"Snake-oid Invasion from Outer Space!" - SF - Short Story
10/10/25 **This is a LIVE Kickstarter publication--Please help support!!**
Stainless steel robots attack a human outpost, resulting in all-out war with the Snake-oids! Captain Crush will stop them all with his bare hands, or die trying.
*Honourable Mention from "Writers of the Future" Contest*
*1st Published Story*
"Taming Beasts" - SF - Short Story
25/10/25:
Submitted for consideration at Writers of the Future Contest. Results in January, 2026.
"Otherworldly" - SF - Short Story
🆕29/11/25:
Submitted for consideration at Harvey Duckman Presents... Magazine. Turnaround is roughly 1-3 months.
"Paradise Burned" - SF - Short Story
~> Space & Time
24/07/25:
Submitted for consideration at Space & Time Magazine. Turnaround is roughly 3-5 months.
"Paradise Burned" - SF - Short Story
22/11/25:
Submitted for consideration at Apex Dark SF e-Zine. Turnaround is roughly 2-3 months.
Star Treasure - SF - Novel
16/08/25:
Submitted to Book Pipeline Unpublished Novel Contest. The contest wants the synopsis and first 5,000 words of an unpublished novel. The cash prize, although significant, isn't what interests me--it's that publishers will get first-look rights at the winner and runner-up. Results on December 5th, 2025.
Punch the Devil - Crime/Horror - Novel
~> Minotaur Books
🆕29/11/25:
Submitted to Minotaur Best First Crime Novel Contest. The contest wants the whole manuscript. No fee, so that's great! Results no later than April 3rd, 2026.
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See Completed for synopses.
*Turnaround times are very rough estimates from either the guidelines page of the magazine, or data obtained from a submission tracking website.