Author Archives: shipleyscifi

The time from Easter of this year to April 14 was filled with events — and not tax events.  During this space of time, I heard back from editor after editor with acceptances, and when the dust cleared, I had … Continue reading →

Today was the release of Visions IV: Space Between Stars, a sci-fi anthology of deep space events that might go on far away from planets and stars.  My contribution to the book was the story “Whisper,” a vampire story.  Yes, … Continue reading →

. . . The Worlds of Science, Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror, Vol. 2 for my short story “Sanguine.”  This is an Australian anthology edited by Robert N. Stephenson, the second in a series of two so far.  It all came … Continue reading →

My story “Tearcatcher” has been published in the Whortleberry Press anthology Strange Mysteries 6, edited by Jean Goldstrom and Tim Tobin.  This is another Justin Tyme tale with the same characters from “Up on the Housetop, Gargoyle Paws” that appeared … Continue reading →

Last week I had the pleasant surprise of royalty at my door . . . well, in my mailbox, actually.  No, it wasn’t a grand duke stuck in the letterbox, but a royalty check.  It seems that Sword and Sorceress … Continue reading →

The anthology These Vampires Don’t Sparkle from Sky Warrior Book Publishing is now available in paperback and ebook editions.  My contribution to the anthology is “Safe Haven,” a story about friendship.  The fact that one of the friends happens to … Continue reading →

At the beginning of August, another anthology hit the market.  The book is Strangely Funny II from Mystery and Horror, LLC, and the story is “Up on the Housetop, Gargoyle Paws.”  It is, as one might guess, a humorous interaction … Continue reading →

First time I’ve had the experience of a whole cluster of my anthologies hitting the bookstores within a few weeks of each other.  Cluster is in this case means three, and because each one is very different in genre from … Continue reading →