Author Archives: shipleyscifi

Today I sent off two stories to Lightspeed and Nightmare magazines and in the process, broke my standing record for number of short story submissions in one year.  These two additions bring the total to 53 for 2012.  That tops … Continue reading →

Strange Halloween, the sci-fi fantasy anthology from Whortleberry Press is now available. My story in this collection is “Black and Silver,” referring to the SS in World War II. But this is not a war story by any means. It’s … Continue reading →

I heard back from New Work science fiction publisher Baen Books that my manuscript has made it out of the slush pile of unsolicited manuscripts and is being held for further consideration. Since most submissions in the slush pile are … Continue reading →

This weekend I received an acceptance from Whortleberry Press for their annual Halloween anthology. Whortleberry does a series of holiday anthologies, and I sold the scifi-ish “We Three Kindreds” to the Christmas book last fall. This story is called “Black … Continue reading →

This week I sold another short story — “Like a Bat Out of Hell” — to a forthcoming anthology entitled After Death. Unlike many of the short stories, this one has no connection with the Sharlverse where I usually write. … Continue reading →

  I was pleased to receive the news back from SWORD & SORCERESS #27 that I’ve had a third story accepted for this annual fantasy anthology. The story this year is “Grave Gold,” a tale of a barmaid who works … Continue reading →