Tonight I finished the second and final draft of the story I’ve been writing with a view to submitting it to PS Publishing’s CATASTROPHIA anthology so that makes it two short stories that I’ve completed so far this year and we’re not even halfway through January.  (I know it’s not going to keep up at this pace but it’s a decent start at least …)

I’ve titled the story A Whispered Apocalypse and you can find more details about it in some earlier posts on my blog.  Since the editor is only accepted hard copy submissions I’ll get it formatted properly and printed out tomorrow then sent off to Allen Ashley.

Just finished the first draft of the story I’m writing to send to the Catastrophia anthology and it’s come in at 4,400 words which is good because it means I’ve still got a good 1,600 words breathing room before I hit their (admittedly flexible) limit.

So I’m definately going to give it another pass to flesh out the consequences and realities of the little apocalypse that I’ve created  (exact details of the story can be found in a previous post) because I think although the story is fine it needs a little bit more to make sure it appeals to the editor.

Hope to get that done at the weekend so that I can get it posted off to him early next week before the Xmas madness begins…

I’ve begun work on a new short story which I’m writing with the proposed CATASTROPHIA anthology, to be published by PS Publishing here in the UK,  in mind.

The anthology is themed around catastrophes/apocalyptic scenarios and is being edited by Allen Ashley with a Summer 2010 release on the cards.  Post-apocalytic stuff isn’t exactly a stretch for me but I wanted to come up with something that might interest them a little more than nuclear holocausts and viral outbreaks or climate catastrophes.

The story, yet to be properly titled, is based around the idea of the planet being affected by strong electromagnetic pulses of unknown (or supposedly unknown) origin that not only causes electrical equipment to be destroyed but also affects the human brain – in effect each pulse wipes out everyone’s memory.

Although the deadline is the end of January the antho will close when filled so I want to get the story in as quickly as possible to give it the best chance as I think it might end up stretching the word count a little.  I’m already 2.5K into it so stay tuned for more info…