The Best British Fantasy 2014, edited by Steve Haynes

I am thrilled to be included alongside some amazing writers in this anthology from UK publishers, Salt.  Big thanks to Steve Haynes and to Andy Cox, who originally published “Thesea and Astaurius” in Interzone (Issue 246).

Table of Contents:

PRIYA SHARMA; Thesea and Astaurius; JESS HYSLOP; Triolet; GEORGINA BRUCE; Cat World; TIM MAUGHAN; Zero Hours; DAVID TURNBULL; Aspects of Aries; HELEN JACKSON; Build Guide; E. J. SWIFT; Saga’s Children; CAROLE JOHNSTONE; Ad Astra; JIM HAWKINS; Sky Leap – Earth Flame; GUY HALEY; iRobot; CHRIS BUTLER; The Animator; V. H. LESLIE; The Cloud Cartographer; SARAH BROOKS; Trans-Siberia: An Account of a Journey ; NINA ALLAN; Higher Up;

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Doc Art

I was wandering around the Baltic Quarter of Liverpool when I found these-

   

Doc, otherwise Danny O’Connor, is a local artist who studied  Graphic Arts at Liverpool John Moores Art School.

Doc’s Facebook and Flickr pages.

Royal de Luxe 2

I was lucky enough to be in Liverpool for Royal de Luxe’s Memories Of August 2014. The event was to mark the centenary of the start of World War One. The Grandmother, the Little Girl Giant and Xolo the dog toured the city to tell the stories of the Liverpool Pals, the battalion of 5000 local men who signed up to serve. Of these, 2800 died.

Royal de Luxe are a French company who produce amazing mechanical marionette street events on a huge scale.

(Photos by Priya)