"The Shot" available now!

My short tale of dark fiction "The Shot" is available now in The Literary Hatchet Issue 14. Head on over to their site and get yourself a copy.

                                                            Cover art by Ann Mei

A Bard's Tale

Pick up your copy of Bards and Sages Quarterly's July edition today and you can read my latest story "Spiritual Reflection." It's neither a story about a bard nor a sage, but I think you'll enjoy it just the same. It's actually a story inspired by an odd call I once took while working as an editorial assistant at the Sun Sentinel.

If that's not enough to whet your appetite, here's a full table of contents:


Spiritual Reflection by Steve Coate
The Flower that Fades and Fa's by Malcolm Laughton
Eulogy for a Hero by Bryan Hulse
Bloom by Sean Turner McLeod
And a Sower Goes Forth by Stephen McQuiggan
A Foregone Conclusion by Connor and Sylvia Wrigley
Snatching the Lute by Gerry Huntman
Son of the Empire by Tyler Bourassa
The Corner of Forty-Sixth and Ninth by Julia Martins

                                                           Cover by Nathan Hyde

The proof is in the galley

Just got my galley proof of Bards and Sages Quarterly's July issue, in which my short story "Spiritual Reflection" appears. It's a story that was inspired by a phone call I took while working as an editorial assistant at the Sun Sentinel. Look for the issue, which contains tales by eight other authors as well, in just over a month. In the meantime, you can find out more about Bards and Sages Quarterly by clicking the link. And if that's not enough to keep you occupied, here's a pic of their most recent issue:

The Great Exodus Part 4

Part four of "The Great Exodus" is now available in Plasma Frequency Magazine #16. It's available in numerous formats. Read it online at the website, get it in ebook form, or if you like the feel of paper in your hands as you read, get a print copy. Whatever your choice, you can find a link to it at the magazine website, linked above.

                                          Cover: "The Arch of Unimagined Bridges" by Jon Orr

New story acceptance

Bards and Sages Quarterly have picked up my short story, "Spiritual Reflection." It is slated for publication in the July issue.

Watch this space for more info as the date nears.

'The Great Exodus' Part 2

Part 2 of my novella "The Great Exodus," appears in issue 14 of Plasma Frequency Magazine. It is a fantasy about a warrior, cast out from his society, who is tasked with escorting a young telepath across the wasteland to a city where her mental talents can be better utilized. Look for the rest of the novella in the upcoming four issues. You can find issue 14 of Plasma Frequency Magazine here. If you missed part 1, you can find it here. Other authors in the ToC include Jes Rausch, Andrew Knighton, DeAnna Knippling, Damien Krsteski, Jamie Lackey, Sylvia Anna Hiven, Nyki Blatchley, Nicole Tanquary, John Zaharick, and Frances Silversmith.

Cover art by Johnathan Orr

Updated publishing news

"Fetch" appears in this month's Bloodbond magazine. Now available from Alban Lake Publishing here.

The table of contents includes the following authors and poets:

Tyree Campbell
John Grey
Tim Jeffreys
Nicole Tanquary
Matthew Wilson
James S. Dorr
Marge Simon
K. S. Hardy
L. A. Story Sikora
Ken Poyner
Marge Simon
Terrie Leigh Relf
K. S. Hardy
Richard King Perkins II
Neil Weston
Robert E. Porter
Sandy DeLuca

So be sure to snap up a copy for yourself. And here's a look at the haunting cover, "Hunger," by Teresa Tunaley.

Publishing news

I just received word that Alban Lake Publishing's Bloodbond magazine has picked up my short story "Fetch" as a reprint for its November issue. So if you missed "Fetch" in From Shadows & Nightmares (Aug., 2011). You can catch it next month in Bloodbond.