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It’s all been happening over the past couple of days:
1. An anthology of stories by deaf and hard of hearing writers, Tripping the Tale Fantastic, is now on sale. It contains my sci-fi/horror piece ‘Starting from Scratch’, which is the one about the ‘deadly bio-engineered fleas’.
2. My satirical sci-fi story ‘Our Most Esteemed Scientists’ is the featured monthly story at the well-regarded Kasma SF site. This one’s free to read, so no excuses!
(Also, get an eyeful of the accompanying artwork by Jose Baetas, below. It must have been no easy task, interpreting such a bizarre alien world, but he has done a superb job.)
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