Tag: short story

  • Battles of Hastings

    These stories are already up for pre-order, so you can make sure to have them in your collection on the day (14 October).

  • Reviews and Amazon Rants

    It means a lot to get good reviews. It means quite a lot to get a good rating, though slightly less than a well thought out review. It also means a lot when Amazon decides ‘f*** you, we don’t like you having nice things, so we’ll delete your best reviews’.…

  • Days of Winter Guardians

    I have left it so long since the last blog post that the whole layout of this New Post screen has changed. But anyway, it’s time to update the world on my goings on and allow you to unbate your breath. The main, important things are that I have now…

  • Felinity – BBB

    Felinity An Anthology Collected By Sammy HK Smith Felinity, noun, plural fel-in-ities. 1. The quality of being cat-like. 2. A divine being, a cat. Grimbold Books is proud to present our first Kristell Inkling, a collection of feline inspired flash fiction stories written by authors from all around the world.…

  • Anatomy of a Book Cover

    As usual, a slightly misleading title. I’m not going to share my theories of what makes the perfect book cover. I’m going to share my process of getting a book cover. Because I don’t have anything better to do. Step Uno The first thing I do is think what I…

  • More Wyrdness

    Just a brief update. Firstly, here’s an interview I did a couple of weeks ago and forgot to tell anyone about. Oops… Secondly, Wyrd Worlds, the free anthology of which I am part of, is now up on Amazon (UK and US). So that rounds off its availability nicely. Amazon,…

  • Wyrd Worlds Anthology

    Rather abruptly, I am a part of a science fiction and fantasy anthology called Wyrd Worlds and published by WyrdStar. A collaboration of twelve authors, Wyrd Worlds contains science fiction and fantasy short stories ranging from two or three thousand words to thirteen and a bit thousand words. Some are…

  • Free and Half Price

    For the whole of July, all three of my works will be reduced in price on Smashwords. Shadow of the Wraith and Temple of the Sixth will both be 50% off, and Kira will be completely FREE! Yes, that warrants both capital letters and an exclamation mark. It tells you…

  • All Authors Blog Blitz

    Today, I am hosting an author interview as part of an ‘All Authors Blog Blitz’, started on Goodreads. My own will be hosted by Patti Lavell. My guest is Max E. Stone, a thriller writer. So…here he is, I guess (just pretend there’s trumpets and things): Let’s start with the…

  • Paperbacks Everywhere!

    Well, not quite everywhere. Just two places, actually. I have finished the brain-aching set up with a new printer, which means I can now offer Shadow of the Wraith for the low low price of £7.99/$12.10! Temple of the Sixth will follow at some point when my bank account has…