Failing Better
Billy Mernit has sold his novel to Random House. Huzzah! Only one problem – he doesn’t have a title. And that’s why he needs your help. There’s even prizes. OK… So, not great prizes. But prizes nonetheless. And just think of the bragging rights.
There are three apprenticeships available at Working Title this year. 12 months working for one of the big names in the British film industry, and a 12k bursary to boot. The deadline’s on the 22nd of February. Get applying. I will be.
[blows dust off the blog] Well. Hello. Been a while since I’ve powered this thing up. I’ve got a new book out. It’s called Into The Dark and is a collection of science fiction / horror short stories. About 28,000 words of them, all told. Some have been published previously, and some are debuting in …
“Writer Piers Beckley artfully condenses the source material to create a lively story that plays out in a mix of poetry, prose and song. The icing on the cake however is Ray Shell’s boisterous direction, which remains sympathetic to the spirit of the Gilgamesh legend while using various theatrical devices to shape the narrative.” – …
That fella leering out of you from the front of our poster? That’s Humbaba. A demon with seven auras, the touch of any of which bring death. He’s also sometimes known as Huwawa, and the picture is of a clay mask made of the demon about 3,800 years ago and currently in the British Museum. …
M’brother Rafe taught at East 15 Drama School on something called The Project. It’s a big part of their training, and basically involves a metric shit-tonne of research, followed by an in-depth week-long semi-improvised residential workshop where you will be in character almost all week long. It’s completely immersive, and if you’re interested in how to merge yourself …
I’m immensely happy to be able to announce that I’ll be directing a play at this year’s World Science Fiction Convention in London. It’s called Mastermind. The masked villain known only as Mastermind has hidden a bomb somewhere in the city. When it goes off, it will kill hundreds of innocent people. It’s going to …
I wrote Universal Constants, the first story in this new Lovecraftian anthology from Ghostwoods Books. “That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.” At the time of his death in 1937, American horror writer H.P. Lovecraft was virtually unknown. The power of his stories was too great to …
I have a short story coming up in the new anthology from Ghostwoods Books. The book is called Cthulhu Lives! and is a selection of Lovecraftian short stories. My piece, Universal Constants is the first story in the book. It’s available to pre-order now from the following places: Amazon US Amazon UK The Book Depository
So Jason Arnopp tagged me into this a while back, and today’s the day to publish my answers! It’s a sort of Q&A thing about my writing. Gosh, this takes me back. I remember in the days before Twitter, where everyone updated their blogs on a weekly basis, these things used to go round all the …
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