Interzone 216

The new issue of Interzone is here, including the results of the 2007 Readers' Poll.

As you already know, my story "Ack-Ack Macaque" came first in the poll, closely followed by stories from Grace Dugan and Alastair Reynolds.

Included with the results in the magazine this year are a selection of comments from the voters. There were a couple of complimentary ones about "Ack-Ack Macaque" - and only one negative one, which made me laugh out loud because it described the characters as "petty and unpleasant hipsters".

Coming first in this poll means a great deal to me, as it was my ambition for many years to sell a story to Interzone, and I'm absolutely delighted that now I've had two featured in the magazine, both have enjoyed an overwhelmingly enthusiastic response from the readership.

British Fantasy Awards

If you are a member of the British Fantasy Society, you may like to know that my short story "Ack-Ack Macaque" is eligible to be recommended in the short fiction category for a BFS Award...

Interzone on Fictionwise

If you missed the printed version, you can read my short story "Ack-Ack Macaque" by purchasing an electronic copy of Interzone 212 from Fictionwise.

BSFA Award Nomination

I'm very proud and pleased to say that my short story "Ack-Ack Macaque" has been nominated for a British Science Fiction Association award for best short story of 2007. This is the second consecutive year that one of my stories has been nominated for this prestigious award.

BSFA Award Nominations Open

Nominations are now open for this year’s BSFA awards. All current members of the BSFA are eligible to nominate and vote for the awards, which will be presented at next year’s British national science fiction convention (Eastercon). Members of the Eastercon will also be eligible to vote for the awards.

BFS 2007 Shortlist Announced

Although my story The Last Reef was recommended for a British Fantasy Society award, it has failed to make the final shortlist, which was announced this week.

My congratulations go to Elastic Press, TTA Press and Pendragon Press for their inclusion in various categories, and to Vincent Chong, illustrator of The Last Reef, for his inclusion in the Best Artist category.

BFS Award Recommendations

A full list of recommendations for the BFS Awards is now up at: http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/news/?p=111. Any votes for my short story 'The Last Reef' will be appreciated.

British Fantasy Society Award Recommendation

'The Last Reef' has been recommended for a BFS Award in the short fiction category. The voting by BFS members will be taking place over the next few weeks.

Sequel to 'Sunsets and Hamburgers'

I'm trying something I've never tried before - I'm writing a direct sequel to one of my short stories, picking up the characters from the award-winning 'Sunsets and Hamburgers' three years after we last saw them.

The story's called 'Movies and Bottled Beer' and it's been inspired by Alice Dragoon's superb reading of 'Sunsets and Hamburgers'. I listened to it in the car this morning and it's left me desperately wanting to revisit the characters in order to find out what happens next...

Interzone Reader's Poll Results

I'm pleased to say that my novelette 'The Last Reef' came in at number 6 in the Interzone Reader's Poll for best short story of 2006.

Poll

You can vote for my short story 'Sunsets and Hambugers' in the Preditors and Editors Reader's Poll - just go to: http://www.critters.org/predpoll/shortstory.shtml and cast your vote.

BSFA Nomination

The nominations for the British Science Fiction Association Awards have been announced. My novelette 'The Last Reef' was nominated in the Best Short Fiction category - but unfortunately didn't make the final short list.