/year-five">Dark Moments Year 5 </a></i>(Black Hare Press), Dec 2023</p><p><b>The Day My Mum Chucked a Bloke From the Government Through the Wormhole in Our Garden</b> (comic fantasy) appeared in<a href="https://www.patreon.com/ImpossibleWorlds/shop/impossible-worlds-iv-dessert-88363"><i> Impossible Worlds Issue IV</i></a>, Dec 2023</p><p><br /></p><p><b>FORTHCOMING:</b></p><b>Not Recommended for Guests of a Philosophically Uncertain Disposition</b> (comic fantasy) will appear on <i>Tall Tale TV</i>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-82938097517028720662024-01-11T15:38:00.005+00:002024-01-11T15:38:48.458+00:00New story! The Day My Mum Chucked a Bloke From the Government Through the Wormhole in Our Garden in Impossible Worlds<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvC0DC2Gvq6qJMs8e0GG5L_lSZxg5f-qSJJwlXFGg__fwQNciBzhzoBtBd7m-HBdDiJM_0_m13MSPqKM4gU1OEAnAeGJsYWgpSp_Zeoj_h5LeTb_GjMPMQGA5DgD2VIVcvSd-4LpA97-9GdHqHXqPduJ-LOhP5C0oyYiOLqg3dmQilrSoAmWGQdL2_i4/s5000/1000005033.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvC0DC2Gvq6qJMs8e0GG5L_lSZxg5f-qSJJwlXFGg__fwQNciBzhzoBtBd7m-HBdDiJM_0_m13MSPqKM4gU1OEAnAeGJsYWgpSp_Zeoj_h5LeTb_GjMPMQGA5DgD2VIVcvSd-4LpA97-9GdHqHXqPduJ-LOhP5C0oyYiOLqg3dmQilrSoAmWGQdL2_i4/s320/1000005033.png" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Out now! Impossible Worlds Issue IV, featuring my comic fantasy 'The Day My Mum Chucked a Bloke From the Government Through the Wormhole in Our Garden' </p><p>Six stories of wonder, amazement, and just straight up oddities! From a cat obsessed with Duchovny to government interference in spatial anomalies, this 4th edition of Impossible Worlds is sure to please any SFF Fan. </p><p>Find it here: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ImpossibleWorlds/shop/impossible-worlds-iv-dessert-88363"><i>Impossible Worlds Issue IV</i></a>, Dec 2023</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-81887584341686229392024-01-05T15:42:00.000+00:002024-01-05T15:42:16.466+00:00New story! The Restoration of Carrion Cottage in Dark Moments <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_L4lMVM5k9EwmiV5bCyQ1XW3pO_0nq9XUD2q1PBi8n3itSGH_zRe8ho5iNLi1nm-azE2oQDvQrZl66XkI7QUCKnUYBIPF6JtGYVtnEW7gZDfv284bkzRklSJ8dne_UAQNfgWOiZTIiv-WPyetvHxn9no4111ukYH9Qc9JwOUmXJ60qCIz0tSM0oDNQY/s2250/YEAR-FIVE-S.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_L4lMVM5k9EwmiV5bCyQ1XW3pO_0nq9XUD2q1PBi8n3itSGH_zRe8ho5iNLi1nm-azE2oQDvQrZl66XkI7QUCKnUYBIPF6JtGYVtnEW7gZDfv284bkzRklSJ8dne_UAQNfgWOiZTIiv-WPyetvHxn9no4111ukYH9Qc9JwOUmXJ60qCIz0tSM0oDNQY/s320/YEAR-FIVE-S.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My short horror The Restoration of Carrion Cottage is out now in the <i>Black Hare Press</i> YEAR FIVE anthology: a culmination of all the nano-tales published in the Dark Moments online archive during 2023, and the PATREON stories. <div><br /></div><div><i>A perfect restoration project, the estate agent called the place. Well, the website did. Nobody actually bothered coming out there with us, just left the keys and directions at the office. I suppose didn’t see the point; there was little to vandalise and nothing to steal, and if someone had burned it down it would probably have done them a favour.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Available for download <a href="https://www.blackharepress.com/year-five ">here</a> </div><br />Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-29896103106380035742024-01-04T16:39:00.003+00:002024-01-04T16:54:31.307+00:00Reprint! 'Supply, Demand, and Armageddon' in Androids & Dragons <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWM2-OrRI-MYRuySM8fPe2RLs-UtMok1IJkTTS5_a3Ke9qpNCpK4TuKGZqxX6qI9aM8s6CH36NKAv2E0nLdfuPth1SEtbnbzWetYIP3ClEMqTUaK4FkEfKlEan8S51sYaUpz_EzlruyBKMnrp7jM_5Ebg0fYkXyqLKI8Ci9ZZOvRsAkVIZMqToxfDBcd0/s1625/photo-1593377202145-c5e97fd065f4.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWM2-OrRI-MYRuySM8fPe2RLs-UtMok1IJkTTS5_a3Ke9qpNCpK4TuKGZqxX6qI9aM8s6CH36NKAv2E0nLdfuPth1SEtbnbzWetYIP3ClEMqTUaK4FkEfKlEan8S51sYaUpz_EzlruyBKMnrp7jM_5Ebg0fYkXyqLKI8Ci9ZZOvRsAkVIZMqToxfDBcd0/s320/photo-1593377202145-c5e97fd065f4.jpeg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>My science-meets-capitalism comic SF story, 'Supply, Demand, and Armageddon,' first published by Wyldblood Magazine in April 2022, has been reprinted by new spec fic journal <i>Androids and Dragons</i>. </p><p> <i>'Seriously? Have you never watched a single science fiction film in your entire life?' She shook her head. 'I've seen this story before, Remi, and it doesn't end well.' </i></p><p> Read it for free <a href="https://androidsanddragons.substack.com/p/supply-demand-and-armageddon">here</a></p><p><br /></p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-19885825976802861892023-12-20T16:16:00.003+00:002023-12-20T16:20:54.413+00:00Reprint! I Am Not Your Doppelgänger in 'Flights of Fantasy'<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXLQAS9ftMQfxZPnTiGGnqyYaDKSxeL55Zp5vV1YdNNTue75s3tKdhtkUh2cRWtGVnISmhI6kPEdN49WhGPYuxaJAfsEvwXtdGdtp5n6RVnL5shxlXv7du7vpA6J25AiCLCLiV1S4-NRdmDEks35pcRrWz9HDimJMhANiBz890sYUxlzlHqiNi_ou6FI/s2560/81LK-9AD3AL._AC_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXLQAS9ftMQfxZPnTiGGnqyYaDKSxeL55Zp5vV1YdNNTue75s3tKdhtkUh2cRWtGVnISmhI6kPEdN49WhGPYuxaJAfsEvwXtdGdtp5n6RVnL5shxlXv7du7vpA6J25AiCLCLiV1S4-NRdmDEks35pcRrWz9HDimJMhANiBz890sYUxlzlHqiNi_ou6FI/s320/81LK-9AD3AL._AC_.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br />My fantasy flash piece 'I Am Not Your Doppelgänger,' originally published by The Flash Fiction Press, is out now in the new anthology 'Flights of Fantasy' from <i>Iron Faerie Press</i>.<div><br />Dive into a realm where magic knows no bounds, and legends come to life.
From the mystical depths of ancient forests to the soaring heights of dragon filled skies, these tales will transport you to worlds where heroes rise, kingdoms clash, and the extraordinary becomes ordinary.
Whether you seek epic adventures, tales of mystical creatures, or stories of unlikely heroes, this anthology has it all!
Prepare to be spellbound and experience the magic of an entire universe in a single book...</div><div><br /></div><div><a href=" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Flights-Fantasy-Iron-Faerie-Publishing-ebook/dp/B0CKN3B3NW/ref=sr_1_1" target="_blank">Flights of Fantasy on Amazon UK</a> </div><div><a href="https://books2read.com/Flights/" target="_blank">Flights of Fantasy on Books2Read</a></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-52320814009545363152023-10-24T16:23:00.002+00:002023-12-20T16:43:04.766+00:00Latest Story News!<p><b>OUT NOW:</b></p><p><b>Dead Bodies Don't Scream</b> (Horror) appeared in <i><a href=" https://fiction4all.com/ebooks/b18478-dark-tales---volume-4.htm" target="_blank">Dark Tales 4</a></i> (Ed. Dorothy Davies, <i>Gravestone Press</i>), July 2023</p><p><b>You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance</b> (SF) appeared in audio at <a href=" http://www.manawaker.com/podcast/you-pay-your-money-and-you-take-your-chance-ffp-0823/ " target="_blank"><i>Manawaker Studio Flash Fiction Podcast</i> ep 0823</a>, July 2023</p><p><b>Not the Pizza Girl</b> (Comic fantasy) appeared in <a href=" https://books2read.com/u/bxBq56" target="_blank"><i>The Best of Metastellar Year 2</i></a> (Ed. Geordie Morse, Maria Gringa, Melody Friedenthal,<i> Metastellar Press</i>)</p><p><b>FORTHCOMING:</b></p><p><b>Supply, Demand, and Armageddon </b>(SF) will appear in <a href="https://androidsanddragons.substack.com" target="_blank"><i>Androids & Dragons Magazine</i></a></p><p><b>At the Bottom of the Rabbit Hole, Please Proceed to Checkout</b> (SF) will appear in <i>Paranoid Tree</i> </p><p><b>The Day My Mum Chucked a Bloke From the Government Through the Wormhole in Our Garden</b> (Comic Fantasy) will appear in <i>Impossible Worlds Quarterly</i> </p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-42389780480134045322023-09-29T14:22:00.006+00:002023-09-29T14:28:37.386+00:00Reprint! Not the Pizza Girl in Best of Metastellar Year 2<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcln6rSCB1gZ3Wo5QslZ1h7K_OTL9nns78CufAZSSgi-i18h11ZFemxBH8cpAZTUluaV7r4EAo6Z5I7KGghZLzRwCW1NXoeMJ0E9dOhVZNgoeb3fXTedVXRIGzgl0lfIsZ8m0r9W8ranJHCkXCDHv-rWJ5BxuotQveQ5YqGKPGONGDYQXygK168pyN4k/s595/lf.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidcln6rSCB1gZ3Wo5QslZ1h7K_OTL9nns78CufAZSSgi-i18h11ZFemxBH8cpAZTUluaV7r4EAo6Z5I7KGghZLzRwCW1NXoeMJ0E9dOhVZNgoeb3fXTedVXRIGzgl0lfIsZ8m0r9W8ranJHCkXCDHv-rWJ5BxuotQveQ5YqGKPGONGDYQXygK168pyN4k/s320/lf.webp" width="213" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Out Now! The Best of Metastellar Year Two, featuring my comic fantasy 'Not the Pizza Girl' </p>Forty-eight enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. <div><br /></div><div>MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.
Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. </div><div><br /></div><div>The proceeds from this anthology will help pay for even more original fiction in years to come.
</div><div><br /></div><div>Ebook links <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bxBq56" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-57988780913959586492023-08-01T14:02:00.002+00:002023-08-01T14:02:40.926+00:00Reprint! We're All Friends Here in Dark Matter 16<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7iL7rEh1Xsv_suMi-UMqXv0XZTzhA_jAi7nmHDINU7cuwV_z-lTazhQPAqT50g254pehHLYSNY-YSTX1C9yhbZ8C0IES6A-qprANM8w_StCRNjZ6NO8us9xYN1YhtYDgqAZa3CY6uasbsYDRa8N-NxH1AiBlfOkRO94Ezwewi3_fl_ht4FWEnK7-hK8/s1080/We're%20All%20Friends%20Here.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV7iL7rEh1Xsv_suMi-UMqXv0XZTzhA_jAi7nmHDINU7cuwV_z-lTazhQPAqT50g254pehHLYSNY-YSTX1C9yhbZ8C0IES6A-qprANM8w_StCRNjZ6NO8us9xYN1YhtYDgqAZa3CY6uasbsYDRa8N-NxH1AiBlfOkRO94Ezwewi3_fl_ht4FWEnK7-hK8/s320/We're%20All%20Friends%20Here.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Thrilled to announce that <a href="https://darkmattermagazine.shop/blogs/issue-016/reprint-story-were-all-friends-here" target="_blank">issue 16 of the wonderful<i> Dark Matter</i></a> is now available, featuring a reprint of my story 'We're All Friends Here' <div><br /></div><div>Aliens! Gangsters! Existential philosophical dilemmas! Check it out in <i>Dark Matter 16 </i></div><div><br /></div><b>We're All Friends Here - SF - 4,385 words </b><div><br /></div><div><i>In the old book our film's based on, Kip has a different reaction: he becomes more determined than ever to go out swinging, and the story ends with him getting killed during a huge shootout with the police in a third act packed with gunfire and explosions. Violent nihilism was popular in the twenty-first century.</i></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-47371476249473295912023-07-20T14:26:00.003+00:002023-07-20T14:26:42.300+00:00New Podcast! You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance at Manawaker Studios <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUceRElxW3b-V2zw8WrXbuO6X6U_fb3ePsvLs_omwCNX5rnxFc9u8DGx9PqGH4490DBUi5vmE8lva5byQrHi1iuYVM76q5zLjYAIMQF5aupAtOGT6s2vqwlPETWE-Sy2ZkCLWzv8Pqd6mMhWBmHTUZJeGkjvKN-yqrnBAMMQDBeU5N1GNsfJ0DQ_4an4o/s1500/0823-1500x1100.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="1500" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUceRElxW3b-V2zw8WrXbuO6X6U_fb3ePsvLs_omwCNX5rnxFc9u8DGx9PqGH4490DBUi5vmE8lva5byQrHi1iuYVM76q5zLjYAIMQF5aupAtOGT6s2vqwlPETWE-Sy2ZkCLWzv8Pqd6mMhWBmHTUZJeGkjvKN-yqrnBAMMQDBeU5N1GNsfJ0DQ_4an4o/s320/0823-1500x1100.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>My SF story You Pay Your Money and You Take Your Chance, about gambling with the sands of time, is out in audio now at the Manawaker Studios Flash Fiction Podcast, ep 0823. Listen to it <a href=" http://www.manawaker.com/podcast/you-pay-your-money-and-you-take-your-chance-ffp-0823/ " target="_blank">here</a>!</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-87831304641935595072023-07-07T13:48:00.001+00:002023-07-07T13:48:47.803+00:00Reprint! Dead Bodies Don't Scream in Dark Tales 4<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwLVETotzf4NvB0qAEWBWk8q5XGBarhp4wB_mhn_8sq0ewwzczKX61jKUcmllT0J2iD7YaJpiQhFORAyrq_oNP92H7uoR6ZQlMaA2-lJdPNZYaEQp8CwsoCJAcxfJ_pExqWTbrcwby3ixzQ3cVGNpmLv9swGEenCfPqa8Vu1GwcJ3R28bhUIqwni_spw/s310/18478fs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="310" data-original-width="200" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwLVETotzf4NvB0qAEWBWk8q5XGBarhp4wB_mhn_8sq0ewwzczKX61jKUcmllT0J2iD7YaJpiQhFORAyrq_oNP92H7uoR6ZQlMaA2-lJdPNZYaEQp8CwsoCJAcxfJ_pExqWTbrcwby3ixzQ3cVGNpmLv9swGEenCfPqa8Vu1GwcJ3R28bhUIqwni_spw/s1600/18478fs.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Out now, including my story 'Dead Bodies Don't Scream' - <a href="https://fiction4all.com/ebooks/b18478-dark-tales---volume-4.htm" target="_blank">Dark Tales 4</a> from Gravestone Press. This volume brings you another superb collection of evil thoughts, nasty people, blood guts and torment, in no particular order. Not For Late Night Reading.<div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-70275457333496542852023-05-10T15:39:00.001+00:002023-05-10T15:39:04.570+00:00Latest Story News!<p><b>OUT NOW</b></p><p>The Bad Ones are Always the Best (Horror) appeared in <a href="https://www.drabblecast.org/2023/03/21/drabblecast-468-the-bad-ones-are-always-the-best/" target="_blank">episode 468 of <i>Drabblecast</i></a> and the second issue of <a href=" https://drabblecast.org/2023/04/29/the-tentaculum-issue-02-available-now/" target="_blank">The Tentaculum</a></p><p>Nor Any Drop to Drink (Horror) appeared in <a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/the-flash-of-fangs/ebook/product-6g8vp2.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">The Flash of Fangs</a> (Ed. Parth Sarathi Chakraborty, Wicked Shadow Press) </p><p><br /></p><p><b>FORTHCOMING</b></p><p>Dead Bodies Don't Scream (Horror) will appear in Dark Tales 4 from Gravestone Press</p><p>Not the Pizza Girl (Fantasy) will appear in Metastallar Year 2 anthology</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-33145691191001193212023-05-10T15:38:00.001+00:002023-05-10T15:38:08.630+00:00Reprint! The Bad Ones are Always the Best in The Tentaculum<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D6Y7VcITfENuzr3rioU1VebTMWPqHTrZzS2WRF5JLq6CNOaTnLzkve2N-nqhcKR7vrSti6iA19OIevC7mXduZ8DVNO6gcc4EDgEhel9mQgye_ZUm0zAIDUJeBg8XjBOne9JSs71Q5A6Qo5-EqQ8KR8sm2-aK41JsHIr-Bjwk5QPnf5jd2fG8KRft/s800/tentaculum02cover.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="560" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D6Y7VcITfENuzr3rioU1VebTMWPqHTrZzS2WRF5JLq6CNOaTnLzkve2N-nqhcKR7vrSti6iA19OIevC7mXduZ8DVNO6gcc4EDgEhel9mQgye_ZUm0zAIDUJeBg8XjBOne9JSs71Q5A6Qo5-EqQ8KR8sm2-aK41JsHIr-Bjwk5QPnf5jd2fG8KRft/s320/tentaculum02cover.jpg.webp" width="224" /></a></div><br /><p></p>The second issue of The Tentaculum, the Drabblecast's quarterly magazine of weird fiction, has been released under a creative commons license. That means it's available for everyone to download and read for free! Features my story 'The Bad Ones are Always the Best'<div><br /></div><div>Grab it <a href="https://www.drabblecast.org/2023/04/29/the-tentaculum-issue-02-available-now/" target="_blank">here</a>: <div><div><br /></div></div></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-87748913645339233542023-04-19T15:42:00.003+00:002023-04-19T15:42:29.137+00:00Reprint! Nor Any Drop to Drink in The Flash of Fangs<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAp-bXKVQC7JFuaT3WzEx3iWG9Q-Cqv7Ndp2Tzoy6clH5Sc3cwInwo9NZWJnWw7QX259U6SerxAjyHsjw8xPqF1ndWVBsxWzfena5xpbLLZ1VztqIWtJYnNF2yp6I92x41J_NGuCJ8qGs9PVGNPlfbKNW1cr9iMnGDI73LFaBlEAItbn_RBPl8-Dx/s576/z6vyqw-front-shortedge-384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpAp-bXKVQC7JFuaT3WzEx3iWG9Q-Cqv7Ndp2Tzoy6clH5Sc3cwInwo9NZWJnWw7QX259U6SerxAjyHsjw8xPqF1ndWVBsxWzfena5xpbLLZ1VztqIWtJYnNF2yp6I92x41J_NGuCJ8qGs9PVGNPlfbKNW1cr9iMnGDI73LFaBlEAItbn_RBPl8-Dx/s320/z6vyqw-front-shortedge-384.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>My wee vampire story 'Nor Any Drop to Drink' appeared in a new anthology 'The Flash of Fangs' from the fine folks at Wicked Shadow Press. Out now!</p><p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/the-flash-of-fangs/paperback/product-z6vyqw.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">Paperback</a></p><p><a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/parth-sarathi-chakraborty/the-flash-of-fangs/ebook/product-6g8vp2.html?page=1&pageSize=4" target="_blank">Ebook</a></p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-22829097016762722832023-04-04T14:08:00.000+00:002023-04-04T14:08:09.725+00:00New podcast! 'The Bad Ones are Always the Best' at Drabblecast<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbymAreAi33Rv80YD97rRRAGCizwk9cu37775C3rB4lxVgA9cHeoyXKN_EFukw5KZRvftqmOG1TPw5CwgGy0FgF6p5zqB-MSUhxa8IzlCpVwhU4XWhUf-G2e376Z6KSQq2FSpyYrkxaAlkF2hZQFszWz45pw9mqq50MoyNex9OLHKVFDo38gQGmyCe/s400/Drabblecast-The-Bad-Ones-20230101.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbymAreAi33Rv80YD97rRRAGCizwk9cu37775C3rB4lxVgA9cHeoyXKN_EFukw5KZRvftqmOG1TPw5CwgGy0FgF6p5zqB-MSUhxa8IzlCpVwhU4XWhUf-G2e376Z6KSQq2FSpyYrkxaAlkF2hZQFszWz45pw9mqq50MoyNex9OLHKVFDo38gQGmyCe/s320/Drabblecast-The-Bad-Ones-20230101.jpg.webp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Glorious artwork by Sheryl Schopher</div><p></p><p>My horror story 'The Bad Ones are Always the Best' (first published Kzine) has been produced by the fine folks at Drabblecast - take a listen <a href="https://www.drabblecast.org/2023/03/21/drabblecast-468-the-bad-ones-are-always-the-best/" target="_blank">here</a>!</p><p>THE BAD ONES ARE ALWAYS THE BEST - 2.409 WORDS</p>Marty’s grandson takes the cup of tea he’s offered — without saying thank you, mind — and stares at it dubiously, as if he doesn’t know what it is. Marty wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t; kids all seem to be brought up on vitamin water and kale juice, these days. <div><br /></div><div>‘Drink up,’ he says, nodding encouragingly. Marty’s cuppas are the real thing: brewed until they’re the colour of brick dust and made with full-fat milk, four sugars and a thimble of whisky. ‘It’ll put hairs on your chest.’
</div><div><br /></div><div>Continued in <a href="https://www.drabblecast.org/2023/03/21/drabblecast-468-the-bad-ones-are-always-the-best/" target="_blank">Drabblecast episode 468 </a></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-22831953466475262582023-02-20T16:25:00.003+00:002023-02-20T16:25:34.244+00:00Latest Story News!<p> <b>OUT NOW:</b></p><p>'What Do You See in This Picture?' (Crime) appeared in <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-City-Crime-Mystery-Magazine-ebook/dp/B0BS9WV1DY/ref=sr_1_1" target="_blank">The Dark City Magazine</a>,</i> Jan 2023</p><p>'Where There's Magic' (Fantasy) appeared in <i><a href="https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/dragon-gems-winter-2023/" target="_blank">Dragon Gems</a></i>, Jan 2023</p><p>'Inside' (Horror) appeared in <a href="https://www.blackharepress.com/love-me-love-me-not/" target="_blank"><i>Love Me Love Me Not</i></a> (Black Hare Press) Feb 2023</p><p><br /></p><p><b>FORTHCOMING:</b></p><p>'We're All Friends Here' (SF) will appear in issue 16 of <i><a href="https://darkmattermagazine.com" target="_blank">Dark Matter Magazine</a></i>, Jul 23</p><p>'The Restoration of Carrion Cottage' (Horror) will appear in the Black Hare Press <i><a href="https://www.patreon.com/blackharepress." target="_blank">Patreon</a></i> and <i><a href="https://readerlinks.com/l/3037784" target="_blank">Year Five anthology</a></i>, 2023</p><p>'Howling at the Waning Moon' (Fantasy) will appear in <i><a href="https://calliopeinteractive.com" target="_blank">Calliope Interactive</a></i>, 2023</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-23928002548344120422023-02-15T16:55:00.000+00:002023-02-15T16:55:03.679+00:00Reprint! 'Inside' in Love Me, Love Me Not from Black Hare Press <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTufv6IqWu9yVCg4umnAXZqFUB36TgdBFiWL8C04ctSH7bm2b9-ij7gMMChL91Dhbq7LwV-3NJwQttuVRDFTrC_MTjLDMKOX71QoU5RlHexzZxSmAzlr2tGq82Xg9pgQ1jFZzpjEZ4llqHPVCJMdX7j7Nt1zYVq7pV_EBe5Z5Jo54YmgbDW8GQYsC5/s2250/Love-Me-Love-Me-Not-S.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1410" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTufv6IqWu9yVCg4umnAXZqFUB36TgdBFiWL8C04ctSH7bm2b9-ij7gMMChL91Dhbq7LwV-3NJwQttuVRDFTrC_MTjLDMKOX71QoU5RlHexzZxSmAzlr2tGq82Xg9pgQ1jFZzpjEZ4llqHPVCJMdX7j7Nt1zYVq7pV_EBe5Z5Jo54YmgbDW8GQYsC5/s320/Love-Me-Love-Me-Not-S.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">Very pleased to announce my little 100-word horror story 'Inside' is now available in the marvellous dark drabbles anthology 'Love Me, Love Me Not' from Black Hare Press!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #dca10d; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.blackharepress.com/love-me-love-me-not/" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;">https://www.blackharepress.com/love-me-love-me-not/</a></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-47861831685807606172023-02-02T16:02:00.003+00:002023-02-02T16:02:59.930+00:00Reprint! Where There's Magic in Dragon Gems Winter 2023<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4Fr9gVZNn7j0PBZ-CNMRv1yEz8lN1NDwXfF54vS_NBy_gXLlntjNM2YI9sk-4oaYJRHOtr4dkT2Fyq0HMGkZCmtNipZjleX-P1ZtCe1RuY5nH38DQqdVchKi9kOPFOLoCEVlUiOxn6srGHZ0Re6xRHI46hp7q1FGnjjzwInMLOmjm57CBk8Q20V0/s1200/Dragon%20Gems%20-%20Winter%202023%20(social%20media%20image).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4Fr9gVZNn7j0PBZ-CNMRv1yEz8lN1NDwXfF54vS_NBy_gXLlntjNM2YI9sk-4oaYJRHOtr4dkT2Fyq0HMGkZCmtNipZjleX-P1ZtCe1RuY5nH38DQqdVchKi9kOPFOLoCEVlUiOxn6srGHZ0Re6xRHI46hp7q1FGnjjzwInMLOmjm57CBk8Q20V0/s320/Dragon%20Gems%20-%20Winter%202023%20(social%20media%20image).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Out now from Water Dragon Press!<a href="https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/dragon-gems-winter-2023/" target="_blank"> Dragon Gems (Winter 2023)</a>: tales to warm your imagination during the cold winter months.</p><p>I'm thrilled to be included in this inaugural edition with a reprint of my dark fantasy story 'Where There's Magic,' (first published in Kaleidotrope April 2016), about warring twin sisters using the power of death magic in a cycle of murder and revenge.</p><p>The anthology also features stories by Christina Ardizzone, Matt Bliss, Gustavo Bondoni, Micah Castle, Nestor Delfino, C. M. Fields, Andrew Giffin, Emma Kathryn, Jason Lairamore, Eve Morton, Lena Ng, S. Park, Arlo Sharp, Mar Vincent, and Richard Zwicker. </p><p><a href="https://waterdragonpublishing.com/product/dragon-gems-winter-2023/" target="_blank">Dragon Gems (Winter 2023)</a> is available now in hardcover, trade paperback, and digital editions from most online booksellers.</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-41800382161381543332023-01-26T14:27:00.004+00:002023-01-26T14:27:53.447+00:00New Story! 'What Do You See in This Picture?' in The Dark City Magazine <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qkLm7fxUiFh28PfAE60_FNlf33c9RsHTGuaJXqlKPeWjJb8c0Hcr6qjqcJPiHNMn2BhYg76L4JxvRLnYWMMEfcmai-Tt9rgqLxlUdJ305EA-n1sxsKzFQI8Na9vT9hN7kRSusyR5HblyP7Wv6dXZEcNYYdfDN4pgh9Sj4RaIngSuIepkP2rfTnrP/s1275/DC_Vol8_I2_kindle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="825" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8qkLm7fxUiFh28PfAE60_FNlf33c9RsHTGuaJXqlKPeWjJb8c0Hcr6qjqcJPiHNMn2BhYg76L4JxvRLnYWMMEfcmai-Tt9rgqLxlUdJ305EA-n1sxsKzFQI8Na9vT9hN7kRSusyR5HblyP7Wv6dXZEcNYYdfDN4pgh9Sj4RaIngSuIepkP2rfTnrP/s320/DC_Vol8_I2_kindle.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><p></p><p>The latest issue of <a href="http://www.thedarkcitymysterymagazine.com" target="_blank">The Dark City</a> crime & mystery magazine is out now, featuring my story 'What Do You See in This Picture?'</p><p>Available for:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-City-Crime-Mystery-Magazine-ebook/dp/B0BS9WV1DY/ref=sr_1_1 " target="_blank">Kindle</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dark-City-Crime-Mystery-Magazine/dp/B0BS8SMYFY/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=" target="_blank">Paperback</a></p><p><a href="https://www.magzter.com/US/Dark-City-Books/The-Dark-City-Crime-&-Mystery-Magazine/Fiction/" target="_blank">Magzter (pdf)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-73002187485315366602023-01-10T14:52:00.002+00:002023-01-10T14:52:55.519+00:00Latest Story News! <p>OUT NOW</p><p>What Doesn't Kill You (Horror) appeared in <i><a href="https://fiction4all.com/ebooks/b18036-dark-tales---volume-1.htm" target="_blank">Dark Tales 1</a></i> (Ed. Dorothy Davies, <i>Gravestone Press</i>) Nov 22</p><p>Sale or Return (SF) appeared in <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BKGM7BJQ" target="_blank"><i>Planetside</i></a> (Ed. Eric Fomley, <i>Shacklebound Books</i>) Nov 22</p><p>Balloons (SF) appeared in <i><a href=" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martian-Issue-7-Magazine-ebook/dp/B0BFBSR4WH/ref=sr_1_1 " target="_blank">Martian Magazine Issue 7</a></i>, Nov 22 </p><p>Gifted (SF) appeared in<i> <a href="https://www.psychotoxin.com/product-page/eidolotry-2" target="_blank">Eidolotry Issue 2</a></i>, Jan 23</p><p><br /></p><p>FORTHCOMING</p><p>The Bad Ones are Always the Best (Horror) will appear at Drabblecast </p><p>Inside (Horror) will appear in Valentine from Black Hare Press</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-13359427031321226842023-01-05T14:22:00.002+00:002023-01-05T14:22:49.677+00:00Reprint! 'Gifted' in Eidolotry Issue 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPxE3wdjNfSCwHfda9K9kc2_bg7_dI8PYzseg7-uPLYMj_wLUg1yUAhKh9RNuNDvQprCsdLWAv8N098UBPdtL73G4xneHGT2_M0vJjkZVZGt6X_x-W9wVgxlq9W37uvN1yM-Kf1516cLAWKHpVIexeQ-CiGhKJ_rr4xb2YVWXlMkgyGVQgDtemjJl/s337/230b89_6ab7bb240f934c6d93f24b38cb0c3e91f002.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="225" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgPxE3wdjNfSCwHfda9K9kc2_bg7_dI8PYzseg7-uPLYMj_wLUg1yUAhKh9RNuNDvQprCsdLWAv8N098UBPdtL73G4xneHGT2_M0vJjkZVZGt6X_x-W9wVgxlq9W37uvN1yM-Kf1516cLAWKHpVIexeQ-CiGhKJ_rr4xb2YVWXlMkgyGVQgDtemjJl/s320/230b89_6ab7bb240f934c6d93f24b38cb0c3e91f002.jpg.webp" width="214" /></a></div><p>From Psycho Toxin Press: This month we shine a spotlight on the darkness that is unique to the United Kingdom. We've got five horrifying tales from the hottest voices across the pond.</p><p>Featuring my story '<b>Gifted</b>' </p>
Francie sat cross-legged on the floor. The rough carpet scratched her legs and she shifted position. <div><br /></div><div>‘Concentrate, please, Francie,’ Dr Lomax said. </div><div><br /></div><div>Concentration was a virtue. So was obedience. Francie sat still and focused on the items in front of her: a cotton wool pad, a fifty pence piece, a yellow tennis ball and a large textbook called<i> Gifted: Developing Extraordinary Potential in Ordinary Children </i>by Dr Paulina Lomax. Francie had tried to read it once, to be polite, but she didn’t get very far. She liked the photos of all the brains, though.
</div><div><br /></div><div>Read the rest in<a href="https://www.psychotoxin.com/product-page/eidolotry-2" target="_blank"> Eidolotry Issue 2</a> from Psycho Toxin Press!</div><div><br /></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-18919405251213703382022-12-13T14:50:00.006+00:002022-12-13T14:50:40.364+00:00New drabble! 'Balloons' in Martian Magazine <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHv35fn0ktaR5o1oi1_ESlQJ6s1Wy9lH_HwlRRZcy8LVBOfYEndIH59pLmuI70VaHCtXKAc6IhupnFzCjgT3iNSaszV_9GEo609L7IEPFhkR-S_qfV-nfH-gJP3dR8H8V-4RLZLldTH6SVemJ4sg0Bi1JVuZ27GDMTHMK97vrU9qY3TrzdN8GKydW/s500/41Hqf3gWGjL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAHv35fn0ktaR5o1oi1_ESlQJ6s1Wy9lH_HwlRRZcy8LVBOfYEndIH59pLmuI70VaHCtXKAc6IhupnFzCjgT3iNSaszV_9GEo609L7IEPFhkR-S_qfV-nfH-gJP3dR8H8V-4RLZLldTH6SVemJ4sg0Bi1JVuZ27GDMTHMK97vrU9qY3TrzdN8GKydW/s320/41Hqf3gWGjL.jpg" width="205" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Out now! Read my story 'Balloons' in Issue 7 of Martian Magazine!</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Martian is a magazine of science fiction drabbles, stories told in exactly 100 words. Each quarter, we'll bring you twenty-six new, evocative science fiction micros from new and award-winning authors. Our seventh issue features stories from Rich Larson, Michelle Ann King, Liam Hogan, Marisca Pichette, Christopher Rowe, Adriana C. Grigore, James Van Pelt, Jason Burnham, Marc A. Criley, and many other writers from around the globe.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href=" https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martian-Issue-7-Magazine-ebook/dp/B0BFBSR4WH/ref=sr_1_1 " target="_blank">Available now</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-91323295328821492552022-11-28T14:58:00.002+00:002022-11-28T14:58:52.424+00:00Reprint! 'Sale or Return' in Planetside <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lH4XNGf-mEaYT5aqvCKx4xiBenLhNP2st_KjL5uviujK6KdcMvKAD_Gga9AgKaM08bdysdhKIOOmW3W2T_15B6kNAg7hyEd4zOhVyAVHX-kWtSWd7Plk-4xJfXJ_CwEoTFTJknO2uIQxRH7ABuKdVgq6u-bcUx5HkEdjvMp5JNGNEJ_v0j6AkyqE/s500/41sjBjdLl2L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7lH4XNGf-mEaYT5aqvCKx4xiBenLhNP2st_KjL5uviujK6KdcMvKAD_Gga9AgKaM08bdysdhKIOOmW3W2T_15B6kNAg7hyEd4zOhVyAVHX-kWtSWd7Plk-4xJfXJ_CwEoTFTJknO2uIQxRH7ABuKdVgq6u-bcUx5HkEdjvMp5JNGNEJ_v0j6AkyqE/s320/41sjBjdLl2L.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Out now! My SF drabble 'Sale or Return,' previously published at Scribes Micro Fiction (Apr 2021) has been reprinted in the wonderful collection 'Planetside' (Ed. Eric Fomley) from Shacklebound Books. </p><i>Planetside</i> is an anthology of drabbles, stories of exactly 100 words. Within these pages are micro science fiction stories from Liam Hogan, Marc Criley, Michelle Ann King, Marisca Pichette, Anna Madden, and many, many others!<div><br /></div><div>Available for <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BKGM7BJQ" target="_blank">Kindle</a> now</div><div><br /></div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-90606436494286678592022-11-17T16:53:00.003+00:002022-11-17T16:53:20.154+00:00Out Now! What Doesn't Kill You in Dark Tales from Gravestone Press <div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhV3tTBM_VYzZBXjvi23fbbhhPbX5xJWvOBt9JNZXS42D8jwTQidSYaCZ6oQrhTAP8-dPhkR9975uUJjrLSW-LNM_YaG1AlljCsbs1EQeGhidfSgNL-YRETF2t3xkfypBhh_QKG7ohzKmTev4AO1WaEEvCzQvWMvQSSdnvkJMdiunGWgDnYcIu1uA/s3244/18036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3244" data-original-width="2094" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhV3tTBM_VYzZBXjvi23fbbhhPbX5xJWvOBt9JNZXS42D8jwTQidSYaCZ6oQrhTAP8-dPhkR9975uUJjrLSW-LNM_YaG1AlljCsbs1EQeGhidfSgNL-YRETF2t3xkfypBhh_QKG7ohzKmTev4AO1WaEEvCzQvWMvQSSdnvkJMdiunGWgDnYcIu1uA/s320/18036.jpg" width="207" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div></div><p></p>The latest publication from Gravestone Press, Dark Tales Volume 1, brings you another superb collection of evil thoughts, nasty people, blood guts and torment...<div><br /></div><div>In this volume we have:-
Night In Our Veins (Paul Edwards)
The Quiet Ones (Liam A. Spinage)
Culprits (Olivia Arieti)
Neon Fly (S J Townend)
Judge's Decision (Rickey Rivers Jr.)
Radium Cigarettes (Gary Budgen)
The People of the Desert (Jason R. Frei)
A Lonely Place (Dorothy Davies)
Succulent (Brooke MacKenzie)
Eve of Destruction (Liam A. Spinage)
The Players' Requiem (Olivia Arieti)
Loot Crate (Jason R. Frei)
Dolls Don't Cry (Brooke MacKenzie)
Maggots and Marriage (Rickey Rivers Jr.)
Warm Hugs (S J Townend)
Four Sided Bottle (Rickey Rivers Jr.)
Deep Town (Dona Fox)
What Doesn't Kill You (Michelle Ann King)
Closer (Carrie Mills)
Bequeathed (Paul Edwards)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Available now from <a href="https://fiction4all.com/ebooks/b18036-dark-tales---volume-1.htm" target="_blank">Gravestone Press</a>! </div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-82734368898444171082022-11-13T13:22:00.006+00:002022-11-13T13:22:51.275+00:00Latest Story News!<p><b>OUT NOW</b>:</p><p><a href="https://talesmoonlitpath.com/fiction-3/the-voices-of-the-dead-by-michelle-ann-king/" target="_blank">The Voices of the Dead</a> (Horror) appeared in<i> Tales from the Moonlit Path</i>, Aug 2022</p><p>On Blackened Wings (Horror) appeared in <a href="https://gravestonepress.co.uk/ebooks/b17877-keys-to-the-highway.htm" target="_blank">Keys to the Highway</a> (Ed. Dorothy Davies, <i>Gravestone Press</i>) Sep 2022</p><p>Never Meet Your Heroes (Comic Fantasy) and The Logistics of the End of the World (SF Horror) appeared in <a href="Never Meet Your Heroes (Comic Fantasy) and The Logistics of the End of the World (SF Horror) appear in the current issue of The Fifth Di... from Hiraeth Publishing, " target="_blank">The Fifth Di...</a> (<i>Hiraeth Publishing</i>), Sep 2022 </p><p>And in the End They All Lived Happily Ever After (Fantasy) appeared in <a href="https://books2read.com/b/4D6jXD" target="_blank"><i>Bards & Sages Quarterly</i></a>, Oct 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><b>FORTHCOMING</b>:</p><p>Balloons (SF) will appear in issue 7 of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Martian-Issue-7-Magazine-ebook/dp/B0BFBSR4WH/ref=sr_1_1?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Martian%3A+Issue+7+%28Martian+Magazine%29&qid=1664892733&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjAzIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&s=digital-text&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Martian Magazine</a></i>, Nov 22 </p><p>In the Fog, There's Nothing but Grey (Dark fantasy) will appear in <i>Silver Blade</i>, 2022</p><p>Where There's Magic (Fantasy) will appear in <i>The Storyteller Series</i>, Jan 2023</p><p>Gifted (Horror) will appear in <i>Eidetic</i> issue 3, 2023</p><p>What Do You See in This Picture? (Crime) will appear in <i>The</i> <i>Dark City Magazine</i>, 2023</p>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395331205597329111.post-7353643853677092942022-11-02T16:32:00.000+00:002022-11-02T16:32:03.211+00:00Reprint! 'And in the End, They All Lived Happily Ever After' in Bards & Sages Out now! The <a href="https://books2read.com/b/4D6jXD" target="_blank">October 2022 issue of Bards & Sages Quarterly</a>. <div><br /></div><div>Includes my mini fairy tale story 'And in the End, They All Lived Happily Ever After,' in which they very much didn't...</div><div><br /></div><div>Get the issue at:</div><div><a href="https://books2read.com/b/4D6jXD">https://books2read.com/b/4D6jXD</a> </div>Michelle Ann Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559690500192357148noreply@blogger.com0