Saucer Country

I had the pleasure of flatting SAUCER COUNTRY #4 for Lee  – and he did a magic job on final colours. I've been really enjoying my old mate Paul Cornell's take on this 'The X-Files meets The West Wing' story. Check out my flats over here.

Paul's fantastic M.R. James pastiche  'The Occurrence at Slocombe Priory' appears in  StarShipSofa Stories Volume 3 – perfectly accompanied by the illustrations of Tom Crielly.

A Valentine's message

This is Neil Gaiman's Conjunctions as it appeared in StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 2 with a beautiful illustration by Cliff Chiang. I would have posted this last year when it was more timely – but I didn't have a blog then!

My old mate Jouni Koponen has another fantastic version of this for sale over at Neverwhere.net, if you're feeling romantic pick up a copy for the one you love.

Dani's Drink

 

Here's a great illustration by my good friend Daniele Serra for Lawrence Santoro's Drink for the Thirst to Come, which appears in StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3.

Check out his site for some truly amazing artwork – and a wonderful video of a work in progress. 

Jouni's Friction

 

Here' a great illustration by my good friend Jouni Koponen for one of my all time favoutite SF shorts – Will McIntosh's Friction, which appears in StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3.

Jouni also designed one of my favourite interpretations of a Neil Gaiman story: A Study in Emerald. You can download a PDF version of it here.

Meaty-Ores

Here's a great vintage ad, which appears in StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3, by the very talented Mud! Hit him up at his blog and check out some of his other fantastic work.

Or maybe even pick up a copy of his kids' book – I Need You Blue – a story about a boy, Dewey, and his best friend, Blue (a super cool glob of water). They do everything together. Dewey finds out that friendships aren't all about giggles, sometimes tough decisions need to be made. And its all for charity too folks!

StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 1

Here's a little treat: the full online version of SSSS: Vol 1. Enjoy!

Open publication

Tales to Terrify

My good mates Tony C. Smith and Lawrence Santoro have put together a fantastic new Horror-themed fiction podcast – check out talestoterrify.com 

TTT will feature new fiction, classic tales, tales from the recent past by masters of the form and by voices that might be new to you. We'll also have reviews, commentary and more. So...drop in some midnight – or any time – and listen.

And I think I did a great job on that logo!

StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3

Head on over to StarShipSofa and pick up a copy of StarShipSofa Stories: Volume 3. A fantastic book, if I do say so myself, featuring words by Joe Haldeman, Peter Watts, Saladin Ahmed, Lavie Tidhar and Will McIntosh amongst others, and images by Ben Green, Mike Dubisch, Thomas Crielly, Richard Case, Peter Snejbjerg, Graeme Neil Reid, Jouni Koponen and a host of other talented artists.