by StephenOliver | Oct 9, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
I just got my second contract back from the publisher. This one’s for “Paranormal City”, my dark urban fantasy anthology They agree with most of my proposed amendments; I can live with the rest. I’m going to give it a last check over the...
by StephenOliver | Oct 6, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
Fancy a quick read? My short story “Summoning” is out now online. Tagline: Maybe the demons don’t want us kicking around. Ever thought of that? What then?
by StephenOliver | Oct 1, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
Just a quickie. “Out of the Shadows” is now available as an audiobook on Amazon and Audible.
by StephenOliver | Sep 28, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
OMG! I was doing my weekly cleanup of emails and submissions when I discovered that yet another of my stories has been published! “Gentle and Hate”, a psychological horror story, will be published in the anthology “Released” as an eBook on the 13th of...
by StephenOliver | Sep 27, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
I’m really on a roll! Yet another of my stories will be out in a few days time. Execution Day will be appearing in Night Terrors Vol. 17: Short Horror Stories Anthology on October first. You can, however, pre-order it...
by StephenOliver | Sep 24, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
Yay, it’s finally happened! I’ve signed and sent off my first book contract for my YA Space Opera novel “Shuttlers”! Thank you, Annalisa Parent of the Writing Gym and Date With the Muse, for your help and encouragement. Without your training...
by StephenOliver | Sep 22, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
Just a quick post about another acceptance. My short story “Summoning” has been accepted and will be coming out in the October issue of The Green Shoe Sanctuary. That’s my twelfth story since the beginning of the year, meaning that I’m being accepted an average of...
by StephenOliver | Sep 13, 2021 | My Books, Other People's Work, Publishing
Remember Twilight Zone™? It doesn’t matter whether they were the original series, the reruns, or the reboots. Were you freaked out by the strange things going on in those stories, too? Do you want to experience the same kind of thrill again? To let your imagination...
by StephenOliver | Sep 5, 2021 | My Books, Other People's Work, Publishing
Are you old enough to remember Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone™ series? Or maybe you watched the reruns and reboots. Weren’t they the weirdest experience? Either way, do you want to experience the same kind of thrill again? This time in the printed word, where your...
by StephenOliver | Sep 2, 2021 | My Books, Publishing
My Lovecraftian cosmic horror story “Black” has just been published in the anthology “Handmade Horror (Stories)”. It’s also available as a paperback here:...